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Crossing boundaries with #byod4l – some thoughts on sustaining and extending open: design, resources and practice

( Nerantzi, 2017) This post is an attempt to try and sort our a stream of thoughts currently running around my brain after last week’s #BYOD4L event; after hearing Chrissi talking about open practice at this event also last week; and some quick chats with my fellow #BYOD4L facilitators. I’m also following Laura Pasquani’s current … Continue reading “Crossing boundaries with #byod4l – some thoughts on sustaining and extending open: design, resources and practice”

Coming together with all the C’s: a short reflection on #BYOD4L

Image(CC0) So another week of connecting, communicating, curating, collaborating and creating with #BYOD4L has just come to an end. As ever I find the week just flies by in a whirl of persicopes, tweet chats, googl+-ing and general community sharing and fun. This year we add a few more C’s into the mix to extend … Continue reading “Coming together with all the C’s: a short reflection on #BYOD4L”

#BYOD4L is back – this time with added C’s

It’s January, it’s cold and dark outside but bringing a little ray of collaborative sunshine and social media goodness back into our lives is BYOD4L. BYOD4L is really all about community. I have been part of that community first iteration of the event, and I’m delighted once again to be be part of the organising … Continue reading “#BYOD4L is back – this time with added C’s”

#BYOD4L reflections, adding another "c" to the mix – custodian v (re) designer

A large part of my last week was taken up with the Bring Your Own Device for Learning (#BYOD4L). Along with my co-organisers Alex Spiers and Neil Withnell, and our lovely team of mentors (couldn’t have done it without you guys). I was connecting, communicating, curating, collaborating and creating all over “t’interweb”. Well, to be more … Continue reading “#BYOD4L reflections, adding another "c" to the mix – custodian v (re) designer”

#BYOD4L – a story of personal and professional needs and wants

It’s only 10 days ’til the next iteration of Bring Your Own Device for Learning (#byod4l). Once again, along with Alex Spiers and Neil Withnell I’m facilitating the week long open event ably assisted with a team of volunteer mentors. Now I have to confess, I love BYOD4L. I love the madness of the nightly … Continue reading “#BYOD4L – a story of personal and professional needs and wants”

Exploring #BYOD4L and #BYOD4Lchat

Last week’s #BYOD4L, and in particular, the nightly #byod4lchat tweet chats were fun, at times frenetic and fascinating insight into how our community is connecting, communicating collaborating, curating and creating using a range of mobile apps and devices. Thanks to Martin Hawksey’s fantastic, open TAGSexplorer tool, we can delve into the twitter stream a bit … Continue reading “Exploring #BYOD4L and #BYOD4Lchat”

#BYOD4L and Blending Learning

Last week was a bit of a whirlwind of activity for me. As well as being one of the organisers for the latest iteration of #BYOD4L, and running a number of drop in sessions throughout the week here at GCU, I was also in Sligo on Thursday and Friday giving a keynote at Sligo Institute … Continue reading “#BYOD4L and Blending Learning”

#BYOD4L 2016

Once again #BYOD4L is back to brighten up the dark, wet January days and nights with 5 days of 5C’s getting people connecting, communicating, curating, collaborating and creating. I’m delighted to be part of the organisation team this year along with Neil Withnell, Alex Spiers (with some help from Chrissi). We have a great team … Continue reading “#BYOD4L 2016”

What Sheila's seen this week – #BYOD4L badge fairy

For various reasons outwith my control, yesterday wasn’t a particularly good day for me. However there were a few rays of sunshine in my inbox when I got notification of the full set of badges from the recent iteration of #BYOD4L. It always surprises me how good getting a badge makes me feel. I’m still … Continue reading “What Sheila's seen this week – #BYOD4L badge fairy”

#byod4l day 5 creating and a few final thoughts

On Friday we took a slightly different take on the creating theme of the day and in our lunchtime session we had a look at google cardboard. There was a bit of creating involved in building the headset! We actually have quite a bit of activity here in GCU within virtual worlds, notably in our School … Continue reading “#byod4l day 5 creating and a few final thoughts”