Internet and mobile use statistics for Asia: using data to distill ideas into research
I have been toying around a bit with some statistics on Asia’s rate of internet users as percentage of the population vs. mobile penetration (as percentage of the population) using Google’s Public Data Explorer (I am anxious to use Wolfram Alpha’s Pro option for a few months to see if I can improve upon these). […]
Redesigning and reclaiming physical space for learning: Higher Education
Granted, I should be thinking about the upcoming trip tomorrow to Tanzania for eLearning Africa and some workshops in the area (no, I haven’t packed), but a running conversation with a good friend has my head spinning a bit on the role of physical space in higher education. As a proud online learner and someone […]
Open Badges and the Impact of Potential Employees
Based on some feedback I am getting on this post on Open Badges and Rewarding Learning Online, I got to thinking a bit more on how this could be expanded/revisited to suit the professional sector. Quick review: Open Badges is a Mozilla and Peer 2 Peer University project for awarding badges (like a Facebook or […]
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 it. I immediately and reflexively try to appropriate anything and everything under the sun for educational purposes. Unfortunately, I am not smart enough to create […]
Flickr visualizations and Riceboy Sleeps: a perfect pair for a night of wistfulness
So, tomorrow is Columbus Day here in the States and that means that I have the day off. The same cannot be said for many places of employment so I consider myself lucky. I have decided to honor the misdirection of that Italian seafarer with one of my favorite pastimes. Scrolling through hundreds of Flickr […]
Data Visualizations for Twitter & Facebook, Nostalgia and More
The above are a series of data visualizations for my Twitter account showing some of the types of traffic that one can expect there. I find Twitter especially useful for listening, hearing that back chatter that sometimes revolves around a subject. Sometimes you connect here as opposed to other place and it can be quite […]