It’s been a while since the last one of these hasn’t it?Since the last 23 things post I did I have been a bit busy becoming a practitioner in the new General Data Protection Regulations (for what it’s worth) and studying for my next Information Securit…
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Thing 12: OER
This is something that more people need to join, something that should be publicised even more. I have noticed in the last few years the increasing welth of material avaialbale in Wikimedia commons,Soundcloud and FLICKR – whoch has a lot more educational content than you might expect. I have engaged with MOOCs both as particpant … Continue reading Thing 12: OER →
Copyrights and Copywrongs
About 10 years ago I went for my first training on Copyright and digital content with a Publisher off the Strand in London. The person who gave the training had been working in copyright for 25 years and mentioned how much is unknown, or at least undefined in terms of digital content. We were given … Continue reading Copyrights and Copywrongs →
23 Things – Thing 8 – Facebook
Like most of the universe I have been on Facebook for quite some time, so long in fact that I’m now well past getting those ‘you’ve been friends with so & so for 10 years’ video things. I guess I’ve been around pretty much from the start but I’m not actually an avid user of … Continue reading 23 Things – Thing 8 – Facebook →
Annotation tools for online teaching and learning in higher education
This post is a short recap of collaborative annotation tools that I have found to be currently available (as of January 2018) and appear to be suitable for online teaching and learning in higher education. Over the past semesters, I have gradually been incorporating annotation tools in my online courses, starting with text and now […]
Thing 16 – Digital Curation (OneNote)
This second part of learning about digital curation was a bit more difficult for me, primarily because I have a Chromebook. Therefore, I had to make a Windows account and fiddle about with the office download before I could start using OneNote. After creating sections based on the courses I am taking this year and … Continue reading Thing 16 – Digital Curation (OneNote) →
Thing 15 – Digital Curation (Tumblr)
Hello! Thing 15 has been an enjoyable part of the programme to undergo because I feel I actually have some previous knowledge (for once!). For the very few that have read my blog post on Thing 3 – Digital Footprint, I mentioned how I spent the majority of my time when I was 15 being … Continue reading Thing 15 – Digital Curation (Tumblr) →
Thing 6
Accessibility Reading the article on Stories of Web Users is an eye opener when thinking about all the possible restrictions that end users of a website may face. When designing a site, it can be easy to get carried away with the look and feel and capturing the attention of new users to the site.… Continue reading Thing 6
Thing 5
Diversity Having read the articles on Apple’s Multicultural Emoji’s and Yeah, Facebook Messenger’s New Diverse Emoji Actually Matters the technology that we use shows that diversity is important to the users of these systems that are in place. The standard emoji’s that are in place were something I considered mini static cartoon characters, of which… Continue reading Thing 5
Thing 4
Digital Security A lot of mobile apps do ask for a lot of access to various features on the device e.g. photos, contacts, wifi information etc and there is not a lot the user can do about this if they want to use the app. They either accept or not, in which case they will… Continue reading Thing 4
Thing 3
Digital Footprint Looking at your digital footprint does pose a lot of interesting questions. How many online platforms do you post on? What type of language do you use? Who are you sharing these posts with? To name just a few! There are many questions that are raised in the papers, but it is interesting… Continue reading Thing 3
Thing 2 – Blog
What Do I hope to get out of 23Things? Welcome aboard! I am hoping to learn more about current and new technologies and how these are being applied to education and our everyday usage. As technologies continue to expand and evolve, it will be interesting to see how much impact these are having especially in… Continue reading Thing 2 – Blog