I’ve been working on applying blogging to developing Donald Schon‘s concept of the reflective practitioner and his idea of the practicum as a ‘virtual world, relatively free of the pressures, distractions, and risks of the real one, to which, nevertheless it refers. It stands in the intermediate space between the practice world, the ‘lay world’ [...]
Thanks to anyone who attended my talk in the Wimba distinguished lecture series on wed 24th sept, there were over 60 people online from australia to the USA pretty much spanning the time zones. Here are the references for the talk: Boud D, Cohen R and Walker D (1985) Reflection: turning experience into learning. London: [...]
I’m giving a Distinguished Speaker lecture at Wimba online tomorrow wed sept 24th at 16.00 BST/11.00ET about blogs in postgraduate education as an aid to reflective practice. you can register here the abstract is here Blogs form a vital part of the collaborative space in which postgraduates interact with each other and with tutors and [...]
A story about blogging, journalism and education this week that reflects the grey boundaries of professionalism in the digital age. Alana Taylor, a journalism student at NYU, blogged about one of her classes on new media “Reporting Gen Y (a.k.a. Quarterlifers)” for Mediashift, a pbs andKnight foundation backed blog on digital media hosted by Mark Glaser. [...]
