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Connectivism – The First 2000 Years
I would like to highly recommend a book I am currently reading to educators interested in Connectivism. It is called Writing on the Wall: Social Media – The First 2000 Thousand Years by Tom Standage, the digital editor at the … Continue reading
Posted in connectivism, Instructional Design, twitter
Tagged Facebook, Republic of Letters, Silk Road, Tom Standage
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Social Networks and The Good Way to Do History
Biblioteque Nationale There is a fascinating article by Harvard librarian Robert Darnton in this month’s New York Review of Books called “The Good Way to Do History.” It is a review of Arlette Farge’s book The Allure of the Archives. This … Continue reading
Posted in communication, connectivism, history, social networks, twitter
Tagged New York Review of Books, NYRB, Republic of Letters
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MOOCs and Connectivist Instructional Design
I am very interested in the instructional design of MOOCs. While I was working at Tacoma Community College, I co-taught a course called “Health Information Management 101.” The purpose of the course was to introduce health information management students to … Continue reading
Posted in connectivism, ds106, education, Instructional Design, MOOC, twitter
Tagged Second Life, Stephen Downes, Tacoma Community College
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Seoul Man: Viral Videos and the Shrinking World
I have been thinking recently about Psy and the K-pop phenomena of his video “Gangnam Style” that broke out of the internet and onto mainstream television and media. This video was destined to become the Numa Numa of the year (Gary … Continue reading
Posted in connectivism, twitter
Tagged Facebook, Numa Numa, O-Zone, Psy, viral, youtube
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France: Minitel and the Internet
Minitel, France, 1982. Wikipedia I was just in Paris this month. How did I get to Paris? Fortunately for me, my car got stolen in October, and I decided to go to Paris instead of replacing it. We were a two … Continue reading
Facebook and My 1000 Closest Friends
This is an article I wrote for the Times Standard “Tech Beat’ column for May 11, 2012: I have read a few claims recently about the detrimental effects of the Internet. The most recent one came from the New York … Continue reading
Posted in social networks, techbeat, twitter
Tagged Facebook, New York Times, turkle, zuckerberg
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Mobile Learning: Education is Everywhere
This is an article I wrote for the “Tech Beat” column for the Times-Standard: Darrell is a part-time student who does not own a car. Every Tuesday and Thursday, he takes the hour-long bus ride to school. Like many students … Continue reading
Posted in mlearning, Tech Beat, techbeat, twitter
Tagged New York Public Library, QR code, smartphone
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Wired Love: From Telegraph to Twitter
An illustration of Phelps’ Electro-motor Printing Telegraph, the last and most advanced telegraphy mechanism designed by George May Phelps. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)This is an article I wrote for the “Tech Beat” column for the Times-Standard: As one who works in … Continue reading
Twitter and the Greater Community
Tweeting bird, derived from the initial ‘t’ of Twitter Deutsch: Twitschervogel, entwickelt aus dem Anfangs-‘t’ von Twitter (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Over the last week, I went to a bookstore where an internationally known author was reading from her latest book. As … Continue reading
Posted in connectivism, Social media, Social network, social networks, twitter
Tagged Online Communities, Tweet
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Apple Innovates Away Textbook Access and Affordabilty
I wanted to write a few notes here about many of the questions and comments I have read on Twitter and elsewhere about the iPad and textbook authoring. Two things that Apple does well is marketing and innovation. Sometimes though, … Continue reading
