I signed up to Foursquare a while ago, and then did nothing with it. couldn’t see the point, and am still struggling to see it even now. like it, I sign-in to various places as I go about my travels, I’m even the Mayor of a couple too. But why? Firstly, let’s look at Foursquare and what it is. According to Business Insider Foursquare is ; “… primarily for letting your friends know where you are and figuring out where they are. But hang on, is that it … just let your friends now where you are and find out where they are? Mayors. Points. Badges. Friends. MORE >>

I was reading this articles posted by Geeta , NO Next and Back Buttons on Learnability Matters. It was great reading and reminiscing the experience of designing the course on 'Dealing with Conflict Management.' At Kern, we give a lot of importance to user and learning experience. How you ask? Let me ask you a question. How do you decide what goes on the learner interface ? We use the basic buttons/features: Next, Back, Pause/Play, Audio Mute, References, Glossary B. We decide based on the learner profile and the need for features If your answer is A: That's incorrect! Think about it. MORE >>

In June this year I presented a keynote speech at Middlesex University entitled Digital Tribes and the Social Web. One of the themes I developed during my speech was around the concept of new digital literacies. My argument is that new media and new opportunities for learning trhough digital technologies requires new literacies. This is not just my view - it reflects the views of many other commentators including Lea & Jones (2011 in press), Beetham et al (2009) and Lankshear & Knobel (2006). Below are the digital literacies I have identified. MORE >>

It's easy to think of conferences as rather old hat - top-down and push in an era that is increasingly bottom-up and pull; very un-green when we face huge environmental challenges; very extravagant when everyone but the Chinese is running out of money. But having spent some time now immersed in The Power of Pull by John Hagel III, John Seely Brown and Lang Davison (2010), I'm convinced that conferences will have an important role to play for years to come. The reason? Conferences are primarily networking events - they bring people together and spark off opportunities. My conclusion? MORE >>

I got a chance to talk about how companies can use technology internally to collaborate and share more effectively. started with examining what’s currently in use in organizations. Email is the most commonly used collaborative tool. Unfortunately it is also perhaps the worst tool for open collaboration in an organization. You can only collaborate with people you send the email to. And the information is then trapped in email inboxes of people who were communicating with each other, with no access to others. The information isn’t shared beyond the people who the email was marked to. MORE >>