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How Twitter will revolutionise academic research and teaching
Posted by HeyWayne on November 15th, 2011
In chapter two of Christian Vandendorpe's From Papyrus to Hypertext titled: In the beginning was the ear, Vandendorpe says it took millenia "for literature to free itself from primary orality, albeit not completely". In the beginning all reading was done out loud,...
Interview: Hamish MacLeod (University of Edinburgh)
Posted by HeyWayne on August 31st, 2011
Dr Hamish MacLeod is senior lecturer in the School of Education at University of Edinburgh. He teaches on their MSc course in eLearning, which practices what it preaches: the course is taught via the Web. His particular interests are in the potential of various...
How the Science of Attention is Changing Work and Education
Posted by HeyWayne on August 22nd, 2011
Much has been said about how the Internet is changing our brains and what this new culture of learning means for the future of education. While much of the dialogue has been doused in techno-dystopian alarmism, from Alvin Toffler’s Future Shock, narrated by...
“Generation Y” doesn’t exist according to a Rouen Business School researcher
Posted by HeyWayne on January 11th, 2011
The members of Generation Y — the term given to distinguish people born between 1978 and 1994 — are often characterized as having an ease with technology, and an egocentric, cynical attitude in the workplace. But findings in a study conducted by Rouen Business...
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Electracy as empowerment: Student activities in learning environments using technology
Posted by waynebarry on July 15th, 2010
"For the first time in the history of schooling, the developments of information and communication technologies (ICT) have created learning environments that have the potential to emancipate students from a one-way knowledge provision from the teacher and the...
Is computer use changing children?
Posted by waynebarry on August 18th, 2008
"As the age at which children start to get familiar with computers and the net gets ever lower, questions are starting to be asked about what that exposure is doing to our children's brains and their ability to concentrate. These questions are ones which...
Bees join hunt for serial killers
Posted by waynebarry on July 30th, 2008
"The way bumblebees search for food could help detectives hunt down serial killers, scientists believe. Just as bees forage some distance away from their hives, so murderers avoid killing near their homes, says the University of London team. This...
Doing internet research: critical issues and methods for examining the net - Critical Studies in Media Communication
Posted by waynebarry on July 15th, 2008
Posted by waynebarry to internet "world wide web" research on Tue Jul 15...
