Call for papers for special issue of Learning, Media and Technology- Global technologies, Local Practices: redefining digital education with marginalised voices
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: redefining digital education with marginalised voices. We are currently soliciting abstracts for proposed papers for the special issue. Abstracts should be no longer than 300 words […]
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 that learning that I am often quick to look at technology or a particular application through this prism. Namely, does technology afford the opportunity for […]
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 inkling to do the same for Asia as I will be relocating there in the next few months (specifically to Korea). Now conventional logic would […]
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 science fiction was born, since the Japanese entered the global economic scene (at least not as a colonial power) , since the mantra of efficiency, […]
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 the best for 2010. 2009 has been a trying year so I am quite confident that 2010 will be one of the better years of […]
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 adopters and then quickly pulled their presence from the environment as it was difficult a return on their investment. After the initial wave of adoption, […]
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 you to search for some terms looking for their academic currency. When did pan-Africanism hit the scene? Sushi enter the academic vernacular? Want to know […]