13.01.2013
by Wolfgang Reinhardt
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TweetYesterday, I had a lively discussion on Twitter with some of the organizers of the MOOC-Maker Course 2013 (#mmc13) about the question “When can a MOOC can be considered being massive?” Their point was that a MOOC is massive when … Continue reading
06.12.2012
by Wolfgang Reinhardt
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TweetYesterday, I received word that the University of Paderborn will honor me with the “Teaching Award of the University of Paderborn for Junior Academic Staff” (Lehrpreis der Universität Paderborn für den wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchs). The committee decided to present this award … Continue reading
05.09.2012
by Wolfgang Reinhardt
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TweetLast year we’ve been awarded the Award for Innovation and Quality in Teaching from the University of Paderborn for the PINGO project. PINGO stands for “Peer Instruction in Very Large Groups” and is a joint project of our Computer Science … Continue reading
14.05.2012
by Wolfgang Reinhardt
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TweetThis semester I’m running the “Future Social Learning Networks” course again (see our organizer blog). After being a seminar with two German universities for two years, this year we are five partners and thus have an online course with more … Continue reading
27.11.2011
by Wolfgang Reinhardt
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TweetI stumbled upon this great video today, produced by The Open University. The topics covered in the 6:40 minutes video are: Achilles and the tortoise The grandfather paradox The Chinese room Hilbert’s infinite hotel The twin paradox Schrödingers Cat There … Continue reading
27.10.2011
by Wolfgang Reinhardt
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TweetWe have been using TwapperKeeper in many of our Twitter-related analyses over the years and enjoyed using the Summarizr feature that Andy Powell built. After Twitter decided that TwapperKeeper had to shut down their API we switched to the great … Continue reading
21.07.2011
by Wolfgang Reinhardt
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TweetSome weeks ago, I received the call for participation for the CONCEDE User-generated conference that deals with issues around the use of social media and UGC in the context of higher education and quality-related issues as well. In the CfP … Continue reading
07.07.2011
by Wolfgang Reinhardt
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TweetNext week I’ll be at the PLE conference in Southampton. I’m chairing a pre-conference workshop together with my colleague Thomas Ullmann (Open University UK) on Awareness and Reflection in Personal Learning Environments (#arple11 on Twitter). We asked people to submit … Continue reading
05.04.2011
by Wolfgang Reinhardt
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TweetUnser Buch Informatik Macchiato ist nun bereits seit einiger Zeit am Markt und wir bekommen sehr gutes Feedback von unseren Lesern. Die Macchiato-Reihe steht für ein pädagogisches Konzept, durch Cartoons und Humor Einsichten und Aha-Momente auszulösen. Dadurch wird aus frustrierendem Büffeln ein … Continue reading
21.03.2011
by Wolfgang Reinhardt
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TweetI found a great presentation on why to study Computer Science. Thanks Erik for pointing me there. Why study Computer Science? View more presentations from Bart Van Loon