Monthly Archives: October 2011

see what you think in week 4

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Jen Ross

This week the main activity will be creating and discussing visual artefacts which help draw out themes, issues or ideas from across Block 1 of the course. There are no “rules” as such, but a few suggestions. One is that while … Continue reading →

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Week 3 Summary

Posted on October 9, 2011 by Steph Cronin

Some small achievements have been made this week. The unfamiliar cyberculture jargon is starting to become familiar and thus the time spent deciphering the text, word by word, can now be spent reading and looking for greater understanding. This week … Continue reading →

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Avatar to Avatar Chatbots

Posted on October 9, 2011 by Austin Tate

My two avatar MyCyberTwin OpenSim chatting away together in OpenSim. Part of an exercise for the Digital Cultures EDC11 Digital Artifact exercise: http://atate.org/ai/ai/res/2011-10-09-chat-log-ai-and-be.txt At least they don’t bicker like some recent chatbot to chatbot chat experiments: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnzlbyTZsQY

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Summary: Week 3

Posted on October 9, 2011 by Daniel Griffin

This week my attention has been split between the the ideas of uncanny and ghostlyness encountered in the Bayne paper, as well as our discussions around digital literacy, visual literacy and new forms of learning.  Pulling these ideas together into … Continue reading →

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Is scholarly blogging an oxymoron?

Posted on October 8, 2011 by Grace Elliott

Work demands has made it difficult for me to fully engage with Week 3.  None of my schools have Internet access at the moment so my evenings are spent playing catch-up.  I did some of the readings and I had … Continue reading →

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My experience of blogging

Posted on October 8, 2011 by Steph Cronin

My entire working day is spent (in the physical form) with people; observing, listening and speaking.  In any given situation, being receptive/collating information, synthesising and regurgitating information with meaning and ambition to improve understanding of the initial situation is no … Continue reading →

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Fast, Far, Forever

Posted on October 8, 2011 by Austin Tate

I have always been fascinated by fast cars, advanced planes and spacecraft and there is a thread running through my interests which I have been able to explore while creating my “Life Wall” – http://atate.org as part of the MSc … Continue reading →

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Digital Narcissism?

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Daniel Griffin

My fellow classmate Kevin recently used the term Digital Narcissism to describe a phenomenon which seems to be commonplace over the web and is becoming more apparent within our offline culture too.  Mark Zuckerberg, has been quoted as saying that … Continue reading →

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Lifestream Week 3

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Austin Tate

The White Screen of (Slow) Death The week was characterised for me by being on travel and working with mobile devices and a slow 3G connection. It is a time to remember that not all our students and distance learners … Continue reading →

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Week 2 Summary

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Kevin Shawn HUDSON

Other worlds… a great theme, and one which recurs in many of my favorite science fiction stories.  Taken literally, it could simply be the idea of a world different from our own… another planet, another galaxy, another time, another dimension.  … Continue reading →

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