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March | 2014 | Things Education
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As i think…. Monthly Archives: March 2014. March 14, 2014. Twitter has its limitations too, it would appear. But nothing to worry about, not just yet. It could be a blessing in disguise. Or could it be a well thought-out plan for us? Recently, I noticed that i could no … Continue reading →. NWOER Open Education Week. March 10, 2014. Learning Design and #CDMOOC. March 8, 2014. Well as i write, … Continue reading →. Assessment as a Map. Actor- Network Theory and Google Docs. Teaching Teachers to Use Tech.
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As i think…. Bastick, Z and Singh, L. 2005) Modelling Integrated Socio-Technical Feedback Systems: E-Democracy and Other Applications. Department of Computer Science, University of Guyana, ISBN 978-976-624-028-8. Gaffar, K. (2013). On the Formal Use of Facebook in Education in Deutsch, N. (Ed.).(2013). Connecting online for instruction and learning: International perspectives. Charleston: Createspace. pp. 125-152. Face the Future: Guyana and the New Media Revolution,. Pp 55-64). Arima Publishers. Interna...
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September | 2014 | Things Education
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As i think…. Monthly Archives: September 2014. September 2, 2014. September 1 is a special day for me. 14 years ago this day a new journey commenced. It is my work anniversary. Thanks to Mr. John Caesar (RIP) I found employment at the University of Guyana. He was the Dean … Continue reading →. Assessment as a Map. Actor- Network Theory and Google Docs. Teaching Teachers to Use Tech. Curating Blog Posts for #Rhizo15. Lenandlar on Assessment as a Map. On Assessment as a Map. Lenandlar on Assessment as a Map.
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The Digital Anthropologist: August 2013
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Digital anthropology: key concepts. My research / talks. Friday, 16 August 2013. Digital spying - we do have a choice. Digital anthropology pundit, published. Peter Cochrane, former head of technology for BT, maintains that our digital data will be collected whether we like it or not (“. Spy bin ban highlights lure of big data. 8221;, FT August 14). Let me illustrate with a historical example, for which I am indebted to internet theorist Evgeny Morozov. In the early 20th century, champions of industriali...
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The Digital Anthropologist: April 2013
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Digital anthropology: key concepts. My research / talks. Sunday, 7 April 2013. Some old chestnuts about social media recycled in an Observer article today. The Observer has just carried a long piece. About young Youtubers threatening the traditional TV model. Good on them: traditional TV is a bit of a dinosaur. Here are some further readings if you like a side order of analysis with your light reading on a Sunday:. Whilst this Atlantic article. And this critique of the culture of celebratisation. Someone...
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The Digital Anthropologist: February 2015
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Digital anthropology: key concepts. My research / talks. Tuesday, 24 February 2015. Giving a talk tomorrow on ‘Deep Data’. It’s at London Olympia at 11am. Here’s the link. And here’s the plan: First a sweeping overview of one of the most important drivers of human behaviour and attitudes, why this is important for organisations to understand and where social scientists like anthropologists fit in all of this. We’ll then look at some tech and. After I tie everything up, some recommended reading. UsageWatc...
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The Digital Anthropologist: September 2014
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Digital anthropology: key concepts. My research / talks. Thursday, 25 September 2014. Wearables: Three issues for Insurance to try on for size. A supplement in The Times newspaper has quoted from my analysis of the potential of wearables to change the way the insurance industry works. I've published the analysis below in full and the Times article is. Wearables the IoT = Lots of excitement. Has been called the‘nativebusiness model’ for the IoT. A term that describes the anticipated. 8217; CC BY-NC-SA 2&#...
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The Digital Anthropologist: January 2014
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Digital anthropology: key concepts. My research / talks. Wednesday, 1 January 2014. Ethnography: An EPIC platform for spreading the word. In 2013 the international Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Conference. EPIC) took a foray into PR, with the objective of explaining the rationale for ethnography to new audiences. So I suggested EPIC should dip its toe in the water with a micro campaign to. Promote ethnography’s applications. This entailed. I anticipated an uphill battle in part because of the widesprea...
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The Digital Anthropologist: Cyberbullying: an anthropological take
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Digital anthropology: key concepts. My research / talks. Tuesday, 23 June 2015. Cyberbullying: an anthropological take. I was asked recently to provide an anthropological take on childhood cyberbullying by IDG Connect. The article is here (. Http:/ www.idgconnect.com/abstract/9950/are-sexting-cyberbullying-worse-offline-versions). And my full commentary is below…. Prominent social scientist danah boyd*. Marwick, Alice and danah boyd. (2014). Journal of Youth Studies. Posted by Nik Pollinger @digitalanthro.