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Future is AI

by pramodk

| AI, future, Syndicated, Tech
March 15, 2023

Recently OpenAI has made Chat GPT public and it is already shaking the tech world. Students are using chat GPT for their assignments, digital marketers are using it for content creation and so on. Lets look at how AI could possibly impact the world in ...
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OEWeek Eventness (or Madness)? 12+2+2 Unscripted Conversations

by cogdog

| ds106, Ideas, OE Global, Syndicated
March 13, 2023

How often do we get to participate in small group open discussions of our practices? I am not talking about blipping in social media. Last, I chose to to be organize/be in 18 of them, and energized more energetic than any zoom webinar. That week was full on for my organization, Open Education Global with […]
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What’s New on WordPress.com: Fresh Buttons, Sticky Headers, and Time-Saving Shortcuts

by @incbesh

| design, Developer Tools, New Features, Syndicated
March 10, 2023

Our latest batch of new features includes updated buttons, sticky blocks, and tools for more efficient site editing.
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Double Down on Daily Double in February

by cogdog

| dailycreate, ds106, photography, Syndicated
March 1, 2023

The daily habit is on for a two month streak! Picking up in the January pace of batting 1000 for the DS106 Daily Create and my Daily Flickr Photo habit, by the 59th day of the year being 59/59 in both. As the kid asks… Daily Flickr Photos A bit of… Not quite the Ghostbusters […]
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Rereading Moffett – Month Two

by Fred Haas

| James Moffett, National Writing Project, Syndicated, Teaching & Learning, writing
February 28, 2023

For me, James Moffett is a bit of a lost key. His notions about abstraction, in particular, were an eye opening journey of discovering and clarifying my own notions on the subject. I arrived at a point as a teacher … Continue reading ?
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Changing the Narrative: New Black x Tech Stock Photo Collection

by @incbesh

| Diversity & Inclusion, Syndicated
February 28, 2023

Automattic’s Cocoamattic ERG Partners with Nappy.co to release a collection of 90+ images featuring Black people interacting with technology.
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Understanding polycontextuality through Happy Valley

by amiddlet50

| agency, assemblage theory, being, belonging, boundary crossing, connecting, connectivism, conversation, Digital Placemaking, digital-social age, ecology, experience, experiential learning, hybrid learning space, inclusivity, interactivity, learning ecology, learning environments, Learning Space and Place, liminality, network, networked authorship, networked learning, non-formal learning, place, placemaking, polycontextuality, Presence, situated learning, social, Social Media, social media for learning, space, Syndicated, third place, Third Space
February 26, 2023

The penultimate episode of Happy Valley on BBC TV included a very tense scene that helps to explain polycontextuality and why it is useful for educators. It seems like the whole country was gripped by Happy Valley – a psychologically … Continue reading ?
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Runescape Below the Elbow

by trubright

| Syndicated, Tattoo
February 25, 2023

Many years ago a friend turned me on to the Agathodaimon font, a dingbat typeface with each letter corresponding to a medieval alchemy symbol. I was drawn to the ancient symbols, especially the one corresponding to the letter S. I liked it so much that not long after that I decided to adopt it as […]

The post Runescape Below the Elbow appeared first on Rubright.com.
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Design Like a Pro in Just a Few Clicks

by @incbesh

| design, Syndicated
February 24, 2023

It doesn't take a professional designer for your website to have a professional look.
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Fetching Stuff from Mastodon (simplest brute force approach)

by cogdog

| coding, dailycreate, ds106, Mastodon, Syndicated
February 21, 2023

The clock is ticking for me to modify the WordPress theme that powers the DS106 Daily Create given that the slippery slope timeline for free, unfettered access to the Twitter API will sooner? later? tomorrow? hit the bottom. Just to be clear, nothing here stop the DS106 Daily Create site from publishing it’s 4050+ day […]
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Daily Double January 2023

by cogdog

| dailycreate, dailyphoto, ds106, photography, Syndicated
February 1, 2023

With grand intentions to stick to a schedule of daily challenges, by skin of my calendar teeth I am 31 for 31 days in both daily flickr photos and ds106 Daily Creates. I’ve held this pace before maybe 2 months? Does it really matter to get a perfect score (no)? But parsing some time to […]
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Being smarter than AI – rethinking our assessment design?

by amiddlet50

| Academic Innovation and Possibilities, academic integrity, active learning, agency, AI, Assessment, Assessment & Feedback, assessment literacy, authentic assessment, authentic learning, case-based learning, ChatGPT, creativity, currency, deduction, enquiry-based learning, inquiry, Inquiry Based Learning, nergotiated learning, open-ended, pbl, personaisation, problem-based learning, project-based learning, smart assessment, social, student-centred, Syndicated
January 31, 2023

The discussion channels used by educational developers have been dominated by the topic of ChatGPT since the New Year. There are two dimensions to this: concerns over academic integrity and the opportunity ChatGPT and other AI tools bring to assessment. … Continue reading ?
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Rereading Moffett

by Fred Haas

| James Moffett, National Writing Project, Syndicated, Teaching & Learning, writing
January 28, 2023

While I haven’t posted in my long off-again-on-again blog in some time, this seemed good inspiration for chronicling a journey. Last week, I entered a reading group focused on the work of the late English teaching giant James Moffett with … Continue reading ?
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Supercharge Your Social Media With a New Link in Bio Page

by @incbesh

| Link in Bio, social, Syndicated
January 18, 2023

A .link domain name and Link in Bio page supercharges your social media by giving you a place to host all of your links.
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Say Hello to the New Jetpack Mobile App

by @incbesh

| Jetpack, Mobile, Syndicated, WordPress Mobile
January 16, 2023

Put WordPress in your pocket with the new Jetpack mobile app.
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Introducing Blaze: A New Way to Ignite Your Growth on WordPress.com

by @incbesh

| advertising, content, Marketing, Syndicated, traffic
January 11, 2023

Introducing Blaze. Turn your site content into clean, compelling ads that run across millions of sites on WordPress.com and Tumblr.
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Hot Off the Press: New WordPress.com Themes for January 2023

by @llilli5163

| Syndicated, Themes
January 5, 2023

Five beautiful new WordPress.com themes, including our new default theme, Twenty Twenty-Three.
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New Beginnings

by natalie

| 2023, books, ebooks, goodreads, Happy New Year, lovestory, new beginnings, Reading, romance, romance books, short stories, ShortStory, Syndicated
January 1, 2023

For the New Year another repost from the book Blend 37 – Pippa Bow – CHAPTER Three “New Beginnings” A week had passed. Pippa had worked all week on the designs for an event agency that had planned a massive opening party in spring. Pippa had created the whole concept, including the artwork. These were… Continue reading New Beginnings
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Between the years

by natalie

| books, ebooks, fiction, good reads, lovestories, lovestory, novel, read, Reading, romance books, romance novels, short stories, ShortStory, Syndicated, weekendreads, womanfiction
December 27, 2022

Pippa arrived at her Belgrave apartment. She knocked at her neighbour’s door. Tess, her neighbour, opened the door. “Oh, Pippa, Merry Christmas, you are back, that’s great!” Tess looked at Pippa but she did not seem very happy. “Hey, how are you? Would you like to come over for a chat and a glass of… Continue reading Between the years
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Christmas Day

by natalie

| books, Christmas, christmas day, christmas story, fiction, Reading, short stories, shortstoriy, ShortStory, Syndicated
December 26, 2022

because it’s Christmas time – I repost the first Chapter of the book Blend 37 – Pippa Bow Sitting on her flight back to London, Pippa was glad to have kind of survived the family Christmas celebrations, which had turned out to be a more stressful event running from one Christmas party to the next… Continue reading Christmas Day
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Welcome Gumroad Merchants: An Easy Path Over to WordPress.com

by @incbesh

| Earn from your site, Syndicated
December 23, 2022

If the recent Gumroad price change announcement has you considering a migration from Gumroad to WooCommerce, we’re here to welcome you with open arms. Changing eCommerce platforms may seem like a big hurdle to overcome, but we have an expert team in place to help you migrate your Gumroad store …
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Some Initial Mastodon Instance Tweaking

by Reverend

| digital storytelling, ds106, ds106social, Mastodon, server, Syndicated, sysadmin
November 25, 2022

Now that I have a few instances of Mastodon running in Reclaim Cloud, I figured it was time to start optimizing them for resource usage, storage, and security. This post is an attempt to capture what I’ve done thus far—which … Continue reading ?
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New Patterns: Subscriptions, Link in Bio, Wireframes, and More

by @incbesh

| design, patterns, Syndicated, WordPress, WordPress.com, WordPress.com Patterns
November 18, 2022

The newest additions to our Pattern library include newsletter subscriptions, link in bio designs, and minimalist wireframes.
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The Good, Bad, and Ugly Get a #ds106 Walk of Life

by cogdog

| #4life, connectedness, ds106, Syndicated, VideoAssignments, VideoAssignments2810
October 15, 2022

Yikes, I had to dig deep in the archives to find the last time I did a DS106 Assignment. I would like to think there is one in there about making an excuse for not doing them. Well there was one in 2020 when I made a DS106 Assignment for NetNarr, then the assignment timeline […]
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New Patterns: Headers, Footers, Link in Bio, and More

by @incbesh

| design, patterns, Syndicated
October 5, 2022

The newest additions to our Pattern library include headers and footers, link-in-bio designs, and more.
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What’s New in the Editor: More Design Tools, Enhanced Lists, Easier Block Switching

by @Sheefa_ahmed

| blocks, Syndicated
September 29, 2022

More design tools for dozens of blocks. More control over lists with our improved List Block. Easier block-switching.
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A Man Walked into a Bar: humour, space, self-deprecation, #activelearning

by amiddlet50

| #learning, active learning, case-based learning, challenge, Co-operative pedagogy, collaboration, creativity, deduction, edutainment, engagement, fun, game based learning, gamification, group work, Humour, in jokes, inclusivity, jokes, learner engagement, Performance, persona, Play, playful learning, Poetry, self-awareness, Syndicated, Teaching, tension, trust
September 16, 2022

In this post I explore the pedagogy of humour in the context of higher education teaching and learning and begin to realise there’s more to humour in the classroom than having a bit of fun! This was my starting point, … Continue reading ?
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Hot Off the Press: New WordPress.com Themes for September 2022

by @Sheefa_ahmed

| Syndicated, Themes
September 14, 2022

Four new WordPress.com themes, with beautiful options for small businesses, artists, and even a fun retro throwback.
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Calling All Creators: Showcase Your Art with a Discounted .art Domain and a New Website Theme

by @Sheefa_ahmed

| custom domains, domains, sale, Syndicated, Themes, WordPress.com
September 12, 2022

Express yourself with a memorable .art address and choose an artistic theme to reflect your brand with your WordPress.com website.
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Absence of detail and the value of ambiguity in art and education

by amiddlet50

| #Ethics, abstract, active learning, agency, ambiguity, art, being, clarity, creativity, detail, discovery, learner engagement, learning ecologies, literalism, Music, narrative, noise, photography, Reflection, scaffolding, sculpture, space, student engagement, student-centred, Studio and Studio-based Learning, Syndicated, Teaching, walking
September 12, 2022

This post pulls together ideas about the value of ambiguity and space in art and education by drawing upon my diverse experiences as educator, artist, and musician. It wanders! In some ways, it is about creating room to wander. I hope you it connects with your own wanderings. Continue reading ?
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Future is AI

OEWeek Eventness (or Madness)? 12+2+2 Unscripted Conversations

What’s New on WordPress.com: Fresh Buttons, Sticky Headers, and Time-Saving Shortcuts

Double Down on Daily Double in February

Rereading Moffett – Month Two

Changing the Narrative: New Black x Tech Stock Photo Collection

Runescape Below the Elbow

Design Like a Pro in Just a Few Clicks

Fetching Stuff from Mastodon (simplest brute force approach)

Daily Double January 2023

Rereading Moffett

Say Hello to the New Jetpack Mobile App

Introducing Blaze: A New Way to Ignite Your Growth on WordPress.com

Hot Off the Press: New WordPress.com Themes for January 2023

New Beginnings

Between the years

Christmas Day

Welcome Gumroad Merchants: An Easy Path Over to WordPress.com

Some Initial Mastodon Instance Tweaking

New Patterns: Subscriptions, Link in Bio, Wireframes, and More

The Good, Bad, and Ugly Get a #ds106 Walk of Life

New Patterns: Headers, Footers, Link in Bio, and More

What’s New in the Editor: More Design Tools, Enhanced Lists, Easier Block Switching

A Man Walked into a Bar: humour, space, self-deprecation, #activelearning

Hot Off the Press: New WordPress.com Themes for September 2022

Calling All Creators: Showcase Your Art with a Discounted .art Domain and a New Website Theme

Absence of detail and the value of ambiguity in art and education

UMW Spring 2024 (Bond & Groom)

Welcome to Paul Bond and Jim Groom’s Spring 2024 ds106

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