Having read through the literature on OER’s, I have a greater understanding of what this means and the purpose of it. Working in Finance, I agree with Melissa Highton’s blog about the technical debt for OER. There is a lot of technical capital, in whatever shape or form, that needs to be considered in today’s … Continue reading Thing 12 -Open Educational Resources (OERs)
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Thing 14 : Audio
I have been using Soundcloud for searching audio talks, usually about self improvements. I rarely listening to music, I don’t know, I…
Thing 13 : Video
I am very familiar with the YouTube and Vimeo but not so with mediahopper. But recently I don’t really have the time for watching videos…
Thing 12 : Open Educational Resources
Learning in the internet nowadays has been improving a lot compared in the past. Online and free materials on almost anything can be…
Speeding things up
Less than a week left to finish 23 Things and there’s still lots to go! So to welcome the new year with productivity, two more Things. Thing 17: Geolocation Tools As I’m currently ill in bed testing out geolocation tools is not very exciting, but I remember going geocaching with friends as a teenager, when […]
Thing 20, LinkedIn/ ResearchGate
While I am certainly not immune to the charms of social media in my private life (hell I have happily frittered major chunks of my Christmas holidays on Facebook and whatsapp), I simply find these ones annoying. Maybe I am just too long in the tooth but the constant self-advertising and measuring and connecting madly with anyone… Continue reading Thing 20, LinkedIn/ ResearchGate
Thing 19, Altmetrics.
Thank you 23 things! Discovering altmetrics made me happy again. It is such a sensible..nay necessary thing to be able to include social media if you really want to measure the reach of a piece of work. Altmetrics is quick, simple and powerful. I love it! The only downside is that it only works with articles… Continue reading Thing 19, Altmetrics.
My first Open Badge!
Hurrah! Virtual badges. They’re officially a thing! I’ll add it to my collection of Fitbit virtual badges. ?
Thing 11 : Copyright
I have been using a lot of multimedia files in my presentations, projects, etc in the past. Recently I have been concerned with how the…
Reflections on 23 Things
This has been a great project to work on! Thanks to Charlie and colleagues for putting all the content together. Were there Things that you particularly enjoyed? I most enjoyed Geocaching and SoundCloud – both new to me and things I’ll continue to use. I did also enjoy reflecting on things that I am already […]
Reflections on 23 Things
This has been a great project to work on! Thanks to Charlie and colleagues for putting all the content together. Were there Things that you particularly enjoyed? I most enjoyed Geocaching and SoundCloud – both new to me and things I’ll continue to use. I did also enjoy reflecting on things that I am already […]
Thing22: Dubsmash
So Dubsmash is fun! Here’s my attempt at the Cup Song from Pitch Perfect! Had to get my husband to hold the recording button as it doesn’t let you let go – Clearly very much designed as a selfie video kind of thing. There’s some fun stuff on this app (plus a lot of sweary […]