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What do all these numbers mean? 18 Aug 2013 | 03:14 pm
<image - http://www.flickr.com/photos/mmorgan8186/5946796450/> Bloggers, or anyone who maintains an online profile, have an ambiguous relationship with visitor stats and data. On the one hand we like...
My new favourite open scholarship example 12 Jul 2013 | 03:52 pm
When I give talk on digital or open scholarship I often end by highlighting the unpredictable benefits that arise, usually by pointing to some examples of my own practice. I have a new favourite which...
Surviving the Day of the MOOC 3 Jul 2013 | 11:58 am
I gave a keynote for Simon Walker at the University of Greenwich for his Academic Practice and Technology Conference. My talk was entitled "Surviving the Day of the MOOC". I borrowed David Kernohan's ...
What quality measures apply to MOOCs? 26 Jun 2013 | 02:57 pm
<Image http://www.flickr.com/photos/wetwebwork/2402908982/ > In case you haven't seen it, Ulf-Daniel Ehlers & Ebba Ossiannilsson & Alastair Creelman are running a project on Quality and MOOCs. It has...
What university rankings really tell us 24 Jun 2013 | 06:32 pm
There's a law with league tables that goes something like, your criticism of them is indirectly proportional to your placing in them. If you're in the top 10, it's a marvellous piece of research, but ...
The cost of support 13 Jun 2013 | 01:56 pm
Two factors are making universities (in the UK in particular) consider the costs of their courses like never before. The first is the withdrawal of state funding and reliance on student fees. I guess ...
You can stop worrying about MOOCs now 30 May 2013 | 02:01 pm
I guess we all knew the MOOC bubble would burst sometime, but I'm saying it's happened this week - it just doesn't know it yet. The reason? Commercial MOOC providers have started making noises about b...
You can stop worrying about MOOCs now 30 May 2013 | 02:01 pm
I guess we all knew the MOOC bubble would burst sometime, but I'm saying it's happened this week - it just doesn't know it yet. The reason? Commercial MOOC providers have started making noises about b...
If education were free, what would MOOCs be? 23 May 2013 | 08:44 pm
Here's a thought experiment, if there were no students fees and higher education were free, what would that do to MOOCs? I mean, obviously it'll never happen... oh, wait, Germany just abolished studen...
If education were free, what would MOOCs be? 23 May 2013 | 08:44 pm
Here's a thought experiment, if there were no students fees and higher education were free, what would that do to MOOCs? I mean, obviously it'll never happen... oh, wait, Germany just abolished studen...
