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Digital tribes

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Photo by Bruce Warrington Ten years ago, in 2009, I published an edited volume entitled 'Connected Minds, Emerging Cultures' which was a compendium of papers written by leading theorists and practitioners in the field of learning technology. This is a repost from my 2009 blog series on the same subject. New York: The Free Press.

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Is technology killing the art of conversation?

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The exchange then descended into: 'There's too much technology around' and, 'I don't know what the world is coming to.' In Alone Together (2011) Turkle implies that technology is distracting us from social interaction, and is ruining conversation: 'The relentless connection leads to a new solitude'. Maidenhead: Open University Press.

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Theories for the digital age: The digital natives discourse

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One of the more controversial theories of the digital age is the claim that technology is changing (or rewiring) our brains (Greenfield, 2009) whilst some also claim that prolonged use of the Web is detrimental to human intellectual development (Carr, 2010). There is further yet dissent.

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Writes of passage

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It can be argued that language was the first human technology, a means developed by our ancestors to communicate within communities (Wheeler, 2015). When there is substantial geographical distance between two interlocutors, technology must be used to mediate the interactions. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Deselle, S.

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Theories for the digital age: Postmodern perspectives

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Postmodernist views of society can be appropriated as lenses to analyse the personalised use of digital technology. This is an excerpt from a forthcoming publication entitled: Personal Technologies in Education: Issues, Theories and Debates] References Baudelaire, C. 1964) The Painter of Modern Life , New York, NY: Da Capo Press.

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Theories for the digital age: The digital natives discourse

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One of the more controversial theories of the digital age is the claim that technology is changing (or rewiring) our brains (Greenfield, 2009) whilst some also claim that prolonged use of the Web is detrimental to human intellectual development (Carr, 2010). There is yet further dissent.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point?

Learning Visions

Friday, June 26, 2009 The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point? In my opinion, creative use of open source technology could return a system far superior to existing offerings. The problem is that creativity is not rewarded in big corps. Richard Nantel of Brandon Hall recently posted about average LMS prices.

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