I chose SoundCloud for Thing 14. I’ve known SoundCloud for a long time, but I barely use it and thought it only had music. Apparently, it has some content on education. I was randomly searching for ‘Edinburgh University’, I came across a Podcast: Are The Kids Alright? How society treats its young people from College of Arts,… Continue Reading →
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Thing 13: Video
I chose Vimeo for Thing 13. I really like After The ICU by Riley Thompson. This video explains what critically ill patients may experience after the hospital admission. I came across this video from a blog written by a former ICU patient. To be honest, I tried to look for the licence information on the video,… Continue Reading →
Thing 12: Open Educational Resources
Open Educational Resources (OERs) are new for me. I wasn’t familiar at all with the term before writing Thing 12. As suggested, I explored the topic of ‘health’ on Media Hopper. I found one video titled Problems with gloves? by Professor Jonathan Rees This video interests me because I used to use gloves a lot when I was… Continue Reading →
Thing 11: Copyright
Copyright is an issue that is of importance to me, particularly if I want to use some images for my blog posts or pictures for oral presentation or tutorial slides. Pixabay is one of my favourite sites for good quality free images. When I was preparing my study leaflet and poster, I bought some Royalty… Continue Reading →
23 Things – Thing 23 – Reflection
Woohoo, we’re about the cross the finish line! It has taken me 6 1/2 months but I’ve made it through all 23 Things! It has been a really enjoyable course, I’ve loved the bite-size aspect of it & have fulfilled my goal of gaining some new knowledge in the field of digital skills. I … Continue reading 23 Things – Thing 23 – Reflection →
Thing 23: Reflection
Oh my! Finally here we are at the end of the 23 Things! I named this blog BlogXperiment because I wanted to try out anything I haven’t had a chance to do so in the past. Turns out not everything in 23 Things I like very much, but at least I tried. Overall, I’d say it’s been…
23 Things – Thing 22 – Fun & Play
About a year ago I downloaded Snapchat for the first time, couldn’t really see how it would improve my life in any way & swiftly uninstalled it. I may have been a bit hasty though. For ‘Thing 22’ I reinstalled Snapchat (a pain free experience) & had a go with the various filters. It really … Continue reading 23 Things – Thing 22 – Fun & Play →
Thing 22: Fun and Play
Since my phone’s storage reached the limit and I don’t have either Vine, Dubsmash, or Snapchat, I used the feature on Instastory, which is similar to the one on Snapchat, to play around a bit. Ta-da! It was funny to play with but I don’t really see the point of doing so on a daily…
Going round in circles with 23 Things?
I failed miserably to attend to 23 Things. Thing 3 (Digital Footprints), with the task to google my own name, took me back to an ancient blog posting in an old blog of mine, where I attended a course which tasked me to do exactly that: google my own na…
Thing 21: Online Games & Learning
It was fun playing “Design a clinical trial” and “Design a baby” on National Museum of Scotland website. At the same time, playing these little games helped me learn things like “it is impossible to design a baby we desire with specific features” (at least we cannot do it for now), and “what sort of ethical…
Thing 4: Digital Security
I quite like the fact that there’s an expectation, nay, an assumption, that everyone will have a smartphone or device. I notice that this is also becoming a trend in commerce and daily-life. Is it not something of a worry that the phone manufacturers and telcos are gaining that much control and influence in our … Continue reading Thing 4: Digital Security →
Thing 3: Digital Footprint
I quite liked this definition of a Digital Footprint: “It’s the data you leave behind when you go online. It’s what you’ve said, what others have said about you, where you’ve been, images you’re tagged in, personal information, social media profiles, and much more.” And I liked this warning: what you say and do online, … Continue reading Thing 3: Digital Footprint →