Choose Your Own Adventure, Landow, and constructive learning
Michael Gallagher Note: this post draws heavily on writing from George Landow called Hypertext 3.0: Critical Theory and New Media in an Era of Globalization. Landow refers to the potential for hypertext…
Education
Hamlet as (e)learner
Note: Please forgive my dubious parallel here with Hamlet and elearning. I firmly believe that Shakespeare, first and foremost, is a philosopher and Hamlet is his philosophical vehicle. Why not…
Warburton, object-centric and user-centric learning
Warburton refers to online social spaces as often being either object-centric spaces or ego-centric spaces. Object-centric spaces have at the core of their focus the object itself; several examples of…
The Digital Media and Learning Initiative entitled The Power of Youth Voice: What Kids Learn When They Create With Digital Media Part 2
Last night, Rahim and I went to The Power of Youth Voice: What Kids Learn When They Create With Digital Media, an event hosted by the MacArthur Foundation, The Woodrow…
Digital Media for Young Learners: An Event at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia
Tomorrow, I will be heading down to Philadelphia with Rahim Rajan after work for an event hosted by The Digital Media and Learning Initiative entitled The Power of Youth Voice:…
Finishing up in Charlotte
I am finishing up with the AASL Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina. One more day on the exhibition floor and hopefully a few more good conversations with some really switched…