The Window on Teaching series at Warwick is run by the Library’s Teaching Grid. Speakers are invited from the teaching community to discuss and share information on current teaching practice and innovation. I try to attend as many as possible that are of interest and relevance. Most recently I attended a session run by Emma King from the Learning Development Centre on game-based learning, and specifically the potential for the use of controller free technology (e.g. Microsoft Kinnect) in learning. One of the best things about the series is that all sessions are recorded and the videos made available online. [...]
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How do you connect to people online?
At the beginning of this month D’Arcy Norman posted this question on his blog: “How do you connect to people online?” His intention is to collect responses to this question which will then be published in a narrative on the project website on November 30th. I happened upon this project through Martin Weller’s response which he posted on his blog last week. Obviously this has prompted me to think about how I connect to people online. My first thought was about the tools I use; Twitter, Facebook, blogs (WordPress and Tumblr), delicious and Flickr to name but a few. Each [...]
Digital World, Digital Life
Here’s an interesting market research report from TNS I came across at work this week: Digital World, Digital Life The data on methods of communication (pages 12-13) interests me most. Do you think we’ll ever get to a point where digital communication overtakes face-to-face? This report suggests that when communicating with our friends face-to-face communication is only just beating out email. However with our partners, parents and family it’s much further off. When distance is an issue there’s obviously a benefit to digital communication. I know email and Facebook are my preferred methods of communication with friends who live in [...]
