Tag Archives: reflection

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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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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Revisiting Critical Theory

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Rob Farrow

The full line-up for the 6th International Critical Theory Conference of Rome has now been announced and I see a few familiar names on there from my time at Essex when critical theory was my full-time gig.  As the main … Continue reading →

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What is Open Access?

Posted on January 18, 2013 by Rob Farrow

I just had to share this video from PhD Comics.  A really neat introduction to the issues surrounding access to scientific literature…

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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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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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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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Recording: Cambridge 2012

Posted on August 22, 2012 by Rob Farrow

More media now online… you can watch the presentation that myself and Patrick McAndrew gave at Cambridge 2012: Innovation and Impact – Openly Collaborating to Enhance Education back in April at http://presentations.ocwconsortium.org/uk2012_329_learning_lessons_of_openness/.

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OER Hub Visualisations

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Rob Farrow

Just a first pass at creating infographic-style slides for a forthcoming report.  There were created with easel.ly using data from the OLnet OER Evidence Hub.   One is still missing at the moment… I’m interested in any feedback!

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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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