At the same time,
1More
1More
Bastard Culture!: How User Participation Transforms Cultural Production - Mirko Tobias ... - 5 views
-
Bastard Culture!: How User Participation Transforms Cultural Production Mirko Tobias Schafer 0 Resenhas Amsterdam University Press, 15/07/2011 - 249 páginas In the wake of the recent far-reaching changes in the use and accessibility of technology in our society, the average person is far more engaged with digital culture than ever before. They are not merely subject to technological advances but actively use, create, and mold them in everyday routines-connecting with loved ones and strangers through the Internet and smart phones, navigating digital worlds for work and recreation, extracting information from vast networks, and even creating and customizing interfaces to best suit their needs. In this timely work, Mirko Tobias Schäfer delves deep into the realities of user participation, the forms it takes, and the popular discourse around new media. Drawing on extensive research into hacking culture, fan communities, and Web 2.0 applications, Schäfer offers a critical approach to the hype around user participation and exposes the blurred boundaries between industry-driven culture and the domain of the user.
1More
Change, culture and Cultural Change in Education - The Learner's Way - 0 views
-
Embedded in the very weave of the organisation, culture is the most difficult aspect of an organisation to change and the hardest form of change to sustain 'That's because transforming a culture requires influencing people's deepest beliefs and most habitual behaviours' (Rogers, Meehan & Tanne 2006 p5). Rogers et al indicate that as little as 10% of all organisations that set out to develop a high performing culture achieve their goal.
1More
Culture, Change and the Individual - The Learner's Way - 0 views
-
A recent post by George Couros (author of The innovators Mindset) posed an interesting question about the role that culture plays in shaping the trajectory of an organisation. The traditional wisdom is that culture trumps all but George points to the role that individuals play in shaping and changing culture itself. Is culture perhaps less resilient than we are led to imagine and is it just a consequence of the individuals with the greatest influence? Or, is something else at play here?
1More
Nairobi 2010 Conference Reoprt - 5 views
-
Nairobi 2010 Conference Reoprt Climate Change and Natural Resource Use in Eastern Africa: Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation Report of the 3rd Scientific Conference of the Ecological Society for Eastern Africa (ESEA) and co-hosted with the Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA) at Multimedia University College, Nairobi, 19 - 21 May 2010 By Nicholas Oguge, Caroline Lumosi, Teddy Odindo, Joseph Ngondi and Philista Malaki October 4, 2010 Summary While the Earth's climate has changed throughout history, the current warming trend has been of particular concern because most of it is human-induced and proceeding at a rate that is unprecedented. One of the greatest concerns of this global warming is climate variability and change. The risks associated with climate change add to development challenges such as food and water insecurity. Although climate change is only one of the many drivers negatively affecting biodiversity and ecosystem services, it certainly exacerbates the other factors such as land degradation and unsustainable natural resource use. There is general concern on the accelerating deterioration of the human environment and natural resources. This would widen poverty levels confronting eastern African countries and threaten gains made towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals. Thus, the Ecological Society for Eastern African organised its 3rd annual scientific conference with a theme addressing this global challenge. The idea was to bring together researchers, policy makers and the general public together to discuss the climate change phenomena, its impacts, mitigation strategies and adaptation measures with regard to natural resource use in Eastern Africa. In order to address above issues and to reach out to a wider audience, we designed the conference strategically on three tiers: 1. Plenary talks: to provide policy information and direction, science on climate change, ecological and socio-economic effects, how to commun
1More
Learning vs Work in a Culture of Thinking - The Learner's Way - 0 views
thelearnersway.net/...-work-in-a-culture-of-thinking
learning culture thinking collaboration teaching
shared by Nigel Coutts on 04 Dec 16
- No Cached
-
Earlier this year a group of teachers I work with explored the 'Eight Cultural Forces' identified by Ron Ritchhart of Harvard's Project Zero. In doing so we decided to focus on our use of the term learning instead of the word work. Our goal was to bring our language choices into the spotlight and explore how a more deliberate focus on learning might alter the culture of our classrooms. Two terms later this focus persists and it is worth reflecting on the effect that this has had.
1More
Why didn't that work? Maybe its culture? - The Learner's Way - 0 views
-
n practical terms, any change effort that does not consider the culture into which it is introduced is unlikely to succeed. The worst-case scenario is that the change effort is resisted to such a degree that it is never truly implemented. In many cases, however, the change effort fails to produce the sort of results initially imagined despite the efforts of all involved to adopt the change. Although the new behaviours are adopted, something goes wrong, and it isn't always that the new idea itself is to be blamed. - Maybe it's culture?
1More
Mandarin Tools - 0 views
-
I've been using this site for almost 10 years. It's not sophisticated, but it has a vast collect of Mandarin and Chinese cultural resource. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Mandarin+&+Chinese+culture
1More
The Eight Cultural Forces - The lens & the lever - The Learner's Way - 0 views
thelearnersway.net/...-forces-the-lens-amp-the-lever
eight forces culture complexity education learning change
shared by Nigel Coutts on 13 Jan 19
- No Cached
-
This unavoidable and irreducible complexity means that schools are challenging place to study, to understand and to manage change within. Even for the teacher who spends everyday inside the school there is so much going on that unguided observations and the plans based upon them come with no guarantee of success. - We need a lens and a lever to manage this complexity. - Such a lens is offered by the 'cultural forces'.
1More
A culture of innovation requires trust and resilience - The Learner's Way - 0 views
thelearnersway.net/...-requires-trust-and-resilience
culture innovation resilience Education teaching learning
shared by Nigel Coutts on 11 Feb 18
- No Cached
-
Two quotes by Albert Einstein point to the importance of creating a culture within our schools (and organisations) that encourages experimentation, innovation, tinkering and indeed failure. If we are serious about embracing change, exploring new approaches, maximising the possibilities of new technologies, applying lessons from new research and truly seek to prepare our students for a new work order, we must become organisations that encourage learning from failure
1More
Resources | Cosas que encuentro para clase - 3 views
-
Resources On this page you will find links to resources, activities, etc. ONLINE TOOLS ■Storybird, create your own books using original illustrations. ■Tagxedo, create word clouds with different shapes. ■Online Convert, online tool to convert different kinds of files. ■Dragontape, crop and mix youtube videos, and embed the result. ■Vocaroo, record your voice online and send it to a friend, post it on the web with a link or a html code. ■Brainshark, add audio to your pictures or slideshow presentations. ■Dictationsonline, dictations for different levels. ■Only2Clicks: The 101 most useful websites READY MADE MATERIAL AND UNITS ■English Language Lab Asturias (ELLA) ■ESL-Library ■British Council Teaching Resources ■English Lessons Online ■News English Lessons ■EL gazette ■Mosaic, specific materials for low levels. ■Efl-resource.com, materials classified according to levels and topics. ■Film-English, lesson plans from films in English. WRITING ■Flo-Joe ■Busuu SPEAKING ■Busuu ■The Mixxer: Language Exchange Community for Everyone ■Verbling READING ■BritLit (British Council) DICTIONARIES ■SHAHI: Diccionario visual que combina contenido del Wiktionary con imágenes de Flick. ■Wordreference, Assorted Monolingual and Bilingual Dictionaries and links to other Dictionaries. ■Merriam-Webster Online, Dictionary, Thesaurus, Medical Dictionary and Spanish-English Dictionary ■Cambridge Dictionary, Dictionary, Idioms and Phrasal Verbs ■Collins Dictionary, Monolingual and Bilingual Dictionaries ■Macmillan Dictionary and Thesaurus ■Visual Dictionary ■Pronunciation Dictionary ■Oxford Dictionary ■The Free Dictionary, Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus. Legal Dictionary, Medical Dictionary, Dictionaries in other Languages. ■Free Medical Dictionary Online ■Linguee, Dictionary created by internet users with real examp
1More
50 Interesting Ways To Use Skype In Your Classroom | Edudemic - 19 views
-
I'm a so-so fan of Skype. I've used it on an infrequent basis and have had more than a few dropped calls. Audio and video alike. However, it's a cheap way to make long distance calls and seems to work better over wi-fi and the video quality is improving on a regular basis. So therefore it's probably a great tool for the classroom. But how can you use Skype to do more than just make calls? Well, there's a pantload of interesting ways! Check out these fun ideas: Collaborate! Meet with other classrooms: One of the most common projects educators utilize Skype for is setting up exchanges with classrooms around the world, usually for cultural exchange purposes or working together on a common assignment. The program's official site provides some great opportunities to meet up with like-minded teachers and students sharing the same goals. Practice a foreign language: Connect with individual learners or classrooms hailing from a different native tongue can use a Skype collaboration to sharpen grammar and pronunciation skills through conversation. Peace One Day: Far beyond classroom collaborations, the Peace One Day initiative teamed up with Skype itself and educators across the globe to teach kids about the importance of ending violence, war, and other social ills. Around the World with 80 Schools: This challenge asks participating schools to hook up with 80 worldwide and report back what all they've learned about other cultures and languages. Talk about the weather: One popular Skype project sees participants from different regions make note of the weather patterns for a specified period of time, with students comparing and contrasting the results. Collaborative poetry: In this assignment, connected classrooms pen poetic pieces together and share them via video conferencing. Practice interviews: The education system frequently receives criticism for its failure to prepare students for the real world, but using Skype to help them run through mock-up
1More
Digitisation Perspectives - Review | Subject Centre for Information and Computer Sciences - 2 views
-
Book Reviews Book title: Digitisation Perspectives Type: book Author: Ruth Rikowski Year: 2010 Edition: 1st ISBN: 9460912982 Publisher: Sense Publishers Publisher's Description: This book examines various views and perspectives on digitisation. As Simon Tanner, Director Digital Consultancy, King's College London says in the Foreword: "Digitisation has become a cultural, scholastic, economic and political imperative and raises many issues for our consideration." Furthermore, that the book: "...seeks to address and answer some of the big questions of digitisation... It succeeds on many levels..." There are 22 contributors in the book, all experts in their fields. The book is divided into six parts: Part 1: 'Background and Overview to Digitisation and Digital Libraries' Part 2: 'Digitisation and Higher Education' Part 3: 'Digitisation and Inequalities' Part 4: 'Digital Libraries, Reference Services and Citation Indexing' Part 5: 'Digitisation of Rare, Valued and Scholarly Works' Part 6: 'Futuristic Developments of Digitisation' Topics covered include electronic theses, search engine technology, digitisation in Africa, citation indexing, reference services, the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition, new media and scholarly publishing. The final chapter explores virtual libraries, and poses some interesting questions for possible futures. The book will be of particular interest to information professionals, educators, librarians, academics and I.T. and knowledge experts. Ruth Rikowski concludes by indicating that: "...hopefully, the book will provide a source of inspiration for further research, leading to some more effective ways to proceed with the digitisation process. Also, that it will be possible to do this within a framework that can be used for good rather than ill, and for the benefit of many." Reviewer: Eric Jukes (Formerly of College of Haringey, Enfield and North East London) Book Rating: 5/5 Buy this book from Amazon Review Summary
74More
Pontydysgu - Bridge to Learning » Working and Learning - 0 views
-
-
seemingly re-found public appetite
- ...36 more annotations...
-
intervene
-
Globalisation
-
In some organizations
-
context aware
-
dispersed
-
ICT was most frequently used for learning in those enterprises with flatter hierarchies and more devolved decision talking responsibilities and in which employees had greater autonomy in the organisation of their own work. Interestingly, these enterprises also tended to have a more experienced workforce and low turnover of employees
-
either face to face in the workplace or on-line
-
he study showed learning was more likely to take place in organisations with less hierarchical structures and where workers had more responsibility for their own work.
-
is becoming part of a formal employment requirement
-
his entails building organisations in which people have what can be termed ‘developmental work tasks’
-
change is challenging for some trainers
-
a single learning provider,
-
critical role to play
-
other approaches already in place
-
accidental
-
video conferencing
-
unproblematic
-
stimulating and rewarding
-
learning to the state
-
ambiguous and often hostile
-
Facebook
-
the privatization of education has seemed possible
-
The idea of integrating personal learning and working environments
-
nteract with peer groups and communities of practice through the internet
-
learning spaces
-
reality of experience.
-
It also implies a new culture of active and autonomous collective learning to be encouraged, valued and recognized in and outside the workplace
-
Possible Futures
-
continue this list almost endlessly
-
employees
-
Annotate this paper.
1More
Educational Disadvantage - Socio-economic Status & Education Pt 1 - The Learner's Way - 0 views
thelearnersway.net/...economic-status-education-pt-1
status education learner learning resources equity
shared by Nigel Coutts on 22 Oct 17
- No Cached
-
The role that education plays in issues of social equity and justice cannot be undervalued. It is acknowledged by the United Nations as a human right, 'Everyone has the right to education' (United Nations, 1948) and as outlined in the Melbourne Declaration on the Educational Goals for Young Australians 'As a nation Australia values the central role of education in building a democratic, equitable and just society- a society that is prosperous, cohesive and culturally diverse, and that values Australia's Indigenous cultures as a key part of the nation's history, present and future.' (Barr et al, 2008). Such lofty assertions of the importance of education as a right and national value should be sufficient to ensure that all Australians have access to an education of the highest standard with equitable outcomes for all, the reality is that this is not the case.
1More
Kolkata - The Cultural Capital of India - 0 views
1More
Navratri Celebration: A Festival of Devotion and Dance - 0 views
-
Navratri, a vibrant and spiritually significant festival, is celebrated with immense enthusiasm and fervor across India. This nine-night festival, dedicated to the worship of Goddess Durga, brings people together to revel in devotion, music, dance, and traditional rituals. In this blog, Apnahumsafar.com takes you on a journey into the heart of Navratri celebrations, exploring its cultural significance and the joy it brings to people's lives. Navratri: The Festival of Nine Nights Navratri, which means "nine nights," is celebrated in the Hindu calendar month of Ashwin (usually September or October). It marks the triumph of Goddess Durga over the buffalo demon Mahishasura, symbolizing the victory of good over evil. The Significance of Navratri: Devotion and Worship: Navratri is a time for devotees to seek the blessings of Goddess Durga, who represents feminine power and divine strength. Devotees fast, pray, and perform aarti (ritual worship) to honor the goddess. Dance and Music: Navratri is renowned for its vibrant Garba and Dandiya Raas dances. People of all ages come together to dance in circles, accompanied by lively music. These dances symbolize the joy of life and the victory of good over evil. The Colors of Navratri: Each day of Navratri is associated with a specific color, and devotees wear clothes in those colors to symbolize their devotion. The colors include: Day 1 (Pratipada): Yellow Day 2 (Dwitiya): Green Day 3 (Tritiya): Grey Day 4 (Chaturthi): Orange Day 5 (Panchami): White Day 6 (Sashti): Red Day 7 (Saptami): Royal Blue Day 8 (Ashtami): Pink Day 9 (Navami): Purple Navratri Celebrations with Apnahumsafar: At Apnahumsafar.com, we understand the significance of cultural celebrations like Navratri. Festivals are an opportunity to connect with your roots, meet new people, and forge meaningful relationships. Whether you're looking for a life partner to share in these joyful celebrations or seeking adv
35More
MOOC - The Resurgence of Community in Online Learning - 0 views
halfanhour.blogspot.com.au/...ce-of-community-in-online.html
elearning downes blog-post MOOC community online learning CMC11 transliteracy
shared by Vanessa Vaile on 08 Jun 13
- No Cached
-
-
Feeding Forward - We want participants to share their work with other people in the course, and with the world at large
- ...31 more annotations...
-
even more importantly, it helps others see the learning process, and not just the polished final result.
-
Coursera, for example, may want to support learning, but it is also a company that wants to make money at the same time
-
MOOCs serve numerous purposes, both to those who offer MOOCs, those who provide services, and those who register for or in some way ‘take’ a MOOC.
-
The original MOOC offered by George Siemens and myself had a very simple purpose at first: to explain ourselves.
-
creating an open online course designed in such a way as to support a large (or even massive) learning community.
-
Although we learn what we learn from personal experience, we usually learn what we learn from other people. Consequently, learning is a social activity, whether we immerse ourselves into what Etienne Wenger called a community of practice (Wenger, Communities of Practice: Learning, meaning and identity, 1999), learn what Michael Polanyi called tacit knowledge (Polanyi, 1962), and be able to complete, as Thomas Kuhn famously summarized, the problems at the end of the chapter. (Kuhn, 1962)
-
With today’s focus on MOOCs and social networking sites (such as Facebook and Google+) the discussion of community per se has faded to the background.
-
Online educators will find themselves building interest based communities whether they intend to do this or not
-
Learning in the community of practice takes the form of what might be called ‘peer-to-peer professional development activities’
-
The MOOC is for us a device created in order to connect these distributed voices together, not to create community, not to create culture, but to create a place where community and culture can flourish,
-
This was a project that did more than merely provide internet access, it created a common location for people interesting in technology and computers (and blogs and Facebook)
-
The MOOCs George Siemens and I have designed and developed were explicitly designed to support participation from a mosaic of cultures.
-
It is worth noting that theorists of both professional and social networks speak of one’s interactions within the community as a process of building, or creating, one’s own identity.
-
danah boyd, studying the social community, writes, “The dynamics of identity production play out visibly on MySpace. Profiles are digital bodies, public displays of identity where people can explore impression management.
-
ecause imagery can be staged, it is often difficult to tell if photos are a representation of behaviors or a re-presentation of them
-
In both of these we are seeing aspects of the same phenomenon. To learn is not to acquire or to accumulate, but rather, to develop or to grow. The process of learning is a process of becoming, a process of developing one’s own self.
-
We have defined three domains of learning: the individual learner, the online community, and the peer community.
-
Recent discussions of MOOCs have focused almost exclusively on the online community, with almost no discussion of the individual learner, and no discussion peer community. But to my mind over time all three elements will be seen to be equally important.
-
three key roles in online learning: the student, the instructor, and the facilitator. The ‘instructor’ is the person responsible for the online community, while the ‘facilitator’ is the person responsible for the peer community.
-
post from Half an Hour: excellent explanation of how connectivist moocs work, what the difference is between them and x or wrapped moocs and what open is In this presentation Stephen Downes addresses the question of how massive open online courses (MOOCs) will impact the future of distance education. The presentation considers in some detail the nature and purpose of a MOOC in contrast with traditional distance education. He argues that MOOCs represent the resurgence of community-based learning and will describe how distance education institutions will share MOOCs with each other and will supplement online interaction with community-based resources and services. The phenomenon of 'wrapped MOOCs' will be described, and Downes will outline several examples of local support for global MOOCs.
1More
Banishing The Culture of Busyness - The Learner's Way - 0 views
thelearnersway.net/...ishing-the-culture-of-busyness
culture learner collaboration teaching learning
shared by Nigel Coutts on 22 Jan 17
- No Cached
-
At the start of each year we arrive back from our break hopefully rested and energised. The new year brings many new opportunities including new students, new team members and new teaching programmes. We begin again the climb up the hill with a fresh group of learners arriving at our doors full of excitement who will rely on us to meet their learning needs in the year ahead. All of this means we are at risk of starting the year with a certain level of panic. There is so much to do, our students are not accustomed to our routines, we don't know each other well, there are parents to meet, assessments to be done and before we know it we are back to being busy.
1More
Confucius Institute Online - 0 views
-
A useful website for finding out about China and learning Mandarin for children and adults. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Mandarin+%26+Chinese+culture