black headed gull, Open Participants 2021, The Network
Silent Sunday
“Chroicocephalus ridibundus” flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-SA) license
1855 Posts Categorized "The Network"
All writing from everyone in the network (see a list of all Alchemists)
Open Participants 2021, The Network
Remixometer
Today’s Daily Create challenges participants to make a FitBit type device to measure something that would not usually be measured. My suggestion is a remixometer – a way of measuring the amount of originality, ingenuity … whatever property or quality we think we might measure when we look at the various remixes that we see. This is the one that I submitted – the scale left open for the reader to decide (my scale is from ‘copy’ at the red […]
Open Participants 2021, The Network
Silent Sunday
“Glasgow Uni looking out to the South Front” flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-SA) license
ETMooc2, Open Participants 2021, The Network
A Haiku for ETMooc2
“Writers block” flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-SA) license Sitting on a Sunday afternoon, wondering what to do that is vaguely ETMooc2 related, I open up Chat GPT and ask it to write me a haiku about writer’s block. Then, inspired by Kevin’s blog post, I put the haiku into NightCafe and ask it to generate four images for me. I jump over to PowerPoint to add the words to the images, and upload the result […]
Open Participants 2021, The Network
Silent Sunday
“Let Sleeping Ducks (and Stones) Lie” flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-SA) license
Glasgow Uni, Open Participants 2021, The Network
Silent Sunday
“Migratory fashion” flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-SA) license
honesty, Open Participants 2021, The Network
Silent Sunday
“Honesty” flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-SA) license
Open Participants 2021, The Network
McLuhan’s Tetrad
I’m keeping half an eye on #ETMooc2 at the moment, and one of this week’s suggested activities caught my interest. Activity #1 – Marshall McLuhan Tetrad of Effects for Generative AI: What are the opportunities and challenges presented by the evolution of technologies in the digital age?View the following video (3:45) for an example of McLuhan’s Tetrad OR search for other examples.Brainstorm changes that are already occurring or will occur with the use of generative AI in your context. Add […]
Netnarr in 2023, The Network
“Should We Fight Artificial Intelligence or Embrace It? The Role of AI in Education – With Professor Mia Zamora, Ph.D.”
As a final parting, I want to share this recent interview I did with “Urban Impact” (Kean’s “Urban Impact” podcast explores the complex issues facing urban communities – examined through meaningful conversations with scholars, community leaders and others who are driving change). Much of my reflections shared here have been inspired by our co-learning journey together this semester. If you can find the right 23 minutes in your or night, take a moment listen to this as a summative lens […]
#ETMooc2, humanity, Open Participants 2021, The Network
Postcards as an antidote to AI
“Postcard Prep” flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-SA) license It’s been far too long since I got out my postcards and decided on a theme for a round of postcards, but this week we’ve set things in motion. Inspired by a MOOC type thing that some of us are dabbling in, we’ve embarked on a new round of postcard sending. Join us, if you like.
Netnarr in 2023, The Network
Considering our own humanness, through grief, love, and loss: the ineffable muse.
I think Brandon’s wrap-up of our pathfinding sessions was truly a “synthetic” moment, as we apprehended (in part) our experiences of grief and loss, as well as the source(s) of things that spark our creative impulse from within. The time spent in this final conversation became a re-visioning of “the old-world muse”, and it was an appropriate way to wrap up our semester-long contemplation of “the human nature of writing”. In mythology, the Muses were nine goddesses who symbolized the […]
bluebells, Open Participants 2021, The Network
Silent Sunday
“Bluebells” flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-SA) license
Open Participants 2021, SNA, Social Network Analysis, TAGS, The Network
So long, and thanks for all the TAGS
“clmooc TAGS” flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-SA) license For almost ten years now, whenever I’ve been involved in an activity that involves Twitter conversations, I’ve headed over to TAGS and set up a copy to collate tweets and produce visualisations like the one above. So earlier this month, as I was tweeting to the #ETMooc2 hashtag, I was devastated to realise that it was now broken (I knew it was going to be, but I […]
N+5, Open Participants 2021, remixer as thief, The Network
Enter The N+? Universe
“Generative Dictionary” flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-SA) license (made with AI) The prompt for the Daily Create today is to use the N+ generator to generate some text. I took the abstract from my PhD thesis: This thesis is my reflection about my experiences of researching a participatory culture. It began as a traditional research project into peer learning, evolved into a type of participatory research, and has ended up going beyond that as I […]
AI art, Open Participants 2021, prog rock, The Network
Happy birthday to me
“Prog Rock Cats” flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-SA) license (Made by AI) Today is my birthday. As I’m currently playing with AI with #ETMooc2, I asked ChatGPT to write me a poem. I also asked NightCafe for ” a birthday card with cats and prog rock”. “Today is my birthday. I like cats and prog rock music. Could you write me a poem?” On your special day, I’d love to convey Wishes that brighten your […]