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Author Archives: friesenn
McLuhan on "The Future of Education: The Class of 1989"
This vintage McLuhan article was originally published in the now-defunct magazine, LOOK (sort of like Life magazine). With predictions of the end of the school and the university still being widely circulated today, it is well worth a (re)read. There … Continue reading
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Updates on ISO Standardization of E-Learning Technology
The meetings of the ISO Sub-Committee that is responsible for technical standardization of e-Learning technology (full name ISO/IEC JTC1 SC36, Information Technology for Learning, Education and Training) in Wellington New Zealand are currently winding up. In this posting, I try … Continue reading
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Presentation: E-Learning Myths and their Undoing
Here’s the PowerPoint for a presentation that I gave at Massey University Here’s a podcast of an interview about the presentation topics (with John Milne). The abstract is below: “There a number of claims, truisms or clichés that are frequently … Continue reading
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Presentation: Standards for E-Learning Innovation?
Here are the powerpoint slides of a presentation I just gave in Wellington, NZ. With the rapid pace of change on the world wide web, many “standards” have evolved in response to the needs of the medium. These are technical … Continue reading
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Paper: Interaction Paradigms for new Web Technologies – Shift Happens
The concept of “interaction” lies at the foundation of many theories and applications of computer and Internet technologies. Taking the specific example of those theories and applications associated with distance education and educational technology, this paper looks at the role … Continue reading
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Paper: Open Educational Resources: New Possibilities for Change and Sustainability
Here’s a draft of a paper I just completed on OERs and sustainability. Drawing a number of lessons from an informal survey of educational resource projects, both past and present, it warns: “OER projects suffer from the same incompatibilities with … Continue reading
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Presentation: "Discursive Psychology and Web 2.0 Technology"
I recently had the pleasure of giving a presentation at the Centre for Social Innovation in Vienna. The title of my presentation was “Discursive Psychology and Web 2.0 Technology: Investigating Web 2.0 in Education.” A copy of the PowerPoint used … Continue reading
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The Mediatic Turn: Exploring Concepts in Media Pedagogy
Here’s a paper that I wrote together with an Austrian colleague, Theo Hug as a chapter inMediatization: Concept, Changes, Consequences (K.Lundby, ed.). It explores the definition and practices of “media literacy” in the context of recent developments in the sociology … Continue reading
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BOOK: Re-Thinking E-Learning Research
This book, forthcoming from Peter Lang Publishers, undertakes a re-thinking of e-learning research in the light of new developments in technology, social practice and psychological theory. It both describes and enacts a range of possibilities for resesarch that are a … Continue reading
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Wikiversity; or Education meets the Free Culture Movement
During the spring, I worked with Janet Hopkins (an MEd student) on a directed study examining Wikiversity, a sister project of Wikipedia. Initially in this study, Janet took a free, open, online course offered through Wikiversity, “Composing Free and Open … Continue reading
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