http://www.netcrit.net Researcher, Educator and Net Critic Mon, 05 Dec 2011 22:50:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.netcrit.net/events/beyond-the-edgeless-university/ http://www.netcrit.net/events/beyond-the-edgeless-university/#comments Thu, 21 Apr 2011 09:41:23 +0000 admin http://www.netcrit.net/?p=896 An extended introduction to the workshop I will be running soon on the Edgeless University, focusing on the question: what exactly should a modern comprehensive university do that will unleash the creativity of students and staff and maximise the potential of distributed, edgeless learning while, at the same time, also making the most of the physical spaces which will remain critical markers of 'a university'?. In other words, how can we utilise digital technologies and networks to fashion 'new' edges -- temporary boundaries, if you like -- that assist us in making education a collaborative, collective experience?]]> http://www.netcrit.net/events/beyond-the-edgeless-university/feed/ 0 http://www.netcrit.net/events/blogshop/ http://www.netcrit.net/events/blogshop/#comments Tue, 23 Nov 2010 10:36:38 +0000 admin http://www.netcrit.net/?p=858 Overview of my new Web 2.0 tools/ learning workshop involving co-presence and collaborative blogging.]]> http://www.netcrit.net/events/blogshop/feed/ 0 http://www.netcrit.net/events/research-for-action/ http://www.netcrit.net/events/research-for-action/#comments Mon, 15 Nov 2010 07:24:40 +0000 admin http://www.netcrit.net/?p=843 On 15 November, as part of the Making Links Conference, Marcus Foth and I organised a workshop entitled Research for Action: Networking University and Community for Social Responsibility . Participants included researchers and activists, based in both universities and community organisations, and the following is a broadbrush summary of some things I learned from participating [...]]]> http://www.netcrit.net/events/research-for-action/feed/ 1 http://www.netcrit.net/events/the-internet-turns-40-midlife-crisis-or-grand-challenge-for-computer-mediated-communication-jones-oii/ http://www.netcrit.net/events/the-internet-turns-40-midlife-crisis-or-grand-challenge-for-computer-mediated-communication-jones-oii/#comments Mon, 10 May 2010 10:45:45 +0000 admin http://www.netcrit.net/?p=720 A liveblog of a great talk at the OII by Steve Jones, founding President of the Association of Internet Researchers: Steve is musing on the way we think about Internet researchers, 40 years on.]]> http://www.netcrit.net/events/the-internet-turns-40-midlife-crisis-or-grand-challenge-for-computer-mediated-communication-jones-oii/feed/ 2 http://www.netcrit.net/events/realising-our-broadband-future-summaries/ http://www.netcrit.net/events/realising-our-broadband-future-summaries/#comments Fri, 11 Dec 2009 03:35:39 +0000 admin http://www.netcrit.net/?p=629 ]]> http://www.netcrit.net/events/realising-our-broadband-future-summaries/feed/ 0 http://www.netcrit.net/events/realising-our-broadband-future-digital-education-next-steps/ http://www.netcrit.net/events/realising-our-broadband-future-digital-education-next-steps/#comments Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:38:55 +0000 admin http://www.netcrit.net/?p=621 Digital Education stream, session 3 at Realising our broadband future summit (Ideas and thoughts, not full blogging) Recapping: We have already had two sessions on digital education which have focused on the blue-sky possibilities for education because of the coming NBN, and then the reality check – what might get in the way. My general [...]]]> http://www.netcrit.net/events/realising-our-broadband-future-digital-education-next-steps/feed/ 0 http://www.netcrit.net/events/realising-our-broadband-future-3/ http://www.netcrit.net/events/realising-our-broadband-future-3/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:12:50 +0000 admin http://www.netcrit.net/?p=602 Realising our Broadband Future Disclaimer: live-blogging Smarr, Conroy, Thomas, Tucker and McDonald Larry Smarr, CITIT NBN best example of inventing in the future of the country; uses the standard rhetoric: “level playing field”, “global environment”, “citizens competing”; like one of the speakers yesterday (Cole) compares Australia and USA with Australia better. “Have early working prototypes” [...]]]> http://www.netcrit.net/events/realising-our-broadband-future-3/feed/ 0 http://www.netcrit.net/events/realising-our-broadband-future-digital-education-reality-check/ http://www.netcrit.net/events/realising-our-broadband-future-digital-education-reality-check/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:22:47 +0000 admin http://www.netcrit.net/?p=588 (Comments and ideas from session at Broadband Summit) The MCEECDYA Program of reporting, National Assessment Program: Information and Communication Technology Literacy, provides evidence about the literacy of students. The 2008 report, not yet available publicly, shows that students in Years 6 and 10 of Australian schooling are not involved in a lot of “creating, analysing, [...]]]> http://www.netcrit.net/events/realising-our-broadband-future-digital-education-reality-check/feed/ 0 http://www.netcrit.net/events/realising-our-broadband-future-digital-education/ http://www.netcrit.net/events/realising-our-broadband-future-digital-education/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:02:41 +0000 admin http://www.netcrit.net/?p=574 (This session doesn’t report on speakers directly but provides comments, summaries and ideas) Realising Our Broadband Future digital education stream Very large bandwidth to big school, computers for everyone, digital resources are the focus (Moo, CIO, NT) Watching a terrible Microsoft glossy promo video: does this company not realise how bad these things look? Sure, [...]]]> http://www.netcrit.net/events/realising-our-broadband-future-digital-education/feed/ 0 http://www.netcrit.net/events/realising-our-broadband-future-2/ http://www.netcrit.net/events/realising-our-broadband-future-2/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:22:02 +0000 admin http://www.netcrit.net/?p=555 Realising our broadband future Disclaimer: Liveblogging Second session of the 2009 Australian Govermment summit on broadband, http://broadbandfuture.gov.au, featuring Craig Mundie (Microsoft), Vint Cerf and David King (Google), Samantha Hannah-Rankin (Auspost), Nick Gruen (Gov 2.0). Mundie, Microsoft Broadband access is not simply about infrastructure but also inspiring social and economic innovations. Discusses the way devices are [...]]]> http://www.netcrit.net/events/realising-our-broadband-future-2/feed/ 0