According to Google, I’m a fictional doctor of psychology and rare blood disorders and appear in both a soap opera and a film (titled Dark Shadows). I am also a term someone has placed in the Urban Dictionary (www.urbandictionary.com): Julia Hoffman The most loyal and true friend you can possibly have. She is gorgeous, she just can’t see … Continue reading My Digital Footprint (Thing 3)
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Thing 4 – Digital Security or “George’s Tin Foil Hat”.
Apps I tend to be fairly cautious when it comes to smartphone apps and what they have access to, but as I hadn’t had a look for a little while, it was good to take the opportunity to do this methodically. The first thing I did was have a look at which apps had access…
people make things open
Thing 12 of our 23 things is OER. I talk a lot about OER. Last week I was talking about it in Barcelona, this week I’m talking about it in Paris, in two weeks I’ll be in Berlin. I also write a bit about OER. On this blog and occasionally for case studies and articles. …
Thing 13: Video
This is a cross-post between WordPress and Medium. I’m making crawlingly slow progress through 23 Things as I have a) been a bit blindsided by the US election results as well as b) trying to make sure I make the most of this course as an opportunity to properly reflect on the topics raised here. … Continue reading “Thing 13: Video”
the things you thought you knew
In a post-truth world what can we say? I sit in rooms where we discuss what learners should have, based on our best thinking about what kind of learning is good for them. They don’t want it. They want Brexit and Trump and passive learning with no hard exams. 10 million MOOC fans can’t be …
23 Things – Thing 19 Altmetrics
I’ve been looking forward to this particular Thing for a while given that it is of relatively direct relevance to my area of work – measuring the impact of research output like journal articles and books. My work is involved with making resources like this available to the University of Edinburgh community. This look at … Continue reading →
Thing 3 – Digital Footprint
George Burton is a relatively common name so without looking for something a bit more specific, nothing related to me appears very high up the results list. My dad has the same name as me, and he’s just recently published a few books so he appears high up the list. My LinkedIn profile is the 23rd…
Tumblr / Storify
As I have used Tumblr for many years now for my countless different obsessions (TV shows, films, books, sport) I attempted to make a story through Storify. I had trouble thinking of something to make a story about but eventually decided to make a story about a conference I attended back in late August. Its … Continue reading Tumblr / Storify →
Thing 4: Digital Security
Facebook Recently we had two visiting librarians from Malta at work. When it came time for them to leave one suggested adding me as a friend on Facebook. The other said she didn’t really use Facebook but she checked in every now and again. However when…
Digital Knowledge: Thing 3 – Digital Footprint
http://www.ed.ac.uk/institute-academic-development/about-us/projects/digital-footprint After watching the opening video for my digital footprint I’m a little worried. Sure I Google myself regularly and I know if I search for ‘Oslo’ suddenly Oslo appear…
Thing 4: Digital Security
Facebook Recently we had two visiting librarians from Malta at work. When it came time for them to leave one suggested adding me as a friend on Facebook. The other said she didn’t really use Facebook but she checked in every now and again. However when…
Digital Knowledge: Thing 3 – Digital Footprint
http://www.ed.ac.uk/institute-academic-development/about-us/projects/digital-footprint After watching the opening video for my digital footprint I’m a little worried. Sure I Google myself regularly and I know if I search for ‘Oslo’ suddenly Oslo appear…