MobiMOOC: ICT4D proposed schedule and distinctions between MOOCs
Michael Gallagher Edinburgh, Coursera, and Two Kinds of MOOCs I was thrilled to see my former university, the University of Edinburgh join Coursera as announced yesterday and to see at least one…
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From Seoul to Daegu to Tongyeong (통영) to Yeonhwado (연화도) and back: drifting in a mobile state of mind
Caveat: this post, ostensibly about a trip to the southern coast of Korea, is girded by my participation in an open course on mlearning (Udrift) and my general interest in…
MOOC Theory: Engagement with mobile learners in developing regions
John Traxler posed two questions to Twitter the other day that have had me thinking for a bit on the appropriateness of MOOCs as a vehicle for (learning about) mobile…
Why texting works: the case for SMS intervention
I thought this was a good infographic for presenting a counter-argument to the commonly held belief that texting is symptomatic of a diminishing sociability in society. This can be lumped…
MobiMOOC Week 3: ICT4D Activities, Presentations, Feedback
In keeping with the intoxicating open and democratic spirit in which Inge de Waard has crafted the MobiMOOC course this year (polling on topics, etc.), I have decided to try…
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…