Category Archives: education

Flipping Philosophy

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Rob Farrow

Last week I went to the 6th International Conference in Critical Theory, based at The John Felice Rome Center of Loyola University Chicago in Rome.  I got some useful stuff out my my presentation, both in terms of some headspace … Continue reading →

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Reading: Open Education

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Rob Farrow

I’ve been meaning to spend a bit of time trying to better understand the open education movement of the 1970s and how it relates to contemporary developments in academia.  A useful summary of some key texts is over at infed.org … Continue reading →

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Language Games

Posted on April 14, 2013 by Rob Farrow

I’ve just filed my copy for a review of Martin Weller‘s book, The Digital Scholar: How Technology is Changing Academic Practice (which, incidentally you can buy online but if I was you I would just grab the free version online … Continue reading →

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OER13: Report & Slides

Posted on March 27, 2013 by Rob Farrow

I’ve spent the last couple of days here in Nottingham at OER13, where I presented yesterday on the OERRH project and about some of the issues surrounding research synthesis.  Here are my slides: The Ecology of Sharing: Synthesizing OER Research … Continue reading →

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Visual Learning 2012

Posted on January 17, 2013 by Rob Farrow

Last month I attended the Visual Learning Conference at the Visual Learning Lab, Budapest.  The slides of my presentation are already up here, but I thought it would be worth sharing some of the notes I took while I was … Continue reading →

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The Teacher’s Apple

Posted on November 16, 2012 by Rob Farrow

Tess Pajaron sent me the following infographic which attempts to substantiate the claim that Apple is winning the battle for tech presence in the classroom and for use by educators.  You can see the full page at http://newsroom.opencolleges.edu.au/features/the-teachers-apple/.

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Innovating Pedagogy

Posted on November 13, 2012 by Rob Farrow

The recently published Innovating Pedagogy report explores contemporary and innovative forms of teaching, learning and assessment for an interactive world, to guide teachers and policy makers in productive innovation. Here are the different sections of the report: About Assessment for … Continue reading →

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Athabasca Landing

Posted on November 13, 2012 by Rob Farrow

Terry Anderson is currently visiting us here in IET and he just gave a brief presentation on the ‘Athabasca Landing’, which is the virtual learning environment and social network that supports their students. These are my notes from the session… Continue reading →

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#opened12 Reading Group – sign up here!

Posted on October 18, 2012 by Rob Farrow

Following on from discussions around #opened12 and David Kernohan’s suggestion of a parrallel between Newman‘s approach to education and theories of Bildung, I’ve a mind to see whether there’s interest in a virtual reading group. We could start with The … Continue reading →

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My #opened12 slides

Posted on October 17, 2012 by Rob Farrow

Here are my slides for today’s presentation.  You can listen to the live audio at http://openedconference.org/2012/program/day-2/day2-1330-c485/.

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