MobiMOOC 2012: (My) Learning Expectations
Michael GallagherReflect Early and Often I think it is a critical piece of MOOC participation to critically reflect beforehand on what you want to acquire from the experience and what kind…
MOOCs, Dissemination Lags, and Overused Vocabulary
This is a few different mini-posts rolled into one, but they all revolve around MOOCs so I decided to spare the reader the clickthroughs. This post discusses Distinctions between MOOCs…
Elektroniches-Lernen-Muzik, Informal Academic Collaboration, and iTunes play counts
I am not exactly sure why I haven't written about this before as I absolutely love this project, but here you have it. I have been participating in a project…
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…
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.…
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…