Mobile Learning in Bremen and Chatbots
Michael GallagherJames Lamb, Jeremy Knox, and I are presenting at BreMM17 in Bremen in September on our mobile learning unrehearsed group walk idea that we have explored in several different locations…
Surveillance and Silence: The Rise of Curbs on Communication in ICT4D
Surveillance and the lack of security are two of the larger issues in the world of ICT4D precisely because they attack the very trust and openness that predicates much of…
Notes from an interview: Reflecting on my positions on education
I had recently interviewed for a university lecturer position and the preparation I had done ahead of that seemed to be a worthwhile process in and of itself. I was…
Defining mLearning ad nauseum: my evolving take
If you have studied mobile learning in the academic literature, it is a field fixated on defining itself which suggests, perhaps, some structural flaws in its own rendering. Every paper…
The Myopia of Student Surveillance: Lazy Edtech and Lax Data Protection
The world of educational technology is clearly a favorite subject of mine, particularly as it applies to developing contexts. We have seen an almost litany of attempts, some seemingly well-intentioned…
Sonic Spaces of Online Students: Sound is contested and takeaways for teachers
Title slide image from James Lamb James Lamb and I presented a seminar the other day at the University of Edinburgh building on a paper we did along with Sian Bayne…
Evaluation, Disunity, Industry: 2016 Lesson and 2017 Credo
Evaluation and Recovery "The issue is dispersion. The task is to survive in the diaspora.” -Haraway I, like many other people, have been in some sort of self-imposed isolation and…