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17/04/2017

Thoughts on developing a methodology

It’s been a challenging few weeks recently, as I’ve reached the business end of the MPhil progression time. I need to firm up the methodology and actually know what I’m going to do with data, not just what might need to be achieved, with a rough estimation of how to go about it. I need to know. The battle has come...

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04/01/2017

Data, learning and the architecture of understanding

Possibly the most interesting and potentially the ‘newest knowledge’ aspect of the PhD project is how data and learning are ‘intertwingled‘. I’ve been led into this area by instinct, having realised that in dealing with smart (city) learning, we need to think as much about data as we do about knowledge and community. The idea has been lurking around for some time but ignited when...

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22/11/2016

Evaluating Smart City Learning

The early work into the thesis produced ideas around dialogism and communication evaluation methods to measure knowledge construction and identity forming. I’m now of an opinion that this is largely not a workable idea, but it did contribute to more understanding around how connectivist theoretical ideas are in some ways impractical and unworkable, but at the same time laudable as...

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15/09/2016

First look at network visualisation

In scoping technical aspects of the project, I knew it would be a good idea to ‘look’ at data. It would trigger good thought processes as well as get me started on the track of understanding how to make solid visualisations of networks and communities, to show relationships and illustrate points made in relevant discussion.   I already know about...

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11/07/2016

presentation at icity malta 2016

It was a fantastic experience to present at this conference (ICiTy Enhancing Places through Technology), and it went really, really well. I spoke for the correct amount of time, was coherent and got people engaged in the topic enough to ask good questions at the end. Hurrah! I really enjoyed it. I have a varied experience of presenting. Sometimes it...

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27/04/2016

PhD at University of Malta

​I have taken up full time PhD at University of Malta, in the Faculty of Education. This is hugely exciting and my title is ‘Designing Smart City Learning’. I’ve reproduced a short excerpt from the proposal, plus included proposal viva slides and pdf of full proposal here. I’m developing an evaluation system based in theory (connectivism and networked learning pedagogy/epistemology)....

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11/12/2015

Discovering Phenomenography

After receiving my copy of Laurillard’s Conversation Framework I picked up quickly on her praise of phenomenography as an approach to research that might translate into practice. Now phenomenography might well be the methodological underpinning for my whole project, it sounds applicable, but as a novice educational theorist many things you come across at this early stage sound appealing and relevant, so...

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10/12/2015

I Was Here

Two systems that basically do the same thing, track where we are and who might be around. One is the radar dome, the other is an Inukshuk, at Dingli Cliffs. I just thought that was so cool. When we design digital application interfaces and experiences, we always think about Inukshuk in terms of humanising the digital journey experience, though maybe mostly it...

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29/11/2015

Paul Pangaro

I’ve come across Paul Pangaro. It’s been a while since I’ve felt a genuine excitement and complete engagement with a person for what they are talking about, where they are coming from. Not since seeing Thomas Friedmans MIT video talk on his flatworld ideas in 2005, or Bruce Sterling’s incredible Spimes talks have I felt so absorbed by ideas and a persons way of thinking about things. These ideas...

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01/09/2015

Moving to Malta

I moved to Malta. This is overall an incredible thing and either really stupid or utterly brilliant. I do love the Rock and all it has: history, ancient culture, sun, unpretentious good life, relaxedness. Downsides, yes there a re a few. Traffic is very bad at rush hour, buses can be very full, and it’s a lazy lifestyle so I...

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