I’m not sure what to call it really, but I’ll give you an example straight away:
In 2007, after Concorde was taken out of service, the BBC described it as a ‘technological pioneer’ and heralded it’s passing with the following statement: “Concorde’s designers put together an aircraft that was a triumph of innovation”. Of course there [...]
Tags: Innovation · Online Learning · Reflection
A Powhiri is a welcoming ceremony extended by the Maori to visitors coming onto their land. There are some great explanations of what they consist of, for example on the Korero Maori website or the New Zealand travel website.
At ULearn09, I have just experienced my second Powhiri and below is a quick clip caught [...]
Tags: Reflection
This year, Prof Michael Sandal is providing us with a series of lectures he has entitled, “A New Citizenship”. I have listed to the first two with some interest.
His first one is around Markets and Morals and in his second lecture, he discusses Morality in Politics and raises a number of key issues, some of [...]
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This weekend just gone, I was working down at Brunel University at an event organized by Prof Mariyln Leask, MirandaNet and funded by Becta. The aim of the weekend was to draft up an advisory paper on ICT Tools for Future Teachers and about 30 of us gathered from the Primary, Secondary, FE and HE [...]
Tags: Learning Technologists · Reflection
