Jeremy Knox and I, both of the Centre for Digital Education at the University of Edinburgh are guest editing a special issue of Learning, Media and Technology titled Global technologies, Local Practices: …
Learning as balance between actual and potential; oscillating operational and the long tail
This is, not surprisingly, a half thought out post (ie, the norm for this space). I find as a person invested in learning and the use of technology to augment …
Asia and Africa mobile technology penetration: Vietnam, Gabon top the list
I was using Google’s Public Data Explorer to compare African mobile subscription rates per 100 people for available data for the last 10 years or so and then got the …
Robot Surrogates!
This post falls way outside of anything substantial, useful, pertinent, or even useful. That is unless you love robots! And who doesn’t love robots? Those magicians of the imagination since …
Technology, Citycams and Connectedness
I should start this post by wishing everyone a wonderful New Years Eve and Day. I hope it is fulfilling, safe, and enjoyable and I wish you all nothing but …
Second Life and the BBC: Virtual Pomp and Real Ceremony?
Second Life has its fair share of haters and often that is warranted. It is at times a clunky, unwieldy atmosphere with a high barrier to adoption. Businesses were early …
Data for Research (DfR) Quick Use Case Video
This is a quick video outlining some ways in which the new Data for Research dataset service from JSTOR could prove beneficial to researchers. [wpvideo 1v004ZN3] I double dog dare …