Author Archives: friesenn

Education and the Social Web: Promise or Peril?

Posted on March 11, 2011 by friesenn

Education and the social web promise or peril [slideshare id=7212339&doc=educationandthesocialwebpromiseorperil-110309212837-phpapp01] View more webinars from Norm Friesen Slidecast from a recent presentation at the University of Edinburgh; developed with Shannon Lowe of my research centre. Abstract: Facebook and other social media … Continue reading →

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The Lecture as pre- Postmodern Relic (Jean-François Lyotard)

Posted on March 8, 2011 by friesenn

“What is transmitted in higher learning? In the case of professional training, and limiting ourselves to a narrowly functionalist point of view, an organized stock of established knowledge is the essential thing that is transmitted. The application of new technologies … Continue reading →

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An Immanent Critique of the Net Gen Myth

Posted on February 20, 2011 by friesenn

At the up-coming Digital Future of Higher Ed. Conference (Feb. 22, 2011), I’ll be debating PowerPoint slides that attempt to reconstruct the main arguments for the Net Generation as a “force” in educational change. I’ve also been working on a … Continue reading →

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The Lecture as a Trans-Medial Pedagogical Form: The Future of an Illusion

Posted on February 6, 2011 by friesenn

The lecture as a trans medial pedagogical form [slideshare id=6827539&doc=thelectureasatrans-medialpedagogicalform-110205234907-phpapp02] View more webinars from Norm Friesen. Just presented a paper on the Lecture as a Transmedial Pedagogical Form at the virtual Connected Online 2011. conference. Here’s the abstract: The lecture … Continue reading →

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Marshalling McLuhan for Media Theory

Posted on February 4, 2011 by friesenn

A short op-ed-style piece for English Studies in Canada. Watch the referenced “Marshall McLuhan: Part of Our Heritage” video on YouTube. “Thirty years after his death, and a century after his birth, the cultural and theoretical contributions of Marshall McLuhan … Continue reading →

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Translation Project: Forgotten Connections. On Culture and Upbringing

Posted on November 20, 2010 by friesenn

I’ve been working to bring one of the most important educational texts from postwar Germany educational works to an English audience. I’ve now got a draft translation ready for proofreading, and will be collaborating internationally to develop it further. In … Continue reading →

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Education and the Social Web: Connective Learning and the Commercial Imperative

Posted on September 21, 2010 by friesenn

ARTICLE ABSTRACT: In recent years, new socially-oriented Web technologies have been portrayed as placing the learner at the centre of networks of knowledge and expertise, potentially leading to new forms of learning and education. In this paper, I argue that … Continue reading →

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Dissection & Simulation: Transparency or Encumbrance?

Posted on August 11, 2010 by friesenn

Dissection and Simulation [slideshare id=4931568&doc=ihsrc2010-100809182930-phpapp01] View more webinars from Norm Friesen. A slidecast of a paper (fulltext) that I recently gave at the International Human Sciences Research Conference at the University of Seattle. Here’s the abstract: The increasing use of … Continue reading →

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Place of the Classroom and Space of the Screen

Posted on June 16, 2010 by friesenn

Just submitted a manuscript to the publisher for review: The Place of the Classroom and the Space of the Screen: Relational Pedagogy and Internet Technology. The manuscript looks at the lived experience of Web applications commonly used in education: technologies … Continue reading →

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Online Dissection: An encounter with the new/other or just more of the self-same?

Posted on June 15, 2010 by friesenn

Just finished revisions to the paper, Dissection and Simulation: Brilliance and Transparency, or Encumbrance and Disruption?, which will soon be appearing in the online journal Techné. Here’s the abstract: The increasing use of online simulations as replacements for animal dissection in … Continue reading →

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