Basic assumptions Earlier in the year I was speculating about how to implement a mobile exercise using one of the many augmented reality apps that have appeared in the last couple of years. Before I could implement I wanted a smartphone so that I could experiment and this finally happened in June. Although I bought [...]
Just started the Mobimooc and intend to see it through! Unlike my abortive attempts with connectivism. So now I will make progress in mobile learning! It’s a pic’n’mix course (dear old Woolworths how we miss you) where the determined track out their own learning path while the rest cherry pick. And my the cherry harvest [...]
As I facilitate the transfer of the VITAE course to a new project network I can sense that what the project partners expect from me are a series of presentations, articles and activities. These would then be seamlessly transfered to their institutions. Instead I give them learning outcomes and a template as carried out in Denmark [...]
Catching up on old New Scientists recently I was interested to read yet another article on human happiness. This one by Dan Jones concluded that the evolutionary purpose of happiness is to enable and reward learning. So learning makes us happy and we learn better when we are happy. If true, this has many implications [...]
My younger daughter came home from school in tears today. One of her main class teachers is leaving which means the class won’t see her after next week when the summer holiday begins. The reason she is leaving is because she has found a job nearer home but one can’t help feeling that the news [...]


