Augmented synchronicity and getting translated in China
That title actually addresses the fact that this post is about two different things, so apologies if that was misleading. I have just been doing several, slightly disparate activities over the last few weeks that have spurred some thinking in some completely unrelated areas. Granted, I am stretched a little thin, but at least it […]
mLearn 2011 in Beijing, Best Paper Awards, and the free or stunted flow of information and dialogue
I have just returned from the mLearn 2011 Conference in Beijing, China, which focuses, not surprisingly, on mobile and ubiquitous learning (anywhere, anytime, all the time). Some good sessions and overall a good experience that I have conveniently assembled into salient points under bolded headers below. Consider yourelf lucky that my predeliction towards textual effusiveness […]
AP, Asia Correspondent: Chinese Ships from the 1400s off the coast of Kenya
This article from the Associated Press via Asia Correspondent brought out the armchair historian/Indiana Jones style of archaeology in me. “China and Kenya plan to search for ancient Chinese ships wrecked almost 600 years ago off Africa’s east coast. An agreement was signed for a three-year project funded by China’s Commerce Ministry to explore waters near the […]
1001 Wonders of the Cultural Heritage/Digital Media Variety: Old Goguryeo (고구려) Kingdom
This post will be brief as I have mentioned it before, but 1001 Wonders>Earth documents in some wonderful panorama photography older cultural heritage sites throughout the world. I naturally gravitate towards Korea and Africa to see what they have and it is considerable. What is interesting is that an old Korean kingdom going by the […]