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Maker culture

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One that caught my eye is focused on the culture of user generated content - otherwise referred to as the creator society. Here''s what Horizon says about this culture: "The shift continues towards becoming a creator society. It is only a matter of time when it becomes acceptable practice for all universities. Unported License.

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Personal and personalised learning

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Photo by Marshall Henrie on Wikimedia Commons My keynote speech at the nextEd2019 conference in Lisbon was titled 'Personalising learning in the digital age'. Personal and personalised learning by Steve Wheeler was written in Lisbon, Portugal and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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Hamr time

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David and me in the studio - Photo by Steve Wheeler David Hamr is a well known Czech broadcaster and radio journalist. He produces programmes about social trends and culture and is particularly passionate about alternative education. Based in Liberec, in the north of the country, he operates out of ?eský Unported License.

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Digitally connecting the future

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Photo by Steve Wheeler I joined the press pack in Paris last week to attend two events sponsored by electronics giant Huawei. The first was European Innovation Day, an event held at the elegant Hotel Salomon de Rothschild building that showcased innovative uses of digital technology in education, health, industry and culture.

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Digital habitus

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The writings of philosopher and anthropologist Pierre Bourdieu focus predominantly upon the power structures and dynamics of society, and highlight the importance of cultural capital. Cultural capital is premised upon shared symbolism, acting as the social glue that binds a specific society together. Unported License.

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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. Cultural transmission is the communication of ideas.

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Nuking the fridge

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Photo by Erich Ferdinand on Flickr Nuking the fridge is a strange phrase, and you may never have heard of it - but in the popular culture context it means something. Nuking the fridge by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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