Following in the footsteps of PLE Barcelona (2010) and PLE Southampton (2011), this year’s PLE Conference, held both in Aveiro and in Melbourne from 11 to 13 July, was a very exciting and rewarding opportunity for learning, sharing and hanging out with the PLE community. Because the two venues were in different time zones, there was an […]
Reciprocity failure – Is it really the problem?
I was going to comment on Steve Wheeler’s post, Reciprocity failure, but the comment came out so long I thought best to publish it on my own blog. As I said in my brief comment on Twitter, it’s not often that I disagree with Steve Wheeler (@timbuckteeth on Twitter). I do this time, at least […]
UK judge: Galaxy Tab not "cool" enough to infringe iPad design
UK judge: Galaxy Tab not “cool” enough to infringe iPad design The Galaxy Tab is “not as cool” as the iPad, according to a UK judge. Ryan Paul Samsung has won a ruling in UK High Court that its Galaxy Tab tablets do not infringe on Apple’s European registered community design for the iPad. While […]
Google may pay $22.5 million penalty for ignoring Safari Do Not Track
Google may pay $22.5 million penalty for ignoring Safari Do Not Track Google may be nearing a settlement of $22.5 million with the FTC for its willful circumvention of Do Not Track settings in order to keep serving ads, the Wall Street Journal reports. Because Google violated its consent decree with the US government that […]
Crowdsourcing the (un)keynote (Day 2 PLEConf Aveiro)
Having been chosen by participants as the (un)keynote speakers for the 2nd day of the 3rd The PLE Conference (http://www.pleconf.org/ and http://pleconf.campus.sapo.pt/, @PLEConf and #PLEConf on Twitter – thanks Ricardo), Gráinne Conole and Ricardo Torres Kompen decided to crowdsource some material for their (un)keynote by asking participants and the whole internet 4 questions. Below is my response. […]
George Siemens on the risk of universities losing their relevance
This is an important post by +George Siemens regarding the risk of universities losing their relevance in the changing times (something he has been warning about for quite a while now). It is addressed to Canadian universities, but much of it applies to other countries. I’d add that there is also the fact that american […]
David Wiley sums up the recommendations of UNESCO’s 2012 Paris OER Declaration
David Wiley sums up the recommendations of UNESCO’s 2012 Paris OER Declaration. A very important step for open education. UNESCO 2012 Paris OER Declaration | iterating toward openness The World OER Congress held at UNESCO, Paris on 20-22 June 2012… Recommends that States, within their capacities and authority: a. Foster awareness and use of OER. […]
Apresentação no II Seminário E-learning@UTAD
Os slides da minha apresentação online (via Colibri) no II Seminário de e-Learning – Plataformas Sociais na Educação organizado pela Pró-Reitoria para a Inovação e gestão da informação da UTAD, que decorreu no dia 30 de Maio de 2012. Não desgostei de apresentar online, mas pelas características do meio e pela forma como estava organizada […]
Martin Weller’s thoughts on MOOCs
Martin Weller‘s thoughts on MOOCs. He says on a final note I also wonder if there isn’t an element of ‘if it wasn’t invented in the US it hasn’t been invented’ about much of this, and 10 years from now people will be writing papers that cite Stanford as the initiator of open courses. By […]
Another good day for # openaccess
Another good day for # openaccess Faculty Votes For Open Access Policy At UC San Francisco – Slashdot Marian the Librarian writes “UCSF is among the first public institutions to adopt an open access policy, and is the largest scientific institution to have such a policy. The policy, voted unanimously … This was posted on […]