Stigmergic Collaboration, The Evolution of Group Work, and Lessons for Creating Mobile Communities
Michael GallagherI 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…
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.…
Participatory design for MobiMOOC: call for participation
In the spirit of open learning and MOOCs, with all their emphasis on openness, collaboration, even transparency, it seems natural enough to extend that thought of openness all the way…
Replicating organic processes of bacteria for optimal learning design: the case of magnetic material and biological wires
Bacteria eating iron and producing magnets: the background I read and reread a BBC article on how certain bacteria, Magnetospirilllum magneticum to be precise, consume iron and the byproduct of…
MOOC Learning Design: What does participatory design look like in open learning?
Constructivist is what constructivist explores I am in the process of constructing a week of activities on ICT4D (and Mobile for Development-M4d) for the next installment of the MobiMOOC scheduled…
MOOC for Applied Learning and Research: Phases, Tools, and Autonomy
MOOC for Tools I have been asked to facilitate a week of activities for an upcoming MOOC (co-facilitate, perhaps) and I am absolutely thrilled to mix it up with my…