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Free Content and Creative Commons

Posted on October 22, 2018 by Tommi Kakko

After a few weeks of our online course and thinking about open learning, it has become clear that nobody is advocating for completely free platforms and content anymore. We now know that free platforms always come with some kind of cost. As a rule, if a platform (Facebook, Twitter, Google+, etc.) is free, the user … Continue reading Free Content and Creative Commons →

Updated! #StudentsNeedSchoolLibraries

Posted on October 21, 2018 by KayO

This post was originally shared in April 2017, highlighting the research which demonstrates the essential role of school libraries and qualified library staff in enhancing student achievement. Now, in October 2018, a huge new campaign has been launched…

Open Education in 2018 – Shifting Sands

Posted on October 18, 2018 by KayO

This post provides a brief summary of my reflections and insights after an asynchronous discussion with the ONL181 cohort about the concepts of open education and sharing openly online. As some of you may know, I have been involved with ONL for several…

PLNs and flipping the system: Advancing teacher voice

Posted on October 7, 2018 by KayO

This post was inspired by and is a reflective response to some of the issues raised by Dr Deborah Netolicky in her recent blog post: Teacher voice to flip the education system: ACEL 2018 panel presentation. Thank you Dr Netolicky for raising these very…

Blogging the PhD journey

Posted on October 3, 2018 by KayO

They say that time flies when you are having fun, and obviously I have been having way too much fun completing this PhD, because next week I present my final seminar. It is almost over. Writing my thesis has been a fairly singular activity, and this bl…

Open Networked Learning: Challenges and Opportunities

Posted on September 13, 2018 by KayO

The next iteration of the online course Open Networked Learning is beginning next week. As a past participant, co-facilitator and presenter, I have been involved in different ways with this wonderful open learning opportunity for academics teaching in …

The online Book Club – A connected learning experience?

Posted on August 31, 2018 by KayO

The online book club is a fairly new concept to me, and one that I have been exploring through a variety of channels. My first exposure to an online book club was early this year, when I came across the book club that is run by Bryan Alexander. Bryan i…

Password like its 1999

Posted on August 23, 2018 by KayO

So yesterday it was revealed that over a thousand government employees in Western Australia are using Password123, and More than 12,000 accounts had passwords with variations of the date and season, such as October17 or Summer17; 6,827 had “123&#…

Designing a connected future – A keynote for the UQ Cyberschool Seminar

Posted on July 20, 2018 by KayO

On Friday 20 July I had the pleasure of presenting the keynote for the UQ Cyberschool Seminar, which is an annual professional learning event for educators, with a particular focus for teacher librarians. I have included my presentation below, and also…

Exploring the pedagogical potential of PLNs – Keynote presentation for LTU

Posted on June 15, 2018 by KayO

This post is a summary of the presentation which I gave as the keynote for the Lulea University of Technology Higher Education Conference. The pedagogical potential of PLNs from Kay Oddone Below is a summary of my presentation, including the feedback r…

Personal Learning Networks and Pedagogy – what’s the connection?

Posted on June 11, 2018 by KayO

A few weeks ago now, I was honoured to visit the University Pedagogy Centre at Lulea University of Technology, in Northern Sweden. During the week I spent working with Oskar Gedda, Malin Larsson Lindback and their team, we discussed the role of PLNs i…