Mc² = E Learning Reflections

  I've written about this before, my love of horror movies.  But I wanted to write down my thoughts after recently going to the cinema to watch a sequel production.  I think what got me was how this movie was little more than a retelling of the original story but with a minor twist.  I was largely a bit bored half way through.  The name of the movie itself doesn't matter, I think what got me was the "sameyness" of it. It got me thinking about one of my favourite characters from a famous shark movie.  She was the wife of Martin Brodie who began as a supporting character backing up the stereotypical male hero figure, staying at home while he goes off to sea to kill the monster shark.  But by the time the the fourth movie came along, Ellen was quite a different character taking to sea herself on a mission to finish it and put an end to the whole watery saga.   ( " 'Jaws' pictogram movie poster " by  Viktor Hertz  is licensed under...

As my readers know I've been thinking a lot about kindness and how it manifests in digital learning.  I've made no secret that I personally value a sense of community in my learning and teaching practice.  But there's more to online education than just the people.  The technology itself can be either a huge help or a massive hindrance to the learning process. ( "ENVIRONMENT"   by  Enokson  is licensed under  CC BY 2.0 ) When I did a quick twitter poll recently and asked people what they refer to moodle as, either a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) or a Learning Management System (LMS), I wasn't surprised in the slightest to find that the result was that people call it a VLE.  One person specifically commented that it sounded more accessible than LMS.  Another commented that it was both.  One interesting response indicated that they didn't care what it was called as long as it did the job.   But that's precisely my...