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Realising our broadband future (1)

  By netcrit | December 10, 2009 - 07:03 | See
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Realising our broadband future Disclaimer: Liveblogging Opening session of the 2009 Australian Govermment summit on broadband, http://broadbandfuture.gov.au, featuring Kevin Rudd, Mike Quigly (NBN) and Jeffrey Cole (Annenburg, USC). Paul Twomey, ICANN, opens the forum: “we are using Web 2.0 tools throughout the forum” to encourage particiation both at the event and elsewhere. Stephen Conroy, Min DBCDE welcomes delegates: plenty of hype around the critical importance of NBN Kevin Rudd, PM (Full text of speech) Economic strategy is a key point: for today and the future. The NBN is linked to that strategy. Rudd frames the summit by reminding us of the global financial crisis. Describes the NBN as “core infrastructure” for the new century like rail (19th) and roads (20th). Links the NBN to sustainability, but also emphasises health and education and the advantage for all Australians. “The reality is that our current broadband…is not up to scratch”; “slow broadband is holding us back” “Australians want fast broadband”. Uses the rhetoric of international competition “we are even behind the Slovak Republic”. Notes 18 failed plans for broadband in 12 years before the Rudd Government elected. “This is like building the Snowy Mountain Scheme, the Sydney Harbour Bridge, the national road … Click to read more →

AACE E-learn conference keynote (Daniel)

  By netcrit | October 28, 2009 - 00:27 | See
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Is E-Learning True to the Principles of Technology? (John Daniel, Commonwealth of Learning) Keynote Paper at E-Learn conference, 2009, Vancouver Disclaimer: Live blogging; see end for reflections, side notes. Begins by emphasising the wide variety of capacities of nations to engage successfully in elearning Declares the “absolute importance of technology in the educational development of the world”; attempting to link purposes and technology together. Fears that we are missing out on the benefit technology might bring. Will present argument that explores the relationship between the purpose and use of “Technology”, and what technologies for learning might bring). Breaks into a short description of the Commonwealth of Learning (note its emphasis on technology and development, especially role of distance learning / technology, especially at secondary school AND teacher education; examples of bringing education TO the traditional farming communities). For higher education he indicates the central challenge: wider access; higher quality; lower cost. With traditional methods, you can’t achieve increases in access at lower cost with quality; you get ONE or TWO of the three (but not all three). Discusses the ‘iron triangle’ which links exclusivity and quality. Educational technology CAN give you all three. Technology = “application of scientific and other … Click to read more →

Blogworldexpo Keynote panel “The death and rebirth of journalism”

  By netcrit | October 17, 2009 - 01:42 | See
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The death and rebirth of journalism (A panel on future of journalism and the news) [disclaimer: liveblogging] Brian Solis (Moderator), Don Lemon, Hugh Hewitt, Jay Rosen, Joanna Drake Earl (google them) (can’t assign comments to people since can’t see from the back row ) Start with some data: “how is new media comparing to traditional media” monthly – 400 million tweets; weekly – facebook – 2 billion pieces of content shared; 2008 – 16,000 job cuts in US news. twitter.com outperforms CNN. Then again, NYT is growing too. Comment – twitter big, yes, but a lot of it is links to big media or spreading of the word. Evolution of new media – Jay Rosen (NYU) – blogworld in 2003 to now “we have built around that system (RSS blogs, etc) the live web – everyone is connected to the news system as a whole – old media and new media wired into the same ecosystem – more complex, more aggregators, more fights for attention” “we didn’t anticipate the live web, which is represented by twitter” “lot more competitive for attention” – 2003 – people who blogged were like those with own magazines; now it has transformed into something much … Click to read more →

State of the Blogosphere 2009 (blogworldexpo keynote)

  By netcrit | October 17, 2009 - 00:58 | See
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Richard Jalichandra from Technorati presenting a sneak preview of the 2009 Blogosphere (see also “What To Watch For At Blog World Expo“, socialmediaexplorer.com) Commences by emphasising that blogging remains strong and is of profound social importance; viz. the 2008 US election. “Blogs are media”. Looking back, what happened in 2008 Social media – conversation is the content Blogs are media brands are in the blogosphere Many internet users – 75% – read blogs (USA) 2009 focus on professional blogosphere – survey 2900 bloggers; 20 interviews with leading bloggers Key findings 46% bloggers – professional bloggers (self-identified) – but by data, 28% are professional, in terms of making money. [Interesting difference]. Of these – three categories – part-time (15%), self-emp (9%), corp (4%) 66% male; 60% 18-44; more affluent and educated than Internet population; more also than hobbyists. Massive proportion have graduate degree; average of 4 blogs each. 17% = blogging is primary income. Richard emphasises that, despite the mainstream media’s attacks on the blogosphere, it is growing, and becoming significant. Yet the survey shows 75% of bloggers blogged more this year; twitter did not have a major impact to reduce blogging. And, those who did blog less, did not identify … Click to read more →

Blogworldexpo Keynote (Brogan)

  By netcrit | October 16, 2009 - 09:23 | See
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Chris Brogan, President of New Marketing Labs blogworldexpo: keynote, closing Day 1 [disclaimer: liveblogging] Addresing the audience as people committed to, and expert in, blogging; reminds us to be humble of this new ‘street religion’ and to stop criticising people who ‘don’t get it’; nor claim everyone needs to get it. Focus should be on moving out from the inner-circled wagons of the blogging community and exploring and developing the world beyond. Calling on people to lead, to push and force the pace of development. “take what you learn at this event and move it forward.” So, what is next? How does human business work? – Social Media is one part; it’s more about human business. It’s about avoiding avatars, and doing bad stuff online; focusing on the human dimensions. Exemplifies this approach by calling for a refusal of the switch of business cards; shake hands instead. Restructuring the geekiness and inward-looking nature of the blogging world. Emmphasis on social tie building via giving. “love everyone like you mean it” but…get out of the business if it is not your business; commitment. Blogging is not about yourself; the audience is more important than YOU. Audiences need to turn into communities; … Click to read more →

Blogworldexpo: keynote 1

  By netcrit | October 16, 2009 - 00:50 | See
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Laura Fitton, @pistachio “how dare you not be awesome” (First keynote for blogworldexpo) Fitton, takes the stage, “twitter turned her life inside out”, “little things to make the world better”, “when everyone gets it – 4 billion handsets – then some amazing things are going to happen”. Home-bound mom, blogging, twittering, playing, brought into her life “ideas..people…energy”; but it is not “about me”. What you personally can do – if you don’t do it – then you are cheating other people as well! Awesome – a personal strategy, but it’s about sharing and inspiring others; creativity, personal commitment, ethics, quirkiness. Social media unleashes “awesome” because it aggregates that strength and passion. Emphasises mentoring as a key aspect of social networking. Describing superpowers: Fitton’s is ‘being lucky’ – demonstrates (Wiseman, Luck Factor) that luck can be managed, created based on intelligence, insight, optimism. Unpredictability of twitter; ‘what technology is twitter disrupting?’ – face book, isolation, email… NOT interrupting lack of resources. Focusing now on twitter; twitter as ‘global sensing and reporting” system; asking for mathematical tools to analyse this datastream. Twitter kills the ‘influencer’ model of mass media; Fitton doesn’t see her role as influencer – it’s the message NOT the … Click to read more →