Nobody’s personal learning environment can be entirely digital. I did an experiment with Prezi this morning as a way of working towards the picture …
sorted for lolcats, still waiting for the Official Dogme Teacher’s badge
From 1663 The Royal society had a charter from the king which allowed its members to wear badges with lions on and to obtain the …
A day at the conference
Most of yesterday I was at Open University annual Learning and Technology conference: Learning in an open world and, since it took place online – …
soup?
Life probably developed in a “primordial soup” somewhere not in an open ocean, but in a more concentrated form like some kind of lagoon. A …
decentralisation
It’s easy to see how digitising text quickly decentralises a library. Once the reference material no longer has any weight or volume, and can be …
from best practice to reform
So what if some official saw the garden and said “this is an example of best practice which we need to iterate and roll out …
Garden, enhanced by aerosol spraypainting
What does this garden owe to the aerosol paint can?
The garden in this picture lies on my route to the underground station, on a corner …
discontents
I think the various troubles we’ve seen in week 17 are part of a larger sense of crisis in educational institutions. There is a change …
increasing numbers
UK Higher Education remains relatively elitist, although the trend is upward in terms of student numbers. Figures from the HE Stats agency show a 22% …

Personal Learning Environment
I think it would be interesting and positive if students and teachers were able to use a range of tools rather like the Martin Weller …