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Interesting blog by Jenny Mackness on attending two keynotes at the Association for Learning Technology Conference in Manchester, UK: Jonathan Worth and Laura Czerniewicz. She attended virtually. She found some common themes in the keynotes about privacy, vulnerability, and trust in open learning environments on the learner level. From Jonathan she says: he talked about the difference between the image and the photograph and how there is a paradigm shift because the image is breaking away from the photograph. Photographs are about evidence, images about experience. Laura's talk was about the inequality on a global scale and is a life or death issue and it is a challenge to address inequality in new online landscapes. Jenny ends the blog with: Jonathan's focus on vulnerability and trying to see the image clearly will inform issues of inequality and Laura's focus on inequality will inform Jonathan's concerns about privacy, trust, and vulnerability.

Laura Vanderkam, Fast Company, July 2014 recommends taking off Tuesday, Wed., or Thursday for a workday from home instead of Friday for maximum productivity.

8 ways to think about tech in ways that actually improve the classroom by Laura Moorhead from ideas.ted.com. Although geared toward k-12, this has some good advice for teachers such as not co-opting the social media most used for personal connections and fun (FB), no app is going to do everything, sharing ones passion and exploration with students is a good thing, and bringing in social learning is key - let the students explore and help each other. The technology and apps should support them to do this, not drive the content.

A solid review by Laura S. Quinn and Kyle Henri Andrei of online conferencing tools, January 2015

By Laura Murphy, January 6, 2016. Some of it is building investment in Freelancers Union services. Also volunteering in community, finding a hobby, etc.