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Distributed Writing: From Bad to Brilliant
In the report "Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture" the authors argue that distributed cognition is a key skill that citizens must master to be active in participatory culture. Of course, most...
Categories: Digital Citizenship, Digital LearningIn just its second year, attendance at South by Southwest’s educational branch more than doubled from the inaugural year. SXSWedu offered a broad range of participants and guest speakers, including public K-12...
Category: Educational PracticeReflections on DML2012 and Visions of Educational Change
A few days back home after DML2012, I've been browsing through the blogosphere and tweet streams and reflecting on the various conversations I had at the event. One unfortunate side-effect of being...
Categories: Connected Learning, EquityBadges for Learning: Threading the Needle Between Skepticism and Evangelism
There has been much ado the past week or so about whether badges can offer a viable means for assessing learning. It has been boisterous on both sides. Badge evangelists such as...
Category: EdtechConnected Learning: Designed to Mine the New Social, Digital Domain
Focus on education has perhaps never been greater. As we seek to understand the impact of the internet and this age of connection, it has focused attention on a topic of extraordinary...
Category: Connected LearningLike many in the digital media and learning community, I am a fan of the free and open source computer programming language, Processing, which can be easily downloaded at Processing.org. Processing is...
Category: Digital LearningOn 22 September 2010, the wallet of Tyler Clementi - a gay freshman at Rutgers University - was found on the George Washington Bridge; his body was found in the Hudson River...
Categories: Digital Citizenship, EquityCan Badging Be the Zipcar of Testing and Assessment?
I’m excited that next week the judges will be listening to the “pitches” and then determining the winners of the Badges for Lifelong Learning Competition. Immediately after, will be the opening of...
Category: EdtechOn Digital Badges, Participatory Learning, Flipped Classrooms
If you read this blog, you have undoubtedly heard about the new interest in digital badging systems. The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Chronicle of Higher Education have...
Categories: Digital Learning, EdtechBrazil: Kids Using Digital Media to Teach Each Other, Change Culture
Last year, Rio de Janeiro saw the birth of a new type of battle in the streets of the favelas: the "Small Step Battle.” In this battle, hundreds of kids and teenagers...
Category: Digital CitizenshipeBooks, Writing, and Ownership
One of the great promises of the internet is that it allows for writing to be distributed outside of the restrictions imposed by traditional publications. On the internet there is no scarcity...
Category: Digital CitizenshipBryan Alexander: Emerging Learning Technologies
I knew Bryan Alexander was intense when I first spotted him in the audience at a talk I gave in the late 1990s. Just look at him. Old Testament prophet? Civil War...
Category: Digital CitizenshipDigital Futures: Internet Freedom and Millennials
Last year was a turbulent year for freedom of speech and online expression in India. Early in 2011 we saw the introduction of an Intermediaries Liability amendment to the existing Information Technologies...
Category: EquityConferences as Catalysts for Educational Innovation and Change
Last year I attended, on average, a conference or similar event every other week. As part of my role as Researcher/Analyst at JISC infoNet it’s an important part of what I do:...
Categories: Edtech, Educational PracticeWhat Schools are Really Blocking When They Block Social Media
The debates about schools and social media are a subject of great public and policy interests. In reality, the debate has been shaped by one key fact: the almost universal decision by...
Categories: Digital Citizenship, Equity
