F14 Awakening the Digital Imagination
New Media Seminar for Faculty, Staff and Graduate Students Fall 14
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December 12, 2014

The Web We Want and the Stories We Tell

The Web We Want and the Stories We Tell

We’ve been thinking through the “Awakening” of the Digital Imagination all semester, and today the New Media Seminar concludes with Scott McCloud’s “Time Frames” and Sir Tim Berners-Lee’s proposal for the HTTP protocol that created the World Wide Web.  Now that the Web is in it’s twenty-fifth year I wonder how we might think about […]

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A. Nelson Berners-Lee, Brenda Laurel, Connected Courses, future, graphic novels, human-computer interaction, John Naughton, New Media Seminar, pedagogy, Scott McCloud, World Wide Web

December 11, 2014

Time frames and the web

McCloud made me think about how we can take a closer look at the new media platforms that we have. In the same way that he digs into the mechanics of comics and deepens their meaning, we can do the…

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safralin

December 10, 2014

Contingency in History: The Comic Book Version

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blogrh

December 4, 2014

De-Schooling for Connection

De-Schooling for Connection

At the end of an evening of tinkering — fiddling, exploring and stirring — tired and scattered, but invigorated by newly-made connections and the promise of more coherence tomorrow, I offer these modified nuggets-cum-stepping stones from the learning webs of Ivan Illich to those of the 21st-Century connected course. 1) From the introduction to De-Schooling […]

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A. Nelson Connected Courses, Connected learning, Illich, Ivan Illich, learning webs, networked learning, New Media Seminar, pedagogy

November 20, 2014

Time for Co-Learning

Time for Co-Learning

It’s week thirteen of the semester and I no longer pretend I’m going to catch up. Read, make, watch and blog half of what I want to for Connected Courses? Revise and submit the Belyaev fox paper? Pick up the threads of chapter four of Space Dogs? Nope. Not going to happen. Because when you […]

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A. Nelson Connected Courses, future, New Media Faculty-Staff Seminar, New Media Seminar, pedagogy, research, soviet history, students, teaching

November 19, 2014

I never got into computer games. What’s wrong with me?

I never got into computer games.  What’s wrong with me?

I remember going with friends to a bar sometime in the 1970s in which the game “Pong” became the centerpiece of activities.  My friends and I competed to see who could get the highest score.  I found the game fun, but I didn’t want to throw away all those quarters just to see if I […]

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blogrh

November 13, 2014

If the audience isn’t happy, ain’t nobody happy

If the audience isn’t happy, ain’t nobody happy

This is one of the first readings that feels very “current” in the sense of my daily work.  In the world of web development, the work of designing user interfaces (UI) has given way to a much better conversation about designing user experiences (UX). To me, this is what Brenda Laurel was getting to with […]

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Phil Norman

November 13, 2014

The avatar effect…

Video games are imaginative play.  Step into any pre-school classroom and you will encounter imaginative play.  Children have no hang-ups and can easily immerse themselves in a character and play.  We learn to edit ourselves as we age and grow boundaries that prevent us from experimenting with this type of play as we grow.  BUT […]

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aribeth

November 13, 2014

Learning it all at once?

I was struck immediately by the idea of working backwards from the big picture not towards it.  As a musician we are taught to break everything down into manageable pieces and building blocks.  We work on each layer and stack them on top of each other to complete the whole.  The metaphors are endless here and I probably use […]

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aribeth

November 13, 2014

Ground Control to Brenda Laurel

Ground Control to Brenda Laurel

I caught a glimpse of the orange sign on my way to the conference hotel.  “David Bowie Is.” “I am going,” I promised myself. Best. Decision. Ever. Even if you are too young to remember Ziggy Pop, or cringed through the “Let’s Dance” era, this exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art is worth whatever […]

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A. Nelson Brenda Laurel, David Bowie, human-computer interaction, New Media Seminar, space

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  • Comment on The Web We Want and the Stories We Tell by CogDog December 13, 2014
    Sirius reflections indeed! what a great weaving between the ideas from the writings in the New Media Reader, especially to connect the desired web with the space/potential of comics. I had some fun this year using the 25 year marker to reflect back and forward on this history. The best find was coming across a […]
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  • Comment on Time frames and the web by A. Nelson December 11, 2014
    I love Scott McCloud's Ted Talk! The first time I led the NMS we watched it and I posted about it here:http://siriusreflections.org/2013/12/12/comic-relief/ The link to the Ted Talk is on that post in case people can't view it here (for some reason the video isn't showing up for me now). Also, I'd say that the […]
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  • Comment on De-Schooling for Connection by A. Nelson December 4, 2014
    Yes indeed: http://connectedlearning.tv/connected-learning-principles It's hyperlinked after that paragraph, but might not be super obvious. I was so struck by the resonances with Illich's ideas.
    A. Nelson
  • Comment on De-Schooling for Connection by Gary Gach December 4, 2014
    Is there an Url or citation for "Principles of Connected Learning" (2014)? Am naturally curious, in general, as well, in particular, as to " ...an initial set of three educational values, three learning principles, and three design principles."”
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  • Comment on A question for future instructors by Miko December 4, 2014
    I think that my field (learning science and instructional technology) forces me to have an eye on the latest trends in technology. I think in my case, I will keep that habit when teaching courses. It is always important to read and to discover what is ...
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