Comments on: Summary: Week 1 http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/danielg/2011/09/25/summary-week-1/ part of the MSc in E-learning at the University of Edinburgh Fri, 02 Dec 2011 04:27:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Daniel Griffin http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/danielg/2011/09/25/summary-week-1/#comment-6 Daniel Griffin Wed, 28 Sep 2011 19:05:55 +0000 http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/danielg/?p=115#comment-6 Thanks for your comments Jeremy! Good point about the separation of virtual sites. Its interesting how we all do that so fluidly nowadays, presenting different faces to different groups. Of course we also do that in the real world, but online one needs to assume everything is public, so maybe its even a little paradoxical to try to present different faces in different spaces. I like the idea of a domain evolving out of the actions of its members... perhaps the conventions which we share help to define us more as a cultural groups than the underlying ideas. Cheers! Thanks for your comments Jeremy!
Good point about the separation of virtual sites. Its interesting how we all do that so fluidly nowadays, presenting different faces to different groups. Of course we also do that in the real world, but online one needs to assume everything is public, so maybe its even a little paradoxical to try to present different faces in different spaces.

I like the idea of a domain evolving out of the actions of its members… perhaps the conventions which we share help to define us more as a cultural groups than the underlying ideas. Cheers!

]]> By: Jeremy Keith Knox http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/danielg/2011/09/25/summary-week-1/#comment-5 Jeremy Keith Knox Wed, 28 Sep 2011 14:04:44 +0000 http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/danielg/?p=115#comment-5 I like the way you talk here about notions of space and place alongside your perspective on the meaning of culture. The emphasis you place on communication gets me thinking about the ways in which we define, demarcate and classify digital, or virtual ‘sites’. Rather than focussing on the technologies or services that merely facilitate our contact through premeditated design, perhaps one way to reconsider digital ‘space’ is via the modes and conventions of participant interaction. Virtual domains themselves would then be constructed through action and involvement, rather than being predetermined…interesting perspectives for the first film festival theme! Thanks Daniel. I like the way you talk here about notions of space and place alongside your perspective on the meaning of culture. The emphasis you place on communication gets me thinking about the ways in which we define, demarcate and classify digital, or virtual ‘sites’. Rather than focussing on the technologies or services that merely facilitate our contact through premeditated design, perhaps one way to reconsider digital ‘space’ is via the modes and conventions of participant interaction. Virtual domains themselves would then be constructed through action and involvement, rather than being predetermined…interesting perspectives for the first film festival theme! Thanks Daniel.

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