Epigenetic phenomena

Thanks and a(nother) tippo to A J Cann for the link (via his soti bookmarks on delicious) to D'arcy Norman's epigenetics and the institution. This hit me as an approach to conceptualising the relationship between individuals and institutions for a paper I am puzzling over writing, about the utility of participatory media (Web2.0/the social internet) … Continue reading Epigenetic phenomena

Participatory media literacy: it does matter

This post is one small link in a chain started for me by A J Cann in a post on his Emerge blog, The P word, fed from Science of the Invisible that linked to Michael Wesch's post, Participatory Media Literacy: why it matters, referring to "... Howard Rheingold’s great little article, Participative Pedagogy for … Continue reading Participatory media literacy: it does matter

Feeding the Elgg

Since my exchange with A J Cann, about feeding selected posts to the Emerge site, I have started this blog. In it, I have created a number of categories for my posts, such as "Community IT Centre", and "R&D Projects" and "Emerge". I wanted to be able to select only those posts that were tagged … Continue reading Feeding the Elgg

Personal learning environments (PLEs), please

The term PLE is going to come into its own in 2009, because of the prominence of the digital literacy/academic literacy and lifelong learning debates. There has been much discussion of PLEs over the past four or five years (yes, that long). I was led to this reflection by Graham Attwell's post, How my Personal … Continue reading Personal learning environments (PLEs), please

PLE Chicken Roost

A. J. Cann asked 200 first years, "...to draw a mind map of their personal learning environment (PLE)." The PLE chickens come home to roost He says, "following what these students were reading on Google Reader and bookmarking on delicious throughout the past term has been a fascinating and for the most part rewarding experience. … Continue reading PLE Chicken Roost

Is Connectivism an Actor Network? Yes, of course

Frances Bell asks "CCK08 Is Connectivism a Learning Network?. She critiques the connectivism community/network/group of people who regularly use that term in their writing about education, in connectivist terms ("in their own terms"). The main argument is that "Protagonists have shown their ability to connect between fields of their own choosing, but less willingness to … Continue reading Is Connectivism an Actor Network? Yes, of course