Sugden’s posterous

I’ve just listened to the latest http://elearningstuff.wordpress.com/ Podcast [http://elearningstuff.wordpress.com/2009/03/22/e-learning-stuff-podcast-018-digital-literates/]in the car (M1 junction 38 to Junction 26) and found it fascinating. I’m certainly going to log it as CPD.

There has been a discussion on the eCPD OLS (http://ecpd.bdplearning.com/ecpd/index.php) this week about what exactly counts as CPD. There have been some good replies and I’ve enjoyed reading the contributions. But, for me, what it boils down to is that one man’s CPD is not necessarily another man’s CPD. Some contributors have said that only things that move your activity/delivery (there’s other word but I can’t think of it) forward should count, but I believe that anything that moves your thinking forward – or makes you think – should count. What are we if not reflective practitioners?

James’ Podcast was the usual relaxed chat but because the participants are known and well regarded, I could rest assured that their comments are worth listening to. In fact, to get some of those people together to talk (as James does) is quite an achievement. You’d never be able to go (even if you paid) to hear Kev Hickey, Lisa Valentine, Shri Footring and James Clay speak on the same platform – so hearing them talk like this (about Digital Identities) was great.

They raised some interesting points about who we are, or who we claim to be online and offline. I’ve just found THWIRL (again, thanks to James) so that I can read two Twitter streams at the same time: my usual dsugden [http://twitter.com/dsugden] stream and my Village e-Learning stream – FatRascal [http://twitter.com/FatRascal]. The reason is that I can invite family and non-‘e’ friends to FatRascal, without them becoming bored by the ‘e’ stuff on dsugden. The Podcast talked about similar reasons for dual YouTube identities (and by extension Flickr?). There is certainly an issue to consider when teachers begin to work online – with learners. Over the years, we have all learned a lot about who we are and who we are regarded as online, and this discussion considered the importance of honesty – and how much learners expect it.

At the very end, Lisa said that she preferred Jaiku to Twitter (so do I) and gave reasons for her preference. If you listen very carefully you will note that the Podcast is a Twitter v Jaiku sandwich – with the beginning being very controlled and the end being much more freewheeling.

Thanks for the company on my M1 journey.

David

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