Jim Ferolo will discuss the concept of SoLoMo - social, local, mobile - during a speech at LMU. Pedagogy and Learning Press Releases Tappestry informal learning Loyola Marymount University mobile learning social learning solomo MORE >>

quick look at women in top positions in European Universities and gender representation in computer sciences a bit furtherdown this blogpost. From an article by Curt Rice ( [link] ) European Universities’ top positions are still mainly occupied by men. In the 27 countries making up the (current) European Union, 59% of university graduates are women, but only 18% of full professors are women. And only 9% of universities have a women at the top of the organization. Happy international Women’s day to all of us! As a feminist (since early birth, thanks mom and dad!) MORE >>

friend with an amazing mind Michael Sean Gallagher just got a professor position at the prestigious, international Hankuk University and as I am so eager to learn how that happens I could not wait to ask him how he did it: networking and putting his work out there was his answer. social network research phd twitter higher education networking 'With every career move, there comes a time of trepidation, confusion, wild gesturing in the living room while expressing "where am I going? What am I doing?!". That is the phase I am in right now. early career researchers ! anyone. MORE >>

SNAPP is developed by the University of Wollongong (who I think are coming up with a great deal of interesting educational innovations and thoughts). Within the Export tab, social graph data can be saved as GraphML or to the.vna format. moodle social network knowledge mooc lak11 eLearning analytics knowledge management networkingMany of us use learning management systems, and some of us even track students to support learning processes, but let's face it: tracking does not always result in clear visualization of the interactivity that is taken place amongst learners. MORE >>

Posting a great central sub-question: isn't this an ever-expanding universe of tech goodies? Will we be forced to chase hot tools and social platforms to stay competitive? Tags: collaborative working creativity educational methodology social network BigQuestion participatory learning education augmented reality knowledge technology sharing eLearning work and play In the Big Question launched by Tony Karrer this month , he wonders how do we keep up? This is a question I pose myself every week. This made me wonder on what it was that enabled the innovation. MORE >>