Comments on: Testing the waters http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/annar/2011/09/12/test/ part of the MSc in E-learning at the University of Edinburgh Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:44:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Siân Bayne http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/annar/2011/09/12/test/#comment-9 Siân Bayne Thu, 22 Sep 2011 07:51:11 +0000 http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/annar/?p=9#comment-9 Another nice post Ania - I do like the way you are interrogating 'culture' and 'digital' here. I wonder what you made of the Hand reading on this? - in particular perhaps his point that in its contemporary (digital) modes, culture is 'ubiquitous' - it's not 'out there' any more but (quoting Lash and Lury) 'seeps out of the superstructure and comes to infiltrate, and then take over, the infrastructure itself.' Another nice post Ania – I do like the way you are interrogating ‘culture’ and ‘digital’ here. I wonder what you made of the Hand reading on this? – in particular perhaps his point that in its contemporary (digital) modes, culture is ‘ubiquitous’ – it’s not ‘out there’ any more but (quoting Lash and Lury) ‘seeps out of the superstructure and comes to infiltrate, and then take over, the infrastructure itself.’

]]> By: Siân Bayne http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/annar/2011/09/12/test/#comment-7 Siân Bayne Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:30:50 +0000 http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/annar/?p=9#comment-7 Hi Anna, and welcome. I like some of the writing which draws into question the very distinction between the natural and the cultural/technological - more on this later in the course when we look at Donna Haraway's work among others. Great to see the blog starting to take shape. Hi Anna, and welcome. I like some of the writing which draws into question the very distinction between the natural and the cultural/technological – more on this later in the course when we look at Donna Haraway’s work among others. Great to see the blog starting to take shape.

]]> By: Jeremy Keith Knox http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/annar/2011/09/12/test/#comment-6 Jeremy Keith Knox Sat, 17 Sep 2011 14:07:51 +0000 http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/annar/?p=9#comment-6 Hi Anna, its excellent to read some really interesting ideas coming out already. In considering affinities between the 'machinic' and the 'organic', I think 'metaphor' itself is an interesting way to frame our understandings. 'Natural' tropes may help us to get to grips with technology (growing, surfing?!), but it also seems to work the other way around. Technological terms appear to permeate our understandings of the organic: for example, the 'mental processes' of cognitivist learning theory, or the 'codes' used to describe genetics. Great reference to Bachelard. If you know the work of Gilles Deleuze, the notion of 'becoming' is a distinctive feature of his work (1987), and I think he was certainly influenced by Bachelard. The idea of persistent growth or 'becoming' is fantastic way to think about the blogs and lifestreams, and I look forward to how yours progress in the coming weeks! Deleuze, G. (1987) http://books.google.com/books?id=B9xLrS6mpGoC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false http://www.learning-theories.com/cognitivism.html Hi Anna, its excellent to read some really interesting ideas coming out already.

In considering affinities between the ‘machinic’ and the ‘organic’, I think ‘metaphor’ itself is an interesting way to frame our understandings. ‘Natural’ tropes may help us to get to grips with technology (growing, surfing?!), but it also seems to work the other way around. Technological terms appear to permeate our understandings of the organic: for example, the ‘mental processes’ of cognitivist learning theory, or the ‘codes’ used to describe genetics.

Great reference to Bachelard. If you know the work of Gilles Deleuze, the notion of ‘becoming’ is a distinctive feature of his work (1987), and I think he was certainly influenced by Bachelard. The idea of persistent growth or ‘becoming’ is fantastic way to think about the blogs and lifestreams, and I look forward to how yours progress in the coming weeks!

Deleuze, G. (1987)
http://books.google.com/books?id=B9xLrS6mpGoC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false

http://www.learning-theories.com/cognitivism.html

]]> By: Anna Katarzyna Rolinska http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/annar/2011/09/12/test/#comment-5 Anna Katarzyna Rolinska Fri, 16 Sep 2011 13:42:22 +0000 http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/annar/?p=9#comment-5 Ha, on the surface it might seem incongruous, technologies and machines and the idea of being organic, could these two be married? But the metaphor works, always been working for me since I discovered a blog post on 'how to grow a blog' .. and I perceive learning and life in general as process, journey, growing and becoming ... Things are not what they are, they are what the become (Bachelard) ... maybe more about it in the 'About' section?? Ha, on the surface it might seem incongruous, technologies and machines and the idea of being organic, could these two be married? But the metaphor works, always been working for me since I discovered a blog post on ‘how to grow a blog’ .. and I perceive learning and life in general as process, journey, growing and becoming … Things are not what they are, they are what the become (Bachelard) … maybe more about it in the ‘About’ section??

]]> By: Jen Ross http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/annar/2011/09/12/test/#comment-4 Jen Ross Fri, 16 Sep 2011 09:06:14 +0000 http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/annar/?p=9#comment-4 The organic metaphor of growth is a good one, I think - and an interesting one as we start to consider hybridity and human-machine relationships. Roll on week 1! The organic metaphor of growth is a good one, I think – and an interesting one as we start to consider hybridity and human-machine relationships. Roll on week 1!

]]> By: Anna Katarzyna Rolinska http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/annar/2011/09/12/test/#comment-3 Anna Katarzyna Rolinska Thu, 15 Sep 2011 21:43:21 +0000 http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/annar/?p=9#comment-3 Thanks Jen - There'll be more to follow in regard to experimentation - let the weekend come and the course begin! It feels good to be organising a new online space and ponder what will become of it, what it will grow into in a few weeks' time ... Thanks Jen – There’ll be more to follow in regard to experimentation – let the weekend come and the course begin! It feels good to be organising a new online space and ponder what will become of it, what it will grow into in a few weeks’ time …

]]> By: Jen Ross http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/annar/2011/09/12/test/#comment-2 Jen Ross Wed, 14 Sep 2011 08:19:32 +0000 http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/annar/?p=9#comment-2 nice job, Ania! Good to see you've been experimenting with the look of your site as well. I like your choice. :-) nice job, Ania! Good to see you’ve been experimenting with the look of your site as well. I like your choice. :-)

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