Podcast
Metaphors of Ed Tech
Hosted by Martin Weller · EN
Martin Weller explores various metaphors, analogies, similes and downright playful ideas around educational technology. Building off the book Metaphors of Ed Tech, it uses metaphor as a way to think about educational technology. Warning: Metaphors may become dangerously over-stretched.
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30 Years of Ed Tech - 2012: MOOCs
Mar 28, 202400:32:39Tap to summarizeThis episode looks at the growth, impact and legacy of MOOCs Between the Chapters ePortfolios episode 25 Years Audiobook 25 Years of Ed Tech book Questions to ask of AI learning platform vendors Edtech Unicorns Are Evolving Rather Than Disrupting
Transcribe →OER24 special with Maren Deepwell
Mar 19, 202400:26:49Tap to summarizeMaren and I discuss our upcoming OER24 presentation on the subject of podcasting and internet radio Our slides for the talk OER24 programme
Transcribe →30 years of ed Tech - 2011: PLE
Mar 14, 202400:20:58Tap to summarizeThis episode looks at the idea of the personal learning environment (PLE) and associated personal learning network (PLN) Between the Chapters ePortfolios episode 25 Years Audiobook 25 Years of Ed Tech book
Transcribe →30 years of ed Tech - 2010: Connectivism
Mar 7, 202400:23:27Tap to summarizeThis episode looks at the theory of connectivism and whether it was useful and issues associated with it Between the Chapters ePortfolios episode 25 Years Audiobook 25 Years of Ed Tech book
Transcribe →30 years of EdTech - 2009: Twitter and social media
Feb 29, 202400:26:15Tap to summarizeThis episode considers the promise and demise of Twitter: Between the Chapters ePortfolios episode 25 Years Audiobook 25 Years of Ed Tech book
Transcribe →30 years of ed Tech - 2008: ePortfolios
Feb 23, 202400:19:24Tap to summarizeThis episode considers the promise and problems of eportfolios: Between the Chapters ePortfolios episode 25 Years Audiobook 25 Years of Ed Tech book Irish Journal of Educational Technology: Special Issue on ePortfolios
Transcribe →30 years of Ed Tech - 2007: SecondLife and Virtual Worlds
Feb 16, 202400:15:17Tap to summarizeThis episode looks back at hype, and reality of SecondLife and virtual worlds Between the Chapters SecondLife episode 25 Years Audiobook 25 Years of Ed Tech book Hologram lecturers thrill students at trailblazing UK university
Transcribe →30 years of Ed Tech - 2006: Web 2.0
Feb 8, 202400:23:29Tap to summarizeThis episode looks back at the excitement, promise and reality of web 2.0 Between the Chapters video episode 25 Years Audiobook 25 Years of Ed Tech book The ‘Enshittification’ of TikTok
Transcribe →30 Years of Ed Tech - 2005: Video
Feb 1, 202400:21:23Tap to summarizeThis episode looks back at video and how it has shaped our response to the pandemic Between the Chapters video episode 25 Years Audiobook 25 Years of Ed Tech book Communicating COVID-19 information on TikTok: a content analysis of TikTok videos from official accounts featured in the COVID-19 information hub
Transcribe →30 Years of Ed Tech - 2004: OER
Jan 25, 202400:26:14Tap to summarizeThis episode looks back at OER and how they always seem just about to break into the mainstream, and considers the role of AI, the pandemic and more recent developments. Between the Chapters OER episode 25 Years Audiobook 25 Years of Ed Tech book David Wiley: On the Impossibility of the Community-based Production of Learning Content
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