Practical and theoretical interventions for change?
Reeves, Herrington & Oliver (2004) recommend a practical and theoretical intervention for change. Our class underwent many of these interventions yesterday through Shenali Govender’s workshop,...
View ArticleTechnological determinism & where I am situated
Day 3 – Wednesday 9/9/2015 Our reading tonight was M. Oliver’s article on Technological determinism ¹ also available here. “Technological determinism is a reductionist theory that presumes that a...
View ArticleShould we continue to ask critical questions?
Having read Selwyn’s chapter in “Critical perspectives on technology and education” – why it’s crucial to be critical, I realise how fortunate we have been in having Shenali Govender and others to...
View ArticleCritical Perspectives on Digital Scholarships in Educational Technology
As part of an initiative of the Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching at the University of Cape Town’s digital scholarship portfolio, and Dr Nicola Pallitt, I have completed a ten slide...
View ArticleReflecting on being a digital scholar in the African context
As part of the digital scholarship badge I taught myself to use the free version of Screencast-O-Matic and then uploaded the Powerpoint I had created on the above topic – including narration. I...
View ArticleMy experiences when interacting with online communities (FB, L.In, Google+)
As part of the digital portfolio we have been preparing as members of the 2015 P.G. Dip Students in Ed.Tech. we have been encouraged to join various Facebook, Linked In and Google + communities. This...
View ArticleAggregation of tweets as PDF
The tweets posted below are an aggregation of the portfolio of evidence related to the digital scholar challenge. Tweets as PDF
View ArticleMOBIHEALTH Mobile Health Centre
MOBIHEALTH Mobile Health Centre After reading the inspiring but so effective #ProjectHygiene blog, I decided to research a similar project. MobiHealth is a caravan or trailer which would assist...
View ArticleHow I estimated the greenhouse gas emissions for my home and family between...
CONTEXT At present, my husband and I live alone in a suburb of Cape Town, although my grown children and their family visit often. Because of our post-retirement occupations (I am a teacher of...
View ArticleRESPONDING TO THE CHALLENGES OF REDUCING CARBON EMISSIONS
RESPONDING TO THE CHALLENGES OF REDUCING CARBON EMISSIONS WHILE SUPPORTING DEVELOPMENT – my family’s journey in trying to become more carbon-neutral in my home in Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa...
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