I have just returned from OpenEd 2015 in Vancouver, a conference focused on exploring developments in open educational resources (OER) and open educational practices. I attended this conference when it was last hosted in Vancouver in 2012 and was delighted to… Read more ›
CSCW 586 Blogs: Reflections on Social Media Workshops
This week’s workshop focused on social media in relation to CSCW. The presenters explored how issues of accessibility are accommodated in social networks, the role of copyright and open licensing in social media, social media relationship to crisis and world
CSCW 586 Blogs: Gaming Workshop: Putting the pieces together
Sad to have missed the workshops on gaming last week. Based on the optional reading posted to Github and presentations found through Slack I am preparing this short reflection to make up for missing the session. After reviewing the resources
CSCW 586 Blogs: CSCW in Software Engineering Workshops
We were fortunate to have two guest presentations this week from speakers from industry. What I particularly enjoyed from both presentations was the generous sharing of what collaborative tools were being used to support their businesses and how they were
CSCW 586 Blogs: Ontologies and Digital Curation
Ontologies in the Context of Information Science The majority of the readings this week looked at the notion of ontology as a means of organizing and structuring information. This is the first time I have considered ontology in this way