There are two opposing schools of philosophical thought – Realism & Idealism. The Realists’ ontology (bring-in-the-world view) is that material things exist independently of anyone’s thought. That is, if a tree falls down in the forest, and no one hears it, it has still fallen down and that fall may have consequences for other life-world [...]
I happened to be talking to a bloke about Blackboard (as you do around here when you sit out in the Queensland sun at lunchtime with your hot and raw MSG stir-fry). He was a fan of the system. Apparently it only costs the university $55k per annum to run it as the CMS. Now [...]
About this time last year I delivered a talk to students on Plagiarism. This was the standard student orientation delivery, warning students of the evils of coveting someone else’s intellectual property. Now please remember that I am a novice to Web 2.0, and that I generally struggle to be bothered with a lot of technological [...]
One of the things that I find difficult is working creatively with others. I am ashamed to say that, so I am being brave! When you work with others, you are forced to rationalise your artistic decisions :
If I am working creatively on stage with another actor, I can sustain my creative autonomy while at [...]
Gee you spend a lot of time for nothing in front of a computer screen. I have wasted hours this week trying every password I’ve ever used to get back into this weblog (for some reason I prefer the full name of the thing. The abbreviation sounds obscene.). Anyway, Edublog has been closed for renovations, [...]
