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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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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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Data Maps: The Next Level

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Rob Farrow

An interesting post by Young Hahn on map hacking has given me some food for thought with respect to the redesign of the OER Evidence Hub.  This article led me to another, Take Control of Your Maps by Paul Smith. If … Continue reading →

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Data Visualization for Humanities

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Rob Farrow

Here are my notes from today’s OU seminar which offers a survey of major online humanities datasets and some of the tools available for visualising them. Speakers: Dr Elton Barker (Classical Studies Department, The Open University, and Alexander von Humboldt … 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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OERHub: Looking Forward

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Rob Farrow

One of the things that we need to do as the OER Hub project progresses is keep track of the various research and dissemination activities that we are involved with over the two year period.  I have a couple of … Continue reading →

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Data Visualization Tools

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Rob Farrow

There’s a nice list of data visualization tools available on netmagazine.  I think it would be really interesting to experiment with a few of these in the context of the redevelopment of the OLnet Evidence Hub in the OER Hub … 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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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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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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