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Half an Hour: The New Nature of Knowledge | Downes - 0 views

  • He writes, "I should warn you that this is probably not a particularly suitable topic for a blog - an academic paper might be more appropriate to do the subject full justice."
  • No, there is a supposition that the type of writing in an "academic paper" is a different type of writing from what he is offering here.
  • The same content may very well be presented in either, and the difference lies only in how that content is treated: subject to secret review and editing in the one case, and open scrutiny in the other.
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  • "the boundaries between traditional disciplines are dissolving, traditional methods of representing knowledge (books, academic papers, and so on) are becoming less important, and the role of traditional academics or experts are undergoing major change,"
  • These are points that have been captured in a wide body of writings, from Gibson's depiction of Cyberspace to the perceptron of the 1950s and the connectionist literature of the 1980s to populist works such as Rushkoff's Cyberia and the widely popular Cluetrain Manifesto. It is hard to know where this account originates; everybody (including the academics) as as though they have discovered it for the first time.
  • knowledge is not an object, but a series of flows; it is a process, not a productit is produced not in the minds of people but in the interactions between peoplethe idea of acquiring knowledge, as a series of truths, is obsolete
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    "the boundaries between traditional disciplines are dissolving, traditional methods of representing knowledge (books, academic papers, and so on) are becoming less important, and the role of traditional academics or experts are undergoing major change,"
anonymous

Public pedagogy: its more than media representations and popular T.V. (Monash University) - 0 views

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    In this paper we develop a notion of public pedagogy that deviates from the one espoused by Giroux and his focus on postmodernism and popular culture. Our theoretical framework is based on young peoples engagements with media texts, their involvement with youth arts projects and the ways in which community members read youth arts projects and the artefacts they produce.
anonymous

[tutorial] Second Life Tips & Tricks - Second Life Blogs - 0 views

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    If you're new to Second Life or simply want to refresh yourself on the essentials, we've freshly published a Quickstart Guide PDF! Perfect for perusing and printing (to paper), this elegant, stylish doc will prime you on basic Second Life skills while making you smile in 7 pages.
anonymous

[paper/pdf] (under)mining privacy in social networks - 0 views

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    First, users should be explicitly aware\nof every event that gets fed into their activity stream.\nWhile that may not necessarily mean that every time such\nan event is generated the user receives a message, applications\nshould be explicit about which activities of the user\ngenerate events for their activity stream.
anonymous

[abstract] Situated learning in the network society and the digitised school - European... - 0 views

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    There is a need to develop a broader view of knowledge to deal with the way in which new digital trends influence the underlying conditions for schools, teaching and subjects. This theoretical article will therefore examine whether a broader view of knowledge, digital literacy and assessment forms can generate new ways of adapted education within Knowledge Promotion Reform and the digitised school.
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