Monthly Archives: January 2008

Habits of mind, new media studies and the curriculum

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Wikipedia and new media literacies – a perfect test case is already underway

Henry Jenkins ELI Keynote address is podcasted here. Jenkins opened with the sensible observation that contrary to media reports, Middlebury College’s much ballyhooed “banning” of Wikipedia was in fact a reasonable first step toward generating a dialogue, and an opportunity … Continue reading

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ELI Annual Meeting, Web 2.0 Storytelling

It’s a huge treat to be in San Antonio for this year’s ELI Annual Meeting. The first morning was more than a little overwhelming as I’ve met a succession of some of my favorite people in the field, and a … Continue reading

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This barely qualifies as a post…

…but a couple of thoughts prompted by reading this post from Gardner Campbell: I think there’s a strong streak of Aristotelian propositional method in the idea of a data-driven web. Read the Poetics and wonder at Aristotle’s indefatigable defining, analyzing, … Continue reading

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Fischli und Weiss: Der Lauf der Dinge – in DivX!

This remarkable short film from Peter Fischli and David Weiss, usually translated as The Way Things Go would seem to me a classic example of a work you need to see to get it, the piece really defies description. Though … Continue reading

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Visualizations of malware…

Images generated from the code of cyber threats. Not sure they help me to understand viruses any better, but they sure are purty pictures. Via Infocult.

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Philip Glass on Sesame Street

Thanks to my buddy Luke the Drifter for turning me on to a bunch of videos at his place last night. Did you know that minimalist composer Philip Glass did the music for a series of short films for the … Continue reading

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WikiEducator pioneers collaborative video, is just plain cool…

In a comment to my recent ill-considered ramblings on OpenCourseWare, Leigh Blackall advocated ‘truly OPEN source and not just “free”‘ approaches to open education. Point taken — if there is one additional point I wish I had made in that … Continue reading

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Now I’ll just recycle Alan Levine and Jim Groom

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In which Abject Learning completes the transition to becoming a David Wiley re:blog

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Peace, Love, and Linux, originally uploaded by kino-eye. I probably should put up a post about … Continue reading

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