Tomorrow I start to teach a new course at the University of Malta, focusing on production, content, participation, meaning and power in social media and 21st century communications. I teach because it is the scariest thing I know. I teach so I am out of my comfort zone and have no choice other than to […]
Skills to navigate the digital world
When it comes to new thinking on digital skills, I think we’re stuck in a moment that we cannot get out of. Last week I ran a keynote as part of Google’s Growth Engine for Europe initiative. I was meant to talk about digital skills and SMEs. 33 slides and 15 minutes later, I ended […]
NGOs and the mindful use of social media
I’m currently teaching a crash course called ‘Understanding Social Media’ for students following a Masters in Humanitarian Action at the University of Malta. On the 30th April, the seminar is open to NGOs in Malta – there’s a Concept Note here. There’s nothing new about NGOs and non-profits trying to put social media to good use – […]
Social Media and Control
On Thursday 19 November, I am running a public talk with my friend Bryan Alexander for the Strickland Foundation in Malta. The headline for our talk – ‘Is Social Media controlling our lives?’ – was suggested by the Foundation’s head, a former editor at the Times of Malta. I woke up early yesterday morning to do a […]
An Infographic about technology change as adopted by students
This infographic is a neat snapshot of how much of what constitutes ‘technology change’ to learners is simply the legacy of other disruptive technological innovations in the past. What is not illustrated here is the restless dialectic between technology and popular culture. Students, of course, straddle both! Find more education infographics on e-Learning Infographics
Developing a National Lifelong Learning Strategy
It’s not every day that you are asked to develop the Lifelong Learning Strategy for your country. Lifelong learning has become a loaded term within the EU context, with interpretations that range from ‘learning throughout life for personal empowerment’ to ‘learning basic skills’ to secure employment in the labour market. So it was clear […]
You’ve launched a new website: who cares?
Just 10 days into 2014, I’ve received at least three emails from companies announcing they’ve launched new websites. There must be something about a new year that sees us dusting off our old image and starting afresh, brimming with resolutions, and it’s no less a trend in the corporate world. As someone involved in website […]
From Social Media to Neuroscience to MOOCs and Mobile Education
My post-PhD work has taken me into three distinct, but correlated areas. The first is teaching. I have developed a 14-module social media strategy course from the ground up for marketing undergraduates at the University of Malta. It has taken me some to realise that I am comfortable in exploring both the ‘business’ approach to […]
How to start a presentation
At some stage in your life, you are going be standing in front of an audience to present something. The audience may be a mere handful of people whose faces you can make out; or you may be privileged enough to be standing somewhere blinking at bright lights, wired up and about to recorded for […]
The future of the book must start with education
I’ve been asked to run a digital marketing course at the University of Malta. I have to build the course in a modular way, using a set text book. As academic books go, it’s solid content, with case studies, hundreds of hyperlinks to sites and QR code tags at the end of every chapter for […]
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