Teaching vs. research and MOOC brouhahas
Michael Gallagher I wasn’t going to get involved in this brouhaha involving the #massiveteaching scenario, whatever it plays out to be. There are much smarter people than I commenting and analyzing and…
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Research ethics in education: My take
I always have at least five papers in outline form on my computer. All sitting there highly visible, a constant reminder to keep writing (and blogging, apparently). I have noticed…
Open Badges: Why and How
Open Badges: Why and Why Not I have been wanting for some time now to learn how to make and issue open badges as I have been conducting workshops and…
The quantified self: charting navigation through time and interest
My relationship with numbers I should begin by saying I am not a very quantitatively-oriented person. I am not particularly good with numbers, but I do recognize their value in…
Learning trajectories and multimemberships: amoebas and not arrows
Amoebas and not arrows: trajectories and multimemberships In terms of our learning and identity and motivation, we are all amoebas and not arrows. We push on all sides, some more…
Vernacular mapping, psychogeography & biking: teaching to generated space
Mind mapping and psychogeography from Michael Gallagher on Vimeo. Schizocartography, vernacular mapping, psychogeography My once and perpetual supervisor/mentor, Dr. Sian Bayne at the University of Edinburgh, sent me this article…
Aesthetic literacy: emphasizing process over output in learning
Aesthetic literacy and learning in the open from Michael Gallagher on Vimeo. My colleague Pekka and I recorded a discussion we had the other day on ideas that came out…