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Tony HirstDept of Communication and Systems, The Open University, UK

When did you last learn how to DO SOMETHING NEW?

http://flickr.com/photos/golan/2398523309

Playing the web in real time...

Building an online SMS poll in real-time

smspoll.net

Making online maps is easy peasy, lemon squeezy...

http://flickr.com/photos/sararah/2119108084/

How about a remix?

...and a bit of pipework?

So how's the map doing?

So should we be making use of this stuff?

Born in the 1960s, the 'White Heat of Technology' era, the Open University was founded on the belief that communications technology could bring high quality degree-level learning to people who had not had the opportunity to attend campus universities.

what arrived in the post today
http://flickr.com/photos/54459164@N00/2812346838/

1 year
ago

Making the unmissable, unmissable

Old TVs out for hard-rubbish collection
http://flickr.com/photos/avlxyz/1116136218/

http://bit.ly/iOUTV

Where on the hype?

Green IT
Location Aware
Web 2.0
Mobile Robots

http://flickr.com/photos/briansolis/1411905457/

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(more of the same difference)

Same difference...

We're living in a networked world...

The String Game
(Digital Edition)

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[we'll come back to it later]

10 years
ago

http://flickr.com/photos/skino/2337070735

Next generation User Skills Report
Via http://www.joecar.demon.co.uk/2008/12/digital-literacy-next-generation-user.html

Next generation User Skills Report
Via http://www.joecar.demon.co.uk/2008/12/digital-literacy-next-generation-user.html

Next generation User Skills Report
Via http://www.joecar.demon.co.uk/2008/12/digital-literacy-next-generation-user.html

The Tag Cloud Game

T825

T214

T175

T840

TT280

T210

T209

Have you done your SEO, yet?

The Open University homepage...

The Trendspotting Game

http://flickr.com/photos/drgaz/518198107/

The Internet of Things

What data have we got?

[web analytics]

Segmentation is where it's at...

TU120 referrer pages for Journals traffic, 2008J

TU120 ECA Referrals last 3 weeks, 2009J

[course profiles]

[Freemind]

My OU Story: Mood Graph

http://flickr.com/photos/adders/2961690095

Tim O'Reilly

Web 2.0

Collective Intelligence

HOW CAN WE ENGAGE IN THAT WORLD?

(Remember the map?)

The String Game
Let's see how it turned out...

Wishing you all a very
Merry Christmas.....

http://ouseful.info

@psychemedia