The Learner with a Thousand Identities
Posted by HeyWayne | Filed under Learning, Research
One of my pet interests is that of identity. Gee not only devotes a whole chapter on idenity (and learning), but also another chapter that looks at identity (and culture). Gee suggests that learning that takes place within, what he describes as “semiotic domains”, or as he puts it more plainly: “an area or set [...]
Tags: culture, identity, IDGBL2009, learning, otherness, relationship, semiotic domains
The Curious Case of Voice Identity
Posted by HeyWayne | Filed under Technology, Virtual Spaces
I had deliberately left it quite late in the evening last night before venturing into Second Life (SL) as I wanted some time on my own to refamiliarise myself with the SL environment, the user interface and to ensure I had the latest update from from SL as I knew that there would be a [...]
Tags: avatar, identity, IDGBL2009, second life, virtual worlds, voice
The Quantum Chimera
Posted by HeyWayne | Filed under ePortfolio
Once again, we have been blessed (in my humble opinion) of some fantastic reading material on this course. I have particularly enjoyed most of the e-portfolio readings. We have just literally, this year, brought in the Blackboard e-portfolio tool to support a number of Institutional initiatives such as personal development planning (pdp), continued professional development [...]
Tags: development, e-portfolio, expression, IDELautumn07, identity, pdp, personal development planning
Textual Meditations – Volume I
Posted by HeyWayne | Filed under Learning, Technology
All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts.. We start this post with a quote from William Shakespeare’s play “As You Like It“, which conjures up the image of acting a part in front of [...]
Tags: community, computer mediated communication, discussion boards, Feenberg, Goffman, IDELautumn07, identity, instant messaging, isolation, Salmon, theatre
Inside the Rabbit Hole
Posted by HeyWayne | Filed under Virtual Spaces
I started using Second Life (SL) about 8 months when I first saw Gilly Salmon demonstrate it (via a series of PowerPoint slides in her keynote speech) to a bemused audience at the Learning Futures Conference 2007 which was held at the University of Leicester. Gilly was offering it up as a possible virtual learning [...]
Tags: addiction, avatar, IDELautumn07, identity, second life, virtual world
