In many posts on this site I have reflected on my attempts to work as an open scholar. In a recent post, I discussion how this is often a balancing act as I try to find a space for my blogging and open scholarship, while also navigating the requirements of tenure and promotion. A recent…
In most of my work, I strive for openness and transparency as an open researcher and educator. My purpose in this is to explore and play with possible new opportunities for scholarship in digital contexts. I’ve written in the past about how (and why) to become a digitally agile researcher. I’ve also written about how to…
As detailed in the annual report for 2015-2016, BadgeChain has undergone a series of changes in the first year of the organization. As we enter into our second year we, the core members of BadgeChain, see opportunities within the field, as well as in our own work that we would like to pursue. As part…
On March 22nd, 2016, I presented on the Open Badges in Higher Ed working group call. The purpose of the call was to speak about some of my thinking about blockchain technologies and potential futures in research and development. In the discussion I defined blockchain and related technologies. I also discussed the work conducted up…
This post will contain the presentation materials and supplemental links for my session titled “Why in the world would you want to develop a MOOC – Teaching and Learning in Open, Online, Educational Spaces.” This talk was held at the Addlestone Library at the College of Charleston. In this session I’ll discuss my thinking and…
In our discussions over the past couple of months about what would ultimately become BadgeChain, we’ve been trying to unpack what would happen if we injected blockchain technologies into an open badges framework. Keep in mind that we started with an examination of blockchain and open badges, but we’re exploring and not entirely sure where…
As we plan and identify possible “next steps” for the #WalkMyWorld Project, one of the ideas that we’ve had is to build a website that would automatically capture and add all of the content that users share into the same website. In thinking through this Ive gone back and forth on whether it would be…
TL;DR Version: An identification of recent trends in the discussion about open publishing/open scholarship concluding with possible steps to respect the culture/tradition of academia while accounting for changes in literacy and technology. Every year we hear a clarion call asking academics (e.g., researchers, scholars, professors) to maintain more of a public presence. In this I…
Our column on teaching, learning, and sharing openly online was just published in JAAL. I co-wrote the column with Verena Roberts, Randy LaBonte, and Lee Graham. In this column we share the challenges and opportunities associated with open, open educational resources, and open learning. As a supplement to the column, we invited in a series of…
This week we officially get started with the #WalkMyWorld Project 2015. Last week was a “pre-project week” in which we started by getting our Twitter accounts rolling, talking about privacy/security, and geotagging. By now, you should have all prepped, prepared, and have your columns saved on Tweetdeck. 🙂 Let’s gets started. One Hub to Rule…