by Derek Morrison, 10 April 2010 The following posting reflects the perspectives and opinions of the author alone and should not be construed as necessarily representing the views of any other individual or organisation. In my short essay ELESIG puts head (or toe) in the Clouds (Auricle, 23 March 2010) I reflected on some of [...]
Archive for the ‘ePolicies’ Category
The Collapse of Complex Business Models
April 8th, 2010
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by Derek Morrison, 8 April 2010 Clay Shirky’s online essay The Collapse of Complex Business Models (1 April 2010) should perhaps give all leaders of all types of organisation serious pause for thought. The key message of Shirky’s piece appears to be that leaderships and elites are comforted by organisational and bureaucratic complexity but that [...]
LSE Public Lecture Podcasts
April 2nd, 2010
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by Derek Morrison, 2 April 2010 I’m always interested in sources of good quality material particularly those which wouldn’t normally be the first port of call for those seeking material related to learning and teaching in a digital world. The London School of Economics’ Podcasts archive is one such source. LSE is building a sizeable [...]
Policy analysis/monitoring tools and services
March 11th, 2010
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by Derek Morrison, 11 March 2010 (updated 16 and 19 March 2010) Any views expressed in this posting are those of the author alone and should not be construed as necessarily representing the views of any other individuals or organisations. I was recently listening to an obscure US podcast and there was an equally obscure [...]
Ebooks what ebooks?
February 21st, 2010
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by Derek Morrison, 21 February 2010 (updated 24 February 2010) Any views expressed in this online essay are those of the author alone and should not be construed as necessarily representing the view of any other individuals or organisations. In a fairly detached way I’ve been interested in the trajectory of the ebook concept and [...]
More universities going Google Apps
January 23rd, 2010
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by Derek Morrison, 23 January 2010 N.B. The following item represents the views of the author alone and should not be construed as necessarily representing the views of any other individual or organisation. The UK Open University is joining the growing number of institutions adopting or exploring the Google Apps for Education offering. Another notable [...]
ReVICa publishes book
January 22nd, 2010
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The European Commission supported ReVICa (Reviewing European Virtual Campuses) Project has recently published the book Reviewing the Virtual Campus Phenomenon: The Rise of large-scale e-Learning Initiatives Worldwide. The book provides a glimpse into global managed initiatives that seek to transcend the walls of physical institutions in order to realise a lifelong learning and skills agenda.
Pebbles crack boulders?
November 20th, 2009
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by Derek Morrison, 21 November 2009 Here’s a reflective activity. If you dear reader haven’t done so then read the following in the order suggested (the really motivated can also follow the embedded hyperlinks Digital Britain report published – read carefully (Auricle, 21 June 2009) ‘Ooooo’ comes after ‘Eeee’? (Auricle, 24 & 25 June 2009) [...]
My mind is going, going, gone … oh no it hasn’t
November 14th, 2009
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by Derek Morrison, 14 November 2009 Here’s definitely one for my techno-dysfunctions category. At 18m 30s into The World’s technology podcast 263 there was an interesting interview with Viktor Mayer-Schönberger about his book Delete: The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age (Princeton University Press, 2009). The Princeton Press site also offers a link to [...]
