My online learning experience as a series of links

I’m starting this new blog at the same time as beginning work on my portfolio to be presented for accreditation as a Certified Member of the Association for Learning Technology.

To begin the process of pulling together material for the portfolio, I’ve found it helpful to list out all of the various online learning roles, tasks and projects I’ve worked on professionally and as a volunteer since my first ‘learning technology’ work in 1999.

So, while I hope that this blog will become a space primarily for self-reflection rather than self-promotion, a place to narrate my work, to articulate what I’m learning and to point to some great stuff on the web, what follows is a linear list, with links, of my online learning experience to date.
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Grassroots leadership of learning and technology

Screengrab of tweet from Phil Bagge

Since the expected announcement by the new coalition government in May that they are to close down BECTA, I’ve been really heartened by the optimisim and confidence that have emanated from what you might call the educational technology grassroots about how peer-to-peer networks and collaboration can continue to promote innovation and advocate for the enhancement of learning through technology.

Peter Ford makes this case very persuasively in his blog post ‘Passing the technology baton? to grassroots networks‘ and Martin Wheeler did likewise in his post ‘The sun sets on Becta‘.

However, a recent tweet from Phil Bagge has prompted me to contribute the thoughts below to the ongoing conversation.
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