Monthly Archives: November 2011

Posthuman Pedagogy – Think Like a Robot

See http://atate.org/mscel/think/ When discussing the nature of an individual’s beliefs about intelligence, knowledge or the learning process, I have noticed in a number of discussion forum threads on EDEDC and ULOE11 where it can be a useful device to put … Continue reading

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Week 9 Summary

It doesn’t look like I have done very much this week but that is misleading.  Much of my time has been lost in trying to either connect or re-connect to the Internet.  For example, I could either access this site … Continue reading

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Summary: Week 9

I’ve spent a fascinating week considering what it means to be posthuman.  This began with my post at the end of last week on the differences between the cyborg and the posthuman (lifestream: 13.11.2011 #1), in which I discuss the … Continue reading

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Meta Body – Try an Out of Your Body Experience

A very beautifully designed Second Life region is worth exploring. I suggest you arrive in the Meta_Body area first. Use this teleport link: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Porto/132/109/703 Look at the (freely available) avatars to explore your identity and see which feel strange to … Continue reading

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Being human…

“…Being digital without being human…” I keep reading it over and over, and can’t decide if I like the statement or not, if I agree, or not.  What does it mean to be human?  Do we exist separately both in … Continue reading

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Block 2 Summary – Virtual Communities

In preparation for the lifestream assessment, I have renamed this post from the original “Communities” to the summary for this block as I felt it more appropriate.  While I have left the original text as is, I have added some … Continue reading

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Lifestream Week 9

I was pleased that David Richardson (Twitter @_djcr) was able to join in Digital Cultures as my class friend for discussions on “The Posthuman” for the current two week block. After an exchange between us about a couple of the … Continue reading

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AI, Cyborgs and Robots

When discussing the nature of an individual’s beliefs about intelligence, knowledge or the learning process, I have noticed in a number of discussion forum threads on EDEDC and ULOE11 that it can be a useful device to refer to an … Continue reading

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My ethnography

When tasked with doing a micro-ethnography I tossed around many ideas… blogging the study, PowerPoint, etc, but I finally settled on using Prezi… honestly because I had never used it, and I wanted to try it.  Hopefully the final project … Continue reading

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Ethnography…

Is Cayman News Service an online community? Created and posted on Prezi Unfortunately despite having the possibility to embed the link code and player from Prezi, it does not appear to work within the framework of this site.  Please follow … Continue reading

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