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 …
A pilgrimage, not a passage: Why I attended physical graduation for an online program
(photo courtesy of Clara O’Shea via Second Life graduation at the University of Edinburgh) I am currently weaving my way through the northern English countryside (Durham to be exact) and …
James Brown and the Original Video Tutorial
For lack of a better term, this is incredible. Is this not the greatest tutorial video ever produced? It gives a great indication of an artist who knows his audience, …
Science Online London 2010
This barely qualifies as a post, but I am intrigued by how science types are disseminating their research. From what I can gather, this crowd prizes the cohesiveness of their …
Nietzsche, Jason Schwartzman, Mozart and Discord: Teaching philsophy/art online
I have been thinking of the seeming limitations of online learning formats for teaching critical thinking, especially critical thinking as it applied to philsophy or the appreciation of art (as …