There is a lively discussion at the moment about the relationship between twitter and blogging in a ‘cloud’ of the same name, is twitter killing the blog?, at Cloud Works. I’m not quite sure where the discussion started but it was the topic of a debate between Josie Fraser and Graham Attwell at a F-ALT09 (ALT-C 2009 […]
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Postdigital – second thoughts
September 11th, 2009 · No Comments · web 2.0
The first meeting of the F-ALT09 group was on what might be meant by ‘postdigital’ led by Dave White. I posted First thoughts on ‘postdigital’ here before the conference. It was a very interesting and lively session and David has posted about it since – Post-digital – an update? I left a couple of comments […]
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Reflections and ramblings on #altc2009
September 10th, 2009 · No Comments · Teaching & learning
Home tired after the ALT-C 2009 conference In dreams begins responsibility at Manchester. Thought I’d do a quick post of impressions now with a couple of promises of more detailed posts soon(ish) particularly on the VLE is Dead and the WordPress and BuddyPress sessions. Random thoughts: Great to see so many people I have exchanged ideas, […]
First thoughts on 'postdigital'
August 30th, 2009 · No Comments · Teaching & learning
The Monday evening opening session of the F-ALT09 programme (http://f-alt.wetpaint.com/) is a discussion of what the notion of ‘postdigital’ means. Within the humanities and social sciences there has developed a rather sceptical view on many claimed post-phenomenon, for instance post-modernity, post-structuralism and so on. The general feeling is that ‘post’ is usually an overstatement of […]
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ALT-C 2009 "In dreams begins responsibility"
August 28th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Having missed ALT-C 2008 despite it being held at my own University in Leeds, I am particularly looking forward to this year’s conference in Manchester, 8th to 10th September. Following the #altc2009 and #falt09 tags in Twitter, the Friendfeed groups (http://friendfeed.com/altc2009 and http://friendfeed.com/f-alt) and the conference Crowdvine has only sharpened my anticipation. Looking through the abstracts […]