Category Archives: philosophy

Data visualization as simulacra

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Rob Farrow

I just saw this quote over at Radical Cartography and thought it was really interesting to think about in relation to data visualization, which is essentially also making spatial representations of information. Information is already abstraction from experience because in … 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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Visual & Philosophical Pedagogy

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Rob Farrow

Here are the slides from my presentation at the Third Visual Learning Conference.

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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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Freire & Fromm on ‘Necrophily’

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Rob Farrow

Just reading Pedagogy of the Oppressed and had to make a note of this quote.  Freire encourages us to adopt the general thesis that “only through communication can hold meaning” and suggests that in pedagogical situations the teacher may only … Continue reading →

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Visualizing Philosophy

Posted on July 5, 2012 by Rob Farrow

Partly stemming from my recent exploration of OER visualization, I’ve started to take more of an interest in ways that philosophical ideas have been expressed visually.  Now, obviously many artworks are themselves the expression of philosophical or religious sentiment, and … Continue reading →

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Philosophising about Education

Posted on June 26, 2012 by Rob Farrow

A couple of weeks ago I attended the ‘What’s the use of philosophy of education?’ workshop at Liverpool Hope University.  The audio of my presentation can be found here and the slides on a recent blog entry.   I was … Continue reading →

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Open Education as Bildung

Posted on June 14, 2012 by Rob Farrow

Here are my slides for tomorrow’s presentation at  the What’s the use of philosophy of education? workshop at Liverpool Hope University. View more presentations from Robert Farrow.

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Thoughts on ‘Open’ Policy

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Rob Farrow

The most popular policy initiative in the world of OER is proving to have considerable appeal to a range of stakeholders.  Here’s a concise expression of it, courtesy of David Wiley, Cable Green, and Louis Soares at Center for American Progress.  (The … Continue reading →

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