Plants and Madagascar
Michael Gallagher Social media in general has been light for me personally in the last few weeks and some of the reason for that is a project I have been working on…
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Hiatus and reading about Korea
I did receive a few messages of concern asking why I had stopped blogging (or more or less any of my social media channels). I was just finishing up course…
Cameroonian Bamboo Magic
This story is from AfriGadget, a great blog that specializes in inventors and innovators using materials found throughout their locales. In this instance, these inventors from Cameroon have crafted a…
Open Educational Resources (OER) and Zambia: Adoptions and Perception from eLearning Africa
I was reading the news feed for the eLearning Africa 2010 Conference in Lusaka, Zambia, later this month. An interesting article discussed a recent study on the use of Open…
Sir Ken Robinson and TED: Creativity in Education and Drawing God
Sir Ken Robinson in this video is speaking about education and how it squanders creativity. The most convincing sequence, in my opinion, is when he speaks about the future and…
Flight Patterns as Teaching Tools: Visualizations painting a conceptual picture
I am a sort of educational parasite. There, I said it. I do not feel remorse or shame or anything of the sort about this. In fact, I revel in…
eLearning Africa 2010 in Lusaka, Zambia: Conceptual, strategic, policy before technology
The eLearning Africa 2010 Conference planning seems to be in full swing. This year it will be in Lusaka, Zambia, on May 26-28, 2010. In general, this conference has been…