Category Archives: Writing

Reviews are in for: Place of the Classroom & Space of the Screen

Posted on August 9, 2012 by friesenn

Just got a couple of excellent reviews for my 2011 book, one from the British Journal of Educational Technology, and the other from Erziehungswissenschaftliche Revue (Educational Studies Review). First from BJET: “Friesen argues, tenaciously and knowledgeably, in favour of a different … Continue reading →

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Ludwig Wittgenstein and Klaus Mollenhauer’s Forgotten Connections

Posted on July 23, 2012 by friesenn

A recently completed paper (.pdf): Klaus Mollenhauer’s Forgotten Connections: On Culture and Upbringing is internationally regarded as a key post-war text in the philosophy of education. This paper introduces this text (translated by the presenter) by focusing on its highly … Continue reading →

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Credentialing for Open Education

Posted on July 20, 2012 by friesenn

Just finished a co-authored piece with Christine Wihak on using PLAR (Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition) in the open education space. It turns out that some of the more popular ideas and practices in open, personalized learning, such as badges, personal … Continue reading →

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Silence in the Classroom: One Student's Experience

Posted on July 13, 2012 by friesenn

[slideshare id=13622450&doc=onestudentsexperienceof-120712192640-phpapp02] Here’s the slides (above) and the text (download pdf) that I had the pleasure of presenting in support of one of my students, Merilee Hamelock. In many classrooms, evaluation of learning relies on easily observable, easily measurable student … Continue reading →

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Learning Theory as Instructional Technology – or "the Animal Method of Learning"

Posted on June 28, 2012 by friesenn

Just got a paper accepted for a collection (edited by Neil Selwyn & Kari Facer) on The Politics of Education & Technology forthcoming from Palgrave. The focus of my contribution is on the technological, instrumentalist character of learning theories that … Continue reading →

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What's the Learning in 21st Century Learning?

Posted on May 5, 2012 by friesenn

Preparing an abstract for a presentation at SFU’s Ed. Summer Institute, and have been inspired by Diskurse des Lernens(Discourses of Learning) by Käte Mayer-Drawe. Here’s my translation of a page from the introduction: Learning begins… where and when that which is … Continue reading →

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CTheory – Jailbreaking the Perfect User Interface

Posted on April 18, 2012 by friesenn

Just published a paper on CTheory.net titled: Doing with Icons makes Symbols; or, Jailbreaking the Perfect User Interface Here’s a sample: “Mediation and technologies of mediation, whether the sign (Vygotsky), the symbol (Piaget), or the mirror or signifier (Lacan), all … Continue reading →

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Special Issue of Techné on my Article "Dissection and Simulation"

Posted on March 30, 2012 by friesenn

Robert Rosenberger (Georgia Tech) has put together a special issue of Techné: Research in Philosophy and Technology based on my article on Dissection & Simulation: Transparency or Encumbrance? (draft). This special issue contains articles or responses by Don Ihde, Albert … Continue reading →

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What's "The Canadian School" of Media Theory?

Posted on March 3, 2012 by friesenn

  (Hint: It’s NOT the same thing as the Toronto School of Communications.) I’ve been working with Darryl Cressman on an article on “Die kanadische Schule” for a German Handbook of Media Studies. The piece will be translated and then … Continue reading →

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(Re)Inventing the Internet: Critical Case Studies

Posted on November 15, 2011 by friesenn

Just received the cover design for a book I’m editing with Andrew Feenberg. Here’s the table of contents, and below, some sentences to appear on the back cover: This book examines examples of controversy and contestation from the Internet, focusing on … Continue reading →

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