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Jenny Chun Chi Lien commented on a bookmark UBCO study says it’s not if, but how people use social media that impacts their well-being in the group COMP 650: Social Computing- Jon Dron uploaded the file How distance changes everything: slides from my keynote at the University of Ottawa's...Comments
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Thank you Prof. Jon,
Those slides are interesting, I like the comparison between controlling and liberation patterns and I also like how you are able to use this approach within your courses.
I learned how to learn from you, and I hope to learn how to teach as well.
Rania Arbash 9 hours ago
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Thanks Rania: though I tend to reuse a lot of slides in my talks, that one was new in this presentation, so I'm glad that it resonated.
Over 20 years ago I wanted to call my PhD (which involved the creation of a social bookmarking system designed to help the crowd to teach itself) 'Getting rid of teachers' but my supervisors (wisely) advised against it. In fact, it was exactly the opposite of what I was really doing, which was capitalizing on the fact that we are all teachers, even when we don't mean to be. Though software can help to amplify and guide that process, I think it is also implicit in a lot of the human-enacted technologies of teaching: the things we normally refer to as pedagogies. A big part of much effective teaching - especially online - is not about telling people stuff or making them do stuff, but about helping to create conditions that make it easier for them all to learn from one another.
One of the best side-effects my particular approach to doing that is that I wind up learning more from my students than they learn from me, so thank you for teaching me!
Jon Dron 2 hours ago
- Mark A. McCutcheon published a blog post Need to re-read a literary work? Try reading criticism on it instead.
- Dave Boyle published a blog post Unit 7 - Learning Diary and Portfolio Submission in the group COMP 266
- Dave Boyle uploaded the file Portfolio Submission
- Jon Dron bookmarked UBCO study says it’s not if, but how people use social media that impacts their well-being in the group COMP 650: Social ComputingComments
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This insight is very interesting, and it makes sense. Definitely agree that the impacts social media has on people heavily depend on who the users are and how the users use them.
Jenny Chun Chi Lien 2 days ago
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Of STEAM, 'zines, and heavy metal Jupiters
By Mark A. McCutcheon November 11, 2020 - 9:21pmThis week I've been tuning in to #exodem, a NASA-CalTech conference on exoplanet science (free, fully open online, and so, so smoothly run). A writer, who's a former student and AU alum, is collaborating with the organizers on a STEAM outreach... -
Echoes and polarization in Facebook, Reddit, and Twitter: it's not just about the algorithms
By Jon Dron 30 October 2020 @ 3:48pmwww.washingtonpost.com - The authors of a recent paywalled article in MIS Quarterly here summarize their findings in another restrictive and normally paywalled site, the Washington Post. At least the latter gives some access - I was able to read it without forking out $15,... -
We still need to unlock the web
By Jon Dron 26 September 2020 @ 11:20amPosted to group: COMP 650: Social Computingwerd.io - This is a bit of brainstorming by the ever wonderful and utterly brilliant Ben Werdmüller von Elgg (one of the originators of the Elgg social media framework that sits under the Landing) on methods and standards for setting up payments for... -
Distributed Teaching
By Jon Dron 16 May 2020 @ 10:14am Comments (3)link.springer.com - I forgot to share this when it first came out at the end of last year. This is my contribution to Springer's Encyclopedia of Teacher Education, a brief (3000 word) article that gives a broad overview of the main ways in which the role of a teacher... -
Free Online Archaeology Field Course
By Meaghan Peuramaki-Brown April 21, 2020 - 7:44am Comments (2)Want to learn the basics of field archaeology---for free!?! Check out Dig Venture's "How to Do Archaeology Course" https://digventures.com/shop/how-to-do-archaeology/ -
Earth Day: The roots of our current environmental crisis go back 12,000 years
By Meaghan Peuramaki-Brown April 20, 2020 - 7:28pmANTH 277 students, who cover the origins of agriculture, may find this article useful. It is an interesting take on the topic—minus the obvious political platitudes (e.g. how we need to learn from others but without critical consideration of... -
Imigongo in Rwanda
By Meaghan Peuramaki-Brown April 9, 2020 - 8:43am Comments (1)From the Ashes: Rwanda’s Traditional Imigongo Art Is on the Rise Very interesting article about an art form that was almost lost. The section describing the process is particularly interesting for... -
Coronavirus Rituals
By Meaghan Peuramaki-Brown April 3, 2020 - 8:41am Comments (2)An article by anthropologist Dimitris Xygalatas about the role that ritual is playing during the COVID-19 pandemic, including as an anxiety response, providing connection, and as a tool of... -
Patty Hajdu brings anthropology, public health experience to coronavirus fight
By Meaghan Peuramaki-Brown April 5, 2020 - 11:39am Comments (1)Federal Health Minister Patty Hajdu has a background in anthropology (and she's from my hometown :) ). Read this interesting piece from the Globe and Mail that discusses her important background and what it brings to our current... -
Seven Warning Signs of Pseudoarchaeology
By Meaghan Peuramaki-Brown March 20, 2020 - 11:23am Comments (2)All archaeology students--and members of the general public--should be aware of pseudoarchaeology and how to spot it. Check out this great summary of the 7 warning signs of pseudoarchaeology (I've probably posted it before, but it is totally worth... -
The makers of the game complaining about the people playing it
By Jon Dron 5 March 2020 @ 12:20pmwww.cbc.ca - ""I think as long as we have education, we're going to have people who are going to try and game the system and we just have to keep up with them," said Deb Eerkes, the university's director of student conduct and accountability. " (40 University... -
EDDE802 Group Wiki
Last updated January 4, 2016 - 2:46pm by Rita Zuba Prokopetz in the group EDDE802: Advanced Research Methods in Education Comments (1)Posted to group: EDDE802: Advanced Research Methods in EducationBrainstorming... research interest, research question, conceptual framework, research paradigms, -
MDDE 610 Assignment #2: Learn Something with CAI or Mobile Apps
By Bhavik Patel June 4, 2019 - 10:53amLearning how to dribble with the use of the Mobile App "DribbleUp" it's a smart basketball app. - By David H. Scott April 5, 2019 - 1:05pmChrome Browser Bookmarking Extension for the Landing - https:/
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The Myth of 'Learning Styles'
By Jon Dron 18 May 2019 @ 12:47pmgetpocket.com - A straightforward journalistic article from the Atlantic that does a decent job of explaining how and why learning styles theories simply don't work, with a particular focus on VARK. The takeaways are that, yes, people do often prefer to learn in... -
Catch Up on Screen Time: Read This Dracula Critique
By Bev Schellenberg April 16, 2019 - 8:02pmMy parents felt a child’s time was best spent outside, on homework, and in extra-curricular pursuits, so my screen time was limited to one hour per week. The way I got to know any movie was through my father’s recounting the plot to me... -
Bringing Antagonists to their Knees… Or At Least to the Cereal Box
By Bev Schellenberg April 23, 2019 - 6:00pm Comments (2)Frankenstein’s monster, Dracula, and Darth Vader share something in common: thanks to pop culture, they've been reduced to bobbleheads, children’s playthings, and types of cereal. -
Art from Residential Schools
By Meaghan Peuramaki-Brown April 4, 2019 - 10:58am Comments (1)Looking forward to seeing this exhibit next month when I am in...
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UBCO study says it’s not if, but how people use social media that impacts their well-being
By Jon Dron 16 November 2020 @ 6:04pm Comments (1)Posted to group: COMP 650: Social Computingnews.ok.ubc.ca - This is a report on an interesting study which, unsurprisingly, confirms previous findings that the use of popular social media (in this case Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter) correlates very closely with negative feelings, reduced well-being, and... -
Unit 7 - Using External Data Sources Proposal
By Dave Boyle in the group COMP 266 November 10, 2020 - 6:20amPosted to group: COMP 266"I plan to implement feeds on my social media on this wellness diary so people can get to know me a bit better." -
Unit 6 - Using Libraries Proposal
By Dave Boyle in the group COMP 266 November 3, 2020 - 5:03amPosted to group: COMP 266"Both proposed implementations greatly enhance the functionality of my site and the user experience." -
Unit 1 Submission and Learning Diary
By Maxime Thibodeau in the group COMP 266 November 1, 2020 - 12:06pmPosted to group: COMP 266Below are the links to my Site Design Document and my Learning Diary. Unit 1 Submission (Site Design Document) Unit 1 Learning Diary I chose to make a website about Montreal's Old-Port neighborhood. Since this is my first time submitting files... -
Echoes and polarization in Facebook, Reddit, and Twitter: it's not just about the algorithms
By Jon Dron 30 October 2020 @ 3:48pmwww.washingtonpost.com - The authors of a recent paywalled article in MIS Quarterly here summarize their findings in another restrictive and normally paywalled site, the Washington Post. At least the latter gives some access - I was able to read it without forking out $15,... -
Asus Flip C234 Chromebook review
By Jon Dron October 27, 2020 - 6:18pmI’ve been thinking for some time that I need to investigate Chromebooks - at least, ever since Chrome OS added the means to run Android and Linux apps alongside Chrome web apps. I decided to get one now because I was going on a camping trip... -
Unit 1 - Site Design
By Mipam Lauder in the group COMP 266 October 16, 2020 - 11:18amPosted to group: COMP 266Unit 1 - Site design documents. Website theme and purpose: Personas: Scenarios: Mockup: Sitemap: Reflective commentary: -
Kafkaesque and Orwellian technology design
By Jon Dron 19 August 2020 @ 3:08pmwww.theguardian.com - I am much indebted to the Romanian legal system for the examples it repeatedly provides of hard (rigid, inflexible, invariant) technologies enacted by human beings without the inconvenience, lack of accountability, or cost of actual machinery. I...
- I have never let my schooling interfere with my education - Twain
- The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a hearth to be lighted - Parlby
- We have a hunger of the mind, which asks for knowledge all around us - Mitchell
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- Success is not final, failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts
Thanks Nicolosus - it's very nice to hear confirmation that it (at least sometimes) works!
And yes, that process of searching is so important, and so powerful in helping us to learn to learn.
It's also sometimes important, though, when the going gets rough and you feel you need it, to be able to find someone who will tell you how or, at least, will help you to find out whether you are heading in the right directions. That remains one of my biggest challenges because it relies on having access to teachers (formal or otherwise) who care about you, the subject, and how to teach, but who also (and this is where it gets really tricky) have the time to do so at the time you need the help. It's difficult to do that economically and I'm still working on that one!
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