Monthly Archives: October 2011

OER 11: Highlights

Here’s a short video of highlights from OER 2011: The Impact of Open on Teaching and Learning

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Interview with George Siemens

You can see the edited footage of my interview with George Siemens below or on YouTube. I interviewed George during his time as a research fellow on the OLnet project, and he has some pretty interesting things to say about open … Continue reading

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OER as Educational Philosophy

Here are the slides from my presentation to the Computers and Learning Research Group.  My basic argument can be summarised as follows Discourse about Open Educational Resources (OERs) has reached a point of maturity and needs to be (at least) … Continue reading

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Deconstruction: An Intro

Here’s an introductory lecture on deconstruction from Yale University Courses, helpfully released as part of an open course.  Part two is available here.

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Theories of Reflective Learning

Dewey is credited with instigating the modern discourse about reflective learning.  Although Dewey is a prominent philosopher of education, you don’t encounter him much on philosophy course in my experience.  As a progressive thinker who emphasizes the empowering aspects of … Continue reading

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H808: Reflection and Learning (Core Activity 2.4)

I’ll be concentrating here on Jenny Moon’s (2005) Guide for Busy Academics – Learning Through Reflection.  I was certainly appreciate of its short length, and it seemed to deliver the key points in an efficient way.  Moon begins with the … Continue reading

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