Category: Ideas

16/07/2019

Learner Experience Variables

This post discusses an idea I’m working on as part of further implications arising from the PhD. The idea is the potential to develop learner experience variables data values that could be used to help machines see more complex kinds of learning experience present in digital interactions and learner generated content within emerging technology mediated smart learning contexts. In turn...

Blog/Ideas/PhD

15/05/2019

The Moment of Clarity

Another in the series of posts on analysis of data and finding clarity I’d covered my floor with printout tables from a variety of papers to help conceptualise how I would achieve what I was supposed to achieve. I didn’t know what I was really supposed to achieve beyond what it should look like. That was the key. I knew...

Featured/Ideas/PhD

06/05/2019

Radical Candor, Radical Constructivism

In a professional environment it’s difficult to speak out and say what you really think. Often you might wait until bursting point and then everything comes out under the cloud of a bad temper ‘emotional outburst’. You get a reputation for having tantrums, and anything you’ve said gets very likely dismissed without a second thought. I speak from personal experience,...

Blog/Ideas/Learning & Teaching

09/03/2019

Meme Me

Ideas for the Internet culture wars. These came about as a result of seeing what people said in tweets or Facebook posts, and are cut up snippets.

Blog/Ideas/Images/Social Media

27/01/2015

DigiClass

I’ve done some interesting work for a London based inner city charity developing a curriculum for age 12-16 yr after school classes, teaching digital skills that would lead on to accredited learning, using an approach of a ‘Level 0’ syllabus construction. The system of accreditation is based on what is provided by the British Computer Society, using a mixture of...

Ideas/Learning & Teaching/Work

24/01/2015

JOYnd

JOYnd was an idea with some concept for a ‘GPS enabled’ employability network, aimed at any person new to the job market who has marketable skills. This might be graduates, but it might also be the new entrepreneur schools or tech short-school attenders. It was at a pretty raw stage but I believe potential exists within the loose concept. Main...

Ideas

22/01/2015

Reporting Live

Reporting Live: The State of Today is a new project. I’m aggregating a number of feed sources to automate the generation of an OPML which I can then do ‘fun stuff’ with. I really like the idea of art through data visualization and this is my first serious project to do that (though Baby Saatchi may also turn into that...

Ideas/Words

17/01/2015

Mediabank

Mediabank was a six month project working with several students on the undergrad and postgrad programmes for Digital Media at London Met. My brief was to work with a small team providing practical work experience by producing suitable marketing materials to help promote the courses. I’m a big believer in ‘authentic marketing’ so it was a real pleasure to be...

Ideas/Learning & Teaching/Video/Work

08/10/2014

Photography on Instagram

I take a lot of photographs, when I go to Malta, as well as about town or in other towns like Brighton or up north. I favour Instagram to share the majority. Now and again I’ll create a gallery on this site, for less treated images at full resolution. This entry is to showcase the Instagram gallery, which changes depending...

Ideas

21/10/2013

Big Deal No 5

The Big Deal art show at Q Park, Cavendish Square, London W1. This is a short reel experience video of the opening night. The show was held in an underground car park and held more than 100 exhibits from many artists including Ms Emin. Music is by the marvellous Hypermagic, with Red Lion.

Ideas/Images/Video

RT @cathynewman: No one from the government has appeared on @Channel4News for three weeks, and for the entire week we have not been given the opportunity to ask a question at the press conference. Extraordinary lack of engagement during a global crisis. #coronavirus, 25 mins ago
RT @williamnhutton: We must keep saying this, and repeating this. The attempt by the British government in the middle of this pandemic to discredit, ostracise and delegitimise C4News,Newsnight and Good Morning Britain by refusing interviews is a democratic and civic outrage. We are all reduced. https://t.co/70lVEDfKFb, 28 mins ago
RT @ProDemocrats: The Black Lives Matter protesters gathered in London has been amazing. A shame the same energy hasn't been put in to send a message to our far-right government about the 40,000+ deaths, Dominic C*mmings, Brexit back tracking, and refusal to extend the transition period., 51 mins ago
RT @JamesMelville: Public sector pay under the Tory government: Police starting salary 2010: £23,000 2020: £24,200 Teacher starting salary 2010: £21,600 2020: £24,400 Qualified nurse starting salary 2010: £21,200 2020: £24,200 MP's starting salary 2010: £65,700 2020: £81,922 Spot the problem., 4 hours ago
RT @doctor_oxford: Yesterday the UK, population 66 million, had more deaths from #COVID19 than the *entire* EU, population nearly 450 million. Not even @10DowningStreet can spin that fact away - it is utterly, irredeemably damning. https://t.co/4NworFV1hb, 4 hours ago