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Considering the formal and informal

Read a really interesting post on formal and informal learning and the impact of social networks on Sarah Robbins‘ blog. The slideshow is well worth a view, particularly the exploration of the differences between what university education and social networks…

And it isn’t even a game

With an urgent and barely-started article due by the end of the day, it was never going to be an easy afternoon. Time to catch up on my blog reader then. Twenty minutes were already happily displaced when I came…

World of…

‘Warcraft’ Sequel Lets Gamers Play A Character Playing ‘Warcraft’I always wondered how long it would take someone to create ‘Second Life’ within Second Life (would that be Third Life?).

Running away with myself

I’ve just got back from my final training run before the Great Manchester Run on Sunday, which inspired me to write this post. Never a great fan of exercise, I started running in the New Year and am amazed to…

Muses on museums

Apologies for the lack of postings recently, I have just returned from two weeks travelling around Cuba, which was a really amazing experience, a bit like going back in a time warp. Spending time in a developing country really makes…