http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/annar/2011/10/03/lifestream-2/ 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 http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/annar/2011/10/03/lifestream-2/#comment-28 Ania Rolińska Mon, 10 Oct 2011 09:30:26 +0000 http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/annar/?p=1326#comment-28 Hmm, an interesting point Jen. First, I thought that yes, the software impacts the order of the lifestream but I wasn't convinced as to the idea of its agency. It looks pretty random as it is dependant on the software mechanics, updates and so on. It's just software after all! However, when I think about it more one thing strikes me. I quite like Kress's idea of ordering and the related shifts in power - with a written text, the power in this respect lies with the author; with an image the audience assumes parts of it as it participates in creating the meaning by deciding on the order of 'reading' the information. With the lifestream, another agent appears, the technology, by intervening how the content is presented and how it's 'read'. A step away from perceiving techs as merely instrumental. The lifestream becomes more rhisome-ish this way too, something suggested by Carol which resonates with me more and more. Interesting ... Cheers. Hmm, an interesting point Jen. First, I thought that yes, the software impacts the order of the lifestream but I wasn’t convinced as to the idea of its agency. It looks pretty random as it is dependant on the software mechanics, updates and so on. It’s just software after all!
However, when I think about it more one thing strikes me. I quite like Kress’s idea of ordering and the related shifts in power – with a written text, the power in this respect lies with the author; with an image the audience assumes parts of it as it participates in creating the meaning by deciding on the order of ‘reading’ the information. With the lifestream, another agent appears, the technology, by intervening how the content is presented and how it’s ‘read’. A step away from perceiving techs as merely instrumental. The lifestream becomes more rhisome-ish this way too, something suggested by Carol which resonates with me more and more. Interesting … Cheers.

]]> http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/annar/2011/10/03/lifestream-2/#comment-27 Jen Ross Mon, 10 Oct 2011 08:37:40 +0000 http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/annar/?p=1326#comment-27 Also I guess that if Kress is right in suggesting that "ordering" is part of meaning making and authorship, the question about who authors the lifestream takes on an extra dimension (for me) - the software does some of the "work" of producing the order in which the lifestream is presented. And the different RSS feeds update/refresh at different rates, so the feeds may have a part to play as well. Or is that pushing things too far? Also I guess that if Kress is right in suggesting that “ordering” is part of meaning making and authorship, the question about who authors the lifestream takes on an extra dimension (for me) – the software does some of the “work” of producing the order in which the lifestream is presented. And the different RSS feeds update/refresh at different rates, so the feeds may have a part to play as well. Or is that pushing things too far?

]]> http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/annar/2011/10/03/lifestream-2/#comment-26 Ania Rolińska Thu, 06 Oct 2011 09:11:54 +0000 http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/annar/?p=1326#comment-26 Sure I am the author and I guess even though I stream other people's content, the way I aggregate it, annotate, link is uniquely mine but there is an agenda here, isn't there? I see the benefits of the activity but am feeling the stick of assessment too acutely. For this reason, I censor myself and try to craft the online me in such a way that it possibly meets the criteria, pleases the assessors and the audience? I want to be seen in a certain light, which is not necessarily truthful and which certainly exerts pressure on me. It's like redesigning yourself in order to sell, well at least it sometimes feels like this. Sure I am the author and I guess even though I stream other people’s content, the way I aggregate it, annotate, link is uniquely mine but there is an agenda here, isn’t there? I see the benefits of the activity but am feeling the stick of assessment too acutely. For this reason, I censor myself and try to craft the online me in such a way that it possibly meets the criteria, pleases the assessors and the audience? I want to be seen in a certain light, which is not necessarily truthful and which certainly exerts pressure on me. It’s like redesigning yourself in order to sell, well at least it sometimes feels like this.

]]> http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/annar/2011/10/03/lifestream-2/#comment-25 Jen Ross Wed, 05 Oct 2011 10:20:12 +0000 http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/annar/?p=1326#comment-25 secret doors! fab. The question of authenticity is raised in relation to authorship as well as selection, I think. Who is the author of this lifestream? secret doors! fab. The question of authenticity is raised in relation to authorship as well as selection, I think. Who is the author of this lifestream?

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