Michael Gallagher
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Not exactly digital education related, but I used to work on the underlying project many years ago that became this. Plants Humanities Lab: the cultural histories of plants and their influence on human societies https://lab.plant-humanities.org/ #DigitalHumanities #digital #eduction #botany
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Some good articles in this special issue on 'Expanding the Boundaries of Digital Inclusion: Perspectives From Network Peripheries and Non-Adopters', including one from my #Makerere colleagues and I on #digital inclusion for #refugees in #Uganda. All open access. https://www.cogitatiopress.com/socialinclusion/issue/view/357 #digitaleducation #mscde
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SI call for papers: Connected Learning in Contexts of #ForcedDisplacement edited by Dr Koula Charitonos (#OpenUniversity) and Dr Rovincer Najjuma (#Makerere University) and me (#Edinburgh). Abstracts due 1 September. https://www.de.ed.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2023-06/Connected%20Learning%20CFP%20-%20Pub.docx%20%281%29-MAR.pdf #blendedlearning #digital #education #refugees
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Not an easy read but worthwhile. 'Pluriversal Horizons: Notes for an Onto-epistemic Reorientation of #Technology' #edtech #digital #education #mscde https://audir.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/For-Incomputable-Earth-Escobar-Osterweil-Sharma-CLEAN-FINAL-single-space-1.pdf
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#CFP on Connected Learning in Contexts of #ForcedDisplacement that I am editing with colleagues from #OpenUniversity and #Makerere. Connected learning for #refugees and #IDP is essentially an approximation of #blendedlearning. All are welcome, practitioners and academics. Abstracts due 1 September so plenty of time.
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Had a lovely chat with @weblearning yesterday running the gamut on all things #digital #education: non-institutional affiliations, balance between #open #technology and proprietary tech, #oer, the #Southafrica context, #postdigital #privilege, and examples of social publishing (African Storybook and more). Really enjoyed it Derek as did the students on the #mscde at #Edinburgh. Thanks so much: https://media.ed.ac.uk/media/1_5je9qg2u
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Online seminar 20 April on #Refugee participation in higher education in #Uganda: the nexus of brokers, barriers, and the digital. Speakers are Dr Rovincer Najjuma and Dr Rebecca Nambi, both of #Makerere University, and me (of the University of #Edinburgh). All welcome. Findings from a project (2020-2022) that will carry forward to another project (2023-2025) on co-creating inclusion strategies with Ugandan unis.
#UNHCR #CLCC #digital #education https://www.de.ed.ac.uk/event/refugee-participation-higher-education-uganda-nexus-brokers-barriers-and-digital -
Seshu nu per ānkh: The Ancient Kemetian Genesis of Digital Communication. A discussion of the Ancient Egyptian genesis of technology (i.e., the exchange of information in signal or symbolic form), zero, and binary code. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-42404-6_1 #edtech #Egypt #Africa #digital #technology #mscde
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A community to be exploited and exhausted: expressions of alienation in #highereducation https://www.digitalcultureandeducation.com/volume-14-4 #SouthAfrica #mscde
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One of my current students on #mscde (MSc in Digital Education) at #Edinburgh: https://mastercardfdn.org/ripples-of-impact-docuseries-faith-kipkemboi/. She is exceptional and an absolute joy to teach. 'Founder of Cactus Mama, a telemental health program that provides women in rural Kenya with health services during and after their pregnancy. Through Cactus Mama, Faith developed BridgeMe Mobile and Web App, platforms that connect clients to teletherapy, person-centered, affordable, and quality care.' #kenya
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Meta sued for $2bn over #Ethiopia violence https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-63938628 #mscde #digital
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Cool that the University of #Edinburgh (specifically EFI, Creative Informatics and CDCS) is collaborating with #Flickr on their 100 year plan. https://www.cdcs.ed.ac.uk/events/flickr-foundations-100-year-plan #mscde #digital #education #futures
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Higher Education Futures: 8 scenarios, 8 tarot cards, and 8 short stories developed by @sbayne @jaross and me: https://www.de.ed.ac.uk/news/higher-education-futures-8-scenarios-8-tarot-cards-and-8-short-stories #mscde #digital #education #edtech
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Making my way through the materials developed by @sbayne @jaross and myself that extend the Near Future Teaching project (2017-2019) at the University of #Edinburgh into a post-pandemic place (hopefully). Full materials available soon for this interested in #futures #digital #education #mscde
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Competing Logics in an #ICT4D Partnership: Case Evidence from Indonesia: 'exploring the interplay of logics within an international organization-local public sector partnership. Results show that the “accountability logic”of the international organization (WHO) conflicted with the “hierarchical” public sector logic of the ministry.' Perhaps this goes without saying, but these types of partnerships are really challenging precisely due to these different logics. #mscde #Indonesia #digital
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Contextual Content Analysis of Mission Statements of Open and Distance Education Institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa https://www.openpraxis.org/articles/10.55982/openpraxis.14.1.462/ #mscde #digital #education #edtech #Southafrica
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My answer to this is a strong yes. Worth a read as are most of #NORRAG posts. "EdTech’s precarious futures: are there material limits to data-driven higher education?" https://www.norrag.org/edtechs-precarious-futures-are-there-material-limits-to-data-driven-higher-education/ #edtech #diged #mscde
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Anti-Racist Curriculum Project: A project I am involved in has developed a range of materials and reflections on an anti-racist curriculum. Designed for Scottish HE but definitely applicable across the sector. https://www.enhancementthemes.ac.uk/en/resilient-learning-communities/equality-diversity-and-inclusion/anti-racist-curriculum-project #highereducation #antiracism #mscde