• Update: creating focus

    Reining in interest is sort of going OK, as I have been largely sunk in MOOCery and refining my research interests for a couple of months. Librarians are prone to being generalists, and I often feel envious of people who have a clear focus. Working on sharpening mine a bit more. Related to MOOCs is [...]

  • #lawmoocs: law schools, law teachers and MOOCs

    This post rounds up information and links on law MOOCs and MOOCery – thanks to @richards1000 for his help. It’s seems it’s still pretty early days, but we’ll keep this page updated (see below) with any further information we find – leave a comment or tweet @annindk if you can help, and in particular if [...]

  • MOOC update 3: what’s the use?

    At the moment I’m registered on #h817open and #acadmooc, but turns out I’m more interested in how the thing works than the content – the MOOC angle seems to get in the way of my actually learning anything. In the latest on MOOC infrastructures, Wordpress is increasingly used in UK based MOOCs – in particular the [...]

  • (Dis)engaging from MOOCs: can it be a positive?

    Update: article on completion issues, drawing on Katy Jordan’s research, HT to Emerging student patterns in MOOCs from March, plus Sheila Macneill’s No cost, no risk – no problem? prezi. And you can always become a repeat offender – many MOOCs run several times, so you can listen the first time round and complete the [...]

  • Sunday linkage

    Haven’t done a plain links post for ages. I’m trying to get away from lists, but perhaps a few annotated links can be a good way of tracking current interests. Or a nice Sunday displacement activity. Events…many are still completely unamplified or curated, but for this seminar on the power of social media to support [...]

#smwCitizenService: all about Facebook

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Feb 252013
 

Report from Citizen service meets social media, part of my #smwcph series. Updates: post on AnnaSBJ’s blog | report by her on DKF’s website @AnnaSBJ (Komfo) gave a quick introduction to kommuner and Facebook, a personal passion of hers and the subject of her Masters thesis. 22 of Denmarks 98 kommuner (local authorities) are currently active on Facebook [...]

#socme and govcamps

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Jan 222013
 
#socme and govcamps

Just a quick look at a couple of #digigov camps… #cllrcamp  Councillor Camp, “a day for local councillors to share experience, learn about and discuss digital & social media” took place on 12 January. The event ‘home’ seems to be a Facebook page, goodness, with details and a report on FutureGov’s blog. There’s also a Councillor Campers [...]

#cjc13: how to do community journalism

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Jan 192013
 

Community Journalism Conference – exploring the latest thinking, research and hands on experience in the rapidly developing field of hyperlocal and community journalism and examining the potential for engaging and empowering communities using digital technologies and social networks.

#localgovcamp: going and giving

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Jul 272012
 

I haunt govcamps (#islandgovcamp, #mailcamp, #ukgovcamp) - as an ex-civil servant who also worked in local economic development I’ve an abiding interest in digigov and #localgov issues. Plus they are an excellent example of participant driven amplification and curation… Did you write a blog post about LocalGovCamp? Or take some photos? Or make some videos? Whatever it was that [...]

#localgov: comparing the UK and Denmark

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Jul 252012
 
#localgov: comparing the UK and Denmark

Update, 22 March 2013: the new Hvidovre website is here – I’m pretty underwhelmed. Looks optimised for mobile. Clearly a lot better than it was, but so dull. Plus no mention of social media at all, or reason to come back. See the list of subsites for a prime example of the utilitarian approach. Velkommen til et nyt [...]