Tag Archives: learning

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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Scoop.It Activity!

Posted on October 1, 2012 by Rob Farrow

My Scoop.It activity has gone through the roof in the last 48 hours. I would normally expect maybe half a dozen rescoops in a week and I’ve had forty in the last two days. Here are just the email notifications … 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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In The Game

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Rob Farrow

Here are the slides from the presentation I gave at the annual Philosophy of Computer Games conference earlier this week (paper co-written with Jo Iacovides). View more presentations from Robert Farrow.

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Thoughts on Connectivism as Theory

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Rob Farrow

I’ve just been looking at Beware critics of Connectivism ! Or how I feel connectivism opens up content creation and access by @Ignatia Webs.  It’s doing the rounds on Scoop.It and seems quite popular with lots of comment and re-scooping.  … Continue reading →

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H808: Reflection and Learning (Core Activity 2.4)

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Rob Farrow

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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H808: Reflections on Core Activity 2.2

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Rob Farrow

Experience of the Task From the perspective of someone who has put together a significant number of portfolios for academic assessment before, I must say that I have generally found them to be more of a box-ticking exercise than a … Continue reading →

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H808 1st Impressions

Posted on September 15, 2011 by Rob Farrow

I’ve (somewhat belatedly) started a new OU course, H808 – The e-learning professional. One of the first things we’ve been asked to do is blog about our first impressions of the course, so here goes! I’m a bit concerned about … Continue reading →

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“Open Learning Network-the evidence of OER impact”

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Rob Farrow

Here are my notes from this morning’s presentation by Patrick McAndrew.  This presentation combined a description of the work being done around OLnet and a look at the technology. Patrick began by outlining the various indicators for the things being … Continue reading →

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