This is more of a utilitarian post for those teachers out there, but I have redesigned my courses a bit for the upcoming semester in an attempt to engage my …
Elernenmuzik and (ambient) audio as enhancing learning online
Music to (e)learn by by Elektronicheslernenmuzik on Mixcloud Note: go ahead and listen to the playlist above while reading, if you are so inclined. I listened to it as I …
Augmented Reality Design Activity: Building Learning Centers for Hybrid Universities and Recording media landscapes
I am in the midst of a course on mobile learning management and I thought that one of the solutions (assignments) that I submitted for the course might be applicable …
The distinctive din: ambient audio from around Gyeongju, Daegu, Seoul, Korea
I have been traveling a bit around Korea, trying to make the most of the time before I head off to London. And so I have been recording some ambient …
The Sound of Work in Ghana: Authority and Context
This is a very short, non-ethnographic, post about the authority of sound and how ethnographers often gave favor to oral interactions at the sake of text. Essentially, this runs counter …
The Authority of Sound and eLearning Africa
I have relied on this quote quite a bit over the last week about the authority of audio when dealing with ethnographies. Based on my initial forays into my chosen …
Clair de Lune by Debussy, or patterning sound visually
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlvUepMa31o[/youtube] I am rather enamored of visualizations, so I suppose I should offer that first as a caveat to the rest of this post. However, this is a particularly good …