Learning from learning from cyberspace
This post is a response to Cousin, G. (2005) Learning from cyberspace in Land, R. and Bayne, S. (eds) Education in cyberspace. London, RoutledgeFalmer. pp. 117-129. It’s probably only a Google Scholar...
View ArticleWhy we should advertise to children
So the title is probably a little more provocative than it needs to be, but there is something to consider in here. As schools should we be worried about the way our students are advertised to online?...
View ArticleHypertext, Hyperreaders and Hyperlearners
From greek origin, hypertext is referring to “beyond”, or “over” text. It is often thought to be a reference to electronic texts, but is far more about the style of that text rather than the medium....
View ArticleDoes hypertext actually help me learn?
I ‘borrowed’ this graphic from a Norm Friesen session I attended. It isn’t really the point he was making, but it seems to illustrate mine as well. In short, I wonder if the natural structure a...
View ArticleOversimplifying Presence
Just a quick exercise really- I have attempted to mark off each of the different communication methods I have used this week against the 6 conceptualisations of presence set out by Lombard and Ditton....
View ArticleAre you present?
Some extended notes around the ideas of presence here. In short, it is a very personal thing that varies depending on time, task, location, mood, etc which makes it pretty hard to be specific about....
View ArticleDo you struggle to keep up with it all?
Is the pace of life getting faster and faster? Do you struggle to keep up with everything around you? Should you? And, what impact is that having on learning? It’s not uncommon to hear that the pace is...
View ArticleIs silence over-rated?
Thoughts last week on speed and acceleration lead neatly onto the need for silence. If we are losing time for reflection because of information overload we clearly need an understanding of the best...
View ArticleOn video conferencing
Having just come out of a video conference tutorial I wanted to briefly reflect on the technology rather than the discussion itself. Over the last few months we have largely been researching web...
View ArticleEmbodiment, Identity and the Posthuman
12 months ago I don’t think I knew what any of those words meant, been quite a year. I’ve been reading more around posthumanism after Sian directed me towards it. I wanted to try and share my (frankly...
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