You don't write because you want to say something; you write because you have something to say

–

F Scott Fitzgerald

March 2013

March 24, 2013

Web Science and the rise of the “social machine”

In October of 2012 the Institute of Metadata Management formally changed its name to “Web Science Australia”. As a part of our “soft launch”, which is gradually happening throughout 2013, and will culminate in the 12th International Semantic Web Conference in Sydney in October, I thought I would expand a little upon the emerging discipline of Web Science, and its accompanying phenomenon, the “social machine”.

March 21, 2013

The challenge of twenty first century learning? Seeing the hidden connections

“The field of instructional design has developed separately from other theoretical orientations such as research on artificial intelligence, organizational learning and collaborative teaching and learning.

March 10, 2013

Learning science and technology … just remember to put the human first

This week I started my Learning Science and Technology programme at the University of Sydney.