Weeknote 03/2018
This week I’ve been:
- Updating Thought Shrapnel, my blog and weekly newsletter of the same name. You can subscribe there via a variety of methods. You’ll like it.
- Meeting with the local Scouts Executive Committe. I’m Secretary, so I introduced them to Google Docs and Calendar, and showed them the new (basic, but functional and fast) website.
- Continuing work around Project MoodleNet. I spoke with Verena Roberts, Pivotal Labs, wrote a couple of posts on the project blog, started the risk register, did some whiteboarding with Martin Dougiamas, Ryan Wyllie, and Marina Glancy, and presented about the project on the all-hands call.
- Agreeing to fly to Perth for a Moodle Team Leads work week next month the week before I’m in Washington DC for a consultancy gig. Jetlagged Doug will be jetlagged.
- Spending Thursday and Friday in London with my We Are Open Co-op colleagues at Bryan Mathers’ house. We also held a meetup at a pub near London Bridge, where it was great to catch up with Jade Morley, Jamie Allen, Josie Fraser, Maren Deepwell, and Oliver Quinlan.
- Writing:
- Principles underpinning Project MoodleNet: 5. ‘Transparent’ (Project MoodleNet blog, 17th January 2018)
- Principles underpinning Project MoodleNet: 4. ‘Ethical’ (Project MoodleNet blog, 16th January 2018)
- On the difference between people-centric and resource-centric social networks (Open Educational Thinkering, 15th January 2018)
Next week I’m working from home from Monday to Thursday, then I’ll be at the Bett Show in London on Friday.
Photo taken today as my son and I headed to Kielder to pick up an ex-hire hybrid bike he’s getting for his birthday on Monday.