Geography and sentimentality for place I have never seen
Michael Gallagher I am working on a research project at the University of Edinburgh, specifically the MSc in Elearning program, which is out to investigate what space and geography means to online…
October 2011
Inspiration for augmented, participatory design: crowdsourcing and cities as composites
That is an incredibly lofty title for a post that doesn’t necessarily say anything original, but in the age of crowdsourcing perhaps we are pushing past notions of individual originality…
Augmented Twitter presentation as inspiration for augmented cultural heritage and participatory design
I really, really enjoyed this presentation given by Jeff Pulvers at the 140Characters Conference recently. I will let you ponder this one for a second as it will be part…
Augmented synchronicity and getting translated in China
That title actually addresses the fact that this post is about two different things, so apologies if that was misleading. I have just been doing several, slightly disparate activities over…
Low-tech, high-impact storytelling with Flip cameras; experiences from the world of plant taxonomy
I rarely will pull over a post in its entirety from a work blog, but I love these videos and the nice collaborative spirit that went in to making them.…
Conference Proceedings for mLearn 2011 in Beiing, China
In case anyone wants a look at the papers presented at the recent mLearn 2011 Conference in Beijing on the campus of Beijing Normal University, feel free to take a…
mLearn 2011 in Beijing, Best Paper Awards, and the free or stunted flow of information and dialogue
I have just returned from the mLearn 2011 Conference in Beijing, China, which focuses, not surprisingly, on mobile and ubiquitous learning (anywhere, anytime, all the time). Some good sessions and…