Comments on: technically speaking… (part 1) http://digitalculture-ed.net/jenr/2009/09/24/technically-speaking-part-1/ Part of the MSc in E-learning at the University of Edinburgh Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:28:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: tracy http://digitalculture-ed.net/jenr/2009/09/24/technically-speaking-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-9 tracy Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:40:50 +0000 http://digitalculture-ed.net/jenr/?p=28#comment-9 'mash up' made me remember how mad I would get when mum mashed potato (good) with swede (evil). This version is much better. I started off confused, but somehow meaning is emerging quite well. I'm even starting to get ok with being partially ignored on Twitter. After all I am partially ignoring everyone else. :P ‘mash up’ made me remember how mad I would get when mum mashed potato (good) with swede (evil). This version is much better. I started off confused, but somehow meaning is emerging quite well. I’m even starting to get ok with being partially ignored on Twitter. After all I am partially ignoring everyone else. :P

]]> By: andym http://digitalculture-ed.net/jenr/2009/09/24/technically-speaking-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-7 andym Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:11:45 +0000 http://digitalculture-ed.net/jenr/?p=28#comment-7 The very term - mash up - conjures up an image of a chaotic, mix-n-match info stream. The key is to harnass the technology and make it fit for purpose. I see the first week as the ELDC learning community getting to grips with all the social platforms. There's so many, its easy to get a sense of chaos. However, I wonder how course interaction will look by Week 5-6. Even after Week 1, I feel a bit more comfortable with new environments. The very term – mash up – conjures up an image of a chaotic, mix-n-match info stream. The key is to harnass the technology and make it fit for purpose. I see the first week as the ELDC learning community getting to grips with all the social platforms. There’s so many, its easy to get a sense of chaos. However, I wonder how course interaction will look by Week 5-6. Even after Week 1, I feel a bit more comfortable with new environments.

]]> By: Tony McNeill http://digitalculture-ed.net/jenr/2009/09/24/technically-speaking-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Tony McNeill Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:13:03 +0000 http://digitalculture-ed.net/jenr/?p=28#comment-6 Yeah, I decided to create another account to avoid my contacts being baffled by strange tweets. Lots of Twitter clients and browser based tools like Twit IQ let you toggle between accounts. I like the way Jen has set up a feed of all blog posts - just found it today - to get a sense of the longer reflections fellow students are having. I feel though that it's a course without a central discussion place (a bit like a living room without a fireplace). Pithy bursts on Twitter, longer isolated passages on the blogs - sometimes with comments, sometimes without - not sure about the boards as I don't go there that often. An interesting experiment though ... Yeah, I decided to create another account to avoid my contacts being baffled by strange tweets. Lots of Twitter clients and browser based tools like Twit IQ let you toggle between accounts. I like the way Jen has set up a feed of all blog posts – just found it today – to get a sense of the longer reflections fellow students are having.

I feel though that it’s a course without a central discussion place (a bit like a living room without a fireplace). Pithy bursts on Twitter, longer isolated passages on the blogs – sometimes with comments, sometimes without – not sure about the boards as I don’t go there that often.

An interesting experiment though …

]]> By: Damien DeBarra http://digitalculture-ed.net/jenr/2009/09/24/technically-speaking-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Damien DeBarra Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:38:03 +0000 http://digitalculture-ed.net/jenr/?p=28#comment-5 Well, so far I'm having a ball. One minor note: I disconnected the automoatic Twitter > Facebook updates as my friends were wondering if I'd gone stark, staring mad. And people are curious about the public twitter updates - I was at a work conference the last two days and a few people asked what I was talking about. No harm in that, but folks do notice. Well, so far I’m having a ball. One minor note: I disconnected the automoatic Twitter > Facebook updates as my friends were wondering if I’d gone stark, staring mad. And people are curious about the public twitter updates – I was at a work conference the last two days and a few people asked what I was talking about. No harm in that, but folks do notice.

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