I’ve been thinking about my living room a lot this week. That’s mainly because my wife has decided we need to upgrade to HDTV. Now, you can imagine that I’ve been trying to dissuade her. I mean, how you can justify that kind of expense for sports, HBO, and Lost . But there is Discovery , and.. Well, at any rate, we’ve been looking at systems and it’s made me contemplate media convergence all over again. Continue reading ‘Media Convergence Coming Soon to Your Living Room?’
Here is a recap of significant posts in the edublogging community from the past 48 hours. Continue reading ‘Daily Tribute’
When I was a teenager, I belonged to a group of puppeteers that performed shows for churches and libraries. We wrote our own material, made our own puppets, and generally had a blast. One of the things I remember liking most about being a puppeteer was the anonymity. As a puppet character, I could sing, tell jokes, even dance. I could do things that I would never do if people could really see me. And, I never had to worry about audience reaction since there was always a big screen between us. Continue reading ‘The Loss of Personal Contact in Online Course Evaluation’
Here is a recap of significant posts in the edublogging community from the past 48 hours. Continue reading ‘Daily Tribute’
The friendly LMS rep promised a scalable enterprise solution that, together with an Oracle database, would result in a virtual campus that would run itself. It was a scene right out of R.U.R.: Rossum’s Universal Robots. The only worry was that the computer would come alive a la Terminator and try to take over. Ah, if only that were true! Continue reading ‘The Cottage Industry Problem in Online Education’
All you have to do is watch the education blogs over the Christmas holidays to know that consumer trends in the gaming and education industries can be pretty different. Continue reading ‘Parallels between the Gaming and Education Industries’
Here is a recap of significant posts in the edublogging community from the past 48 hours. Continue reading ‘Daily Tribute’
I’m not much of a church-goer and am certainly not aligned with any of the evangelical or fundamentalist Christian groups. If I attend church at all, it is in a mainstream protestant building where I can expect an intellectual homily and that safe feeling of tradition. Continue reading ‘The Democratization of Diffusion: I Hope the Good Guys Get It’
Here is a recap of significant posts in the edublogging community from the past 48 hours. Continue reading ‘Daily Tribute’
In education circles, we’ve long known about the importance of adult learers. But a recent trend of adults moving into areas once reserved for kids reaches beyond education. A growing generation of “adultescents” signifies new opportunities in advertising, entertainment, and employment as well. Continue reading ‘Grown-ups Are Looking More Like Kids Every Day’
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