MobiMOOC Week 3: ICT4D Activities, Presentations, Feedback
Michael Gallagher In keeping with the intoxicating open and democratic spirit in which Inge de Waard has crafted the MobiMOOC course this year (polling on topics, etc.), I have decided to try…
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Seo Sang Don (서상돈) of Daegu, Korea: revisiting my wife’s great great-grandfather
My wife and I spent a day in Daegu (대구), Korea retracing the steps and imprint of her great great-grandfather, one Seo Sang Don (1850-1913). Seo Sang Don (서상돈) was…
Stigmergic Collaboration, The Evolution of Group Work, and Lessons for Creating Mobile Communities
I was recently reading the blog of Mark Elliott and for the life of me I cannot remember how I was referred there or stumbled across it, but I am…
Soundcloud for learning: audio critiques, podcasts, DropBox and collaborative playlists
I was using SoundCloud for another project exploring music in elearning and am starting to realize how relevant it could be for learning around audio or music. I would love…
The Natural History of Shakespeare: botanical sophistication is at a level near that of the herbalists of the time
Take on the sophisticated expertise of Shakespeare in regards to plants and their medicinal uses.
Artemisia annua and malaria: treatments from ancient China found in unearthed tombs
Some interesting background on the use of artemisia annua (wormwood) in China for malarial treatment. From two thousand years ago.
Emotive Vocabulary in MOOCs and Participant Retention: A New Article and Getting Translated in China
I thought I might for a second try to throw the whole post into that title. Either way, two things to mention in this post. The first, a new publication.…