The corridor of uncertainty

It's funny that there is so much debate about whether we should use technology in education (ie. computers, cellphones and all sorts of ...

After several months of passive membership I have begun playing with Twitter (see my Twitter feed in the right hand column, @alacre). Each y...

Ever wished that virtual reality and real reality would get together? Maybe not but it's coming anyway in the form of augmented reality,...

Most people start off in Second Life with the free basic account. You can see the sights, meet people and change your appearance without pay...

There was a sketch on Monty Python's Flying Circus where contestants on a TV game show had to summarize Marcel Proust's À la recher...

A guy at work many years ago spent most of his working hours talking on his cellphone. Being a salesman this was understandable but trying t...

There's a post on Psyblog that I found interesting called Why group norms kill creativity . There is considerable evidence it seems that...

There's a good article in Times Higher Education on the future of distance learning, Coming to a screen near you . It discusses the grow...

I have far too many passwords, PIN-codes and user names. There are tools for keeping them in order but I haven't really come to terms wi...

We seem to have a fear of silence in public places and try to fill those awkward spaces with background music or muzak as it's often kno...

My university (Kalmar in south-east Sweden) had 40% of its students as distance learners in 2008. The figure has been steadily climbing for ...

Some of us just can't stop communicating. The simplest form of digital communication is of course good old SMS or texting. It's real...

Twitter has definitely become this year's Facebook. Just about everyone is on Twitter including a cat called Sockington who has amassed...

A recent article in the New York Times made some radical suggestions on how to reform universities to meet the demands of the 21st century. ...

Ben Grey's article Why Technology? in Tech & Learning sees signs that universities will start cutting technology spending on the gr...