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Mike Caulfield's latest web incarnation. Networked Learning, Open Education, and Online Digital Literacy

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  • The hypocisy of the recent ECAR study

    I had intended today to write today about the odd fracture in the recent ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, a fracture between Chris Dede’s “technology as world changer” intro, and the rather pedestrian “technology as customer service” bias of the questions posed by the actual report. I say “intended”, because when I Continue reading

  • Where will the wave come from?

    I love talking the theory, but it’s even nicer to see practical notes from people implementing solutions. From a recent post over here, some WordPress MU as class-space experimentation… Teachers are finding WordPress MU easy to use and I’m very happy to see that. Currently, Teacher Assistants are recording students as they read their writings Continue reading

  • Messaging, Phatic Overhead, and the Right to Connect

    There’s a number of articles, none of which I’ve read, that propose (or assume) that SMS messaging is used as a phatic system. Under this analysis SMS is like the chatter of the monkeys in trees, a chatter which is primarily used to say “Are you still there?” “Yep. You?” “Yep. Still here. How about Continue reading

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