Tag: freedom
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I enjoyed reading (January)
This post is also a bit delayed, but I’m OK with that. During January I found myself reading a bit more than usual about robots, androids, augmented reality and related topics. I’m not sure why it worked out that way, but this collection is more or less representative of what I found interesting during that…
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-12
Halfway through Freedom by D. Suarez. It’s as un-put-down-able as Daemon. Without a doubt, 2 of the most riveting books I’ve read in years # Home from #ottertrail It was a lot harder than I remember, but still beautiful. Will have some pics up in a day or so # Leaving on the #ottertrail now.…
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Posted to Diigo 06/21/2010
Half an Hour: A Gathering of Ideas So little of what we read or see in the field of online learning is concerned with providing people with the tools they need to create their own freedom. “The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house.” In these tools there is, and will always be, embedded a…
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-15
in Digestaccreditation, android, backchannel, buddypress, cape town, clifton, community of practice, copyright, crap detection, curriculum, degree, educational reform, engagement, free content, freedom, george siemens, goats, higher education, howard rheingold, iphone, jisc, learning technology, lessig, managing information, microblogging, microecop, mobile learning, network, nexus one, ocw, oer, open courseware consortium, open educational resources, p2pu, pbl, peer to peer university, personal learning environments, ple, pop quizz, presentations, problem based learning, twitter, university of the western cape, uwc, web 3.0, wordpress mu@ryantracey Agreed. The process, rather than the certificate, should be emphasised # RT @wesleylynch: Video comparing iphone and nexus – http://ow.ly/17iBb. Can’t imagine how the iPhone will survive, Android is already better # RT @psychemedia: Are Higher Degrees a waste of time for most people? http://bit.ly/buKpOW. IT professionals are hardly “most people” # University finds…
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Manuel Castells lecture
I was fortunate to be able to attend a lecture on campus today, given by Manuel Castells, the renowned sociologist and one of the foremost scholars of communication in the information age. His talk was inspirational and quite personal, dealing with his own journey which was a treat, since apparently he rarely talks about much…