Vancouver, Day zero.
Christchurch > Auckland > Vancouver (13 hour flight) No camera (left it charging by the piano). I felt so naked. On thinking about this, I realise there is just that little niggle of guilt at...
View ArticleVancouver Day One
Terrible night last night. Wrote a bit more of my talk when I couldn’t sleep. Today, Saturday: Time off mainly. Vancouver has a superb system to handle cyclists....
View ArticleOpenED contribution 1: Introduction
I’m presenting on Wednesday at the Open Education Conference in Vancouver. Here are a few of the things I will not get time to say. In many respects I am an amateur and a dabbler in this area of open...
View ArticleOpenEd contribution 2: the minuses
This is the second post in a series. See the previous post. (perceived ) Barriers to Sharing resources After some of the conversations, here are some jottings of perceived barriers to sharing...
View ArticleOpen Ed contribution 3: it’s not all bad news
This is number three in a series. Some of the things I may not get a chance to share at OpenEd 2009. These are some of the roadblocks put forward as real or perceived issues by teachers who expressed...
View ArticleIn Vancouver on Day 2.
Sunday: RAIN Wandered along another part of Commercial Drive. Supposed to be a carless day, but no, commercialism and realism has won. The cars were back on Commercial Drive yesterday, after four...
View ArticleAfter OpenEd (1)
After conference. I am too tired to write much with any coherence, plus I do not have any decent internet access. Lots of thoughts. Yesterday, the last of the conference, a trip to Whistler. Last...
View ArticleTwittering at OpenEd
I’ve been a very very itinerant dabbler in Twitter. Twitter emerged at the OPenEd conference complete with conference tag: #opened09. Not as a trickle, but a steady stream. I wondered a little at how...
View ArticleFor the Folks at home: OpenEd09
OpenEd09 was a great conference. Possibly one of the best I have been to. Sharing is very powerful. In Leigh’s circle, people have sought to develop stuff, posted it as a work in progress to find other...
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