Media Literacy: Making Sense Of New Technologies And Media by George Siemens - Sep 26 09
September 26th, 2009In this weekly Media Literacy Digest, open education and connectivism advocate George Siemens, takes you to news and stories on emergent media, technology and learning that can help you make greater sense of the revolutionary changes taking place all around you.
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Inside this Media Literacy Digest:
- Google - Chrome Frame is a service that runs Chrome directly in Internet Explorer. Next, Google announces Sidewiki.
- What I Think Connectivism Is… - Connectivism and Connective Knowledge 2009 is in full swing. The Daily is experiencing a bit of a delay as Stephen’s website (and OLDaily) are recovering from a rather significant attack.
- Trends and Issues In Open and Distance Learning In Africa - Dave Cormier and I are offering a bi-lingual (French / English) open online course on emerging technologies for learning starting Oct. 12.
- Networked Learning 2010 Preconference Online Hot Seats - Networked Learning 2010 conference is hosting a series of online “hot seats” over the next few months. These online sessions are free to attend, but registration is required.
- Corporate Learning: Trends and Implications - I am pleased to announce our third annual LearnTrends online(and free) conference on corporate learning, to be held November 17-19, 2009.
- Scaling Mt. Idiocy - As I read another article about another business leader declaring the obsolescence of universities, I started thinking about how absurd this language would sound if we applied it to other large institutions.
- Speed of Memes - Messages spread much quicker than they used to… but satire still reigns supreme as a means of creating artifacts for sharing cultural humour.
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