Maren Deepwell

Author: Maren Deepwell

  • March 2012

    North sea beach

    As it’s March already and this site has had a rather long break over the past few weeks, here’s a bit of an update: there was a very interesting ALT webinar with Diana Laurillard and Stephen Downes, the recording of which is now available. The most recent edition of the ALT Newsletters which features an article about The Self Organised Learning Environment (SOLE) School Support Pack by Sugata Mitra has also been published together with an announcement about my appointment as ALT’s new Chief Executive – which I am very much looking forward to. I’ve also been learning how to set up and make the best use of a Google Apps domain and have been involved in various activities for JISC’s Developing Digital Literacies programme. On a non-technology-related note, I have been experimenting with making Florentines (with mixed, if delicious results) and making a plan for what to grow in the veg patch for the new season.

  • February 2012

    This site, marendeepwell.net, is currently being updated. Please be patient and apologies for any inconvenienc caused. 

    Maren

  • End of January 2012

    It’s the end of January and I haven’t really started the year with much activity across my blogs so this is an end of month update in the hope that in February I’ll get to write something before that month is over and now that the tax return is filed. I’m really excited that the Human-Computer Interaction class I have signed up for is finally starting tomorrow and there is still time to join the class. I’m also delighted to see ALT’s journal Research in Learning Technology on its new Open Access platform, with the entire archive of the journal as well as current issues now being available. On a less technological note, it’s time to think about what to grow in the veg patch this season and I have been having company while trying to decide.

  • January 2012

    Wishing you all a happy new year and all the best for 2012.
    Maren

  • December 2011

    9th attempt – christmas seal
    This is the last update for 2011. At the start of December I attended Online Educa in Berlin and chaired a session on Lecture Capture with three really interesting presentations from Ilkka Kukkonen, Dan Roberts and Amanda Hardy. 
    While I am still working on completing my CMALT portfolio, I have signed up for Scott Klemmer’s Human-Computer Interaction course which starts online in January and I am looking forward to participating in the course as well as experiencing the online learning environment.
    For the next few days however I’m planning to enjoy the time off with friends & family (and continue my experiments with sealing wax) and look forward to writing some more in 2012.
    Seasons greetings,
    Maren

  • November 2011

    Looking forward to attending Online Educa in Berlin towards the end of this month. Also completing my CMALT portfolio and getting ready for Christmas. 
    On my personal blog I’ve recently posted pictures of a new chocolate graveyard made for Halloween as well as some architectural LEGO models of schools made by school children which I saw on a recent visit to London.
    The archive of the cemteryscapes blog is now fully up and running. 
    And the scarves have been liberated from their summer hibernation. My favourite time of year is in full swing.