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	<description>part of the MSc in E-learning at the University of Edinburgh</description>
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				<title>Comments on: Posthuman Pedagogy</title>
				<link>http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/neilb/2011/11/29/posthuman-pedagogy/#comment-156</link>

                <dc:creator>Jen Ross</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 10:36:15 +0000</pubDate>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[I'm with Austin, here, Neil - your example that turned out not to be an example is extremely generative. I agreed with the reason you gave for considering it anti-posthumanist - the values of representation, separation and mastery seem deeply entwined with humanism. It's fascinating to think about how (as Hayles 1999 argues) the apparent boundary blurring of ubiquitous technology and the "posthuman" can function to replicate the humanist divisions it appears to challenge. Nice example.]]></description>
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				<title>Comments on: Posthuman pedagogy task: Exopedagogy</title>
				<link>http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/carolc/2011/11/28/posthuman-pedagogy-task-exopedagogy/#comment-102</link>

                <dc:creator>Jen Ross</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 10:30:12 +0000</pubDate>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Fantastic connections in this post, Carol - I love what you've done using the figure of the monster to link a) our course readings and b) the history of otherness (women, animals, and so on). Too bad you've already got your final assignment topic - this would be another excellent one! Thanks for the link to the "out of the digital dungeon" course - I look forward to exploring that.]]></description>
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				<title>Comments on: Week 8: What are you, a freakin' cyborg? What does that mean?</title>
				<link>http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/carolc/2011/11/14/week-8-what-are-you-a-freakin-cyborg-what-does-that-mean/#comment-74</link>

                <dc:creator>Jen Ross</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:17:46 +0000</pubDate>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[What a thoughtful and engaging post, Carol - I really enjoyed this. Rather than "bypassing" (interesting cyborg metaphor!) the thornier aspects of gender, I see Haraway as seeking alternate ways of mapping the landscape. I thought you might enjoy one of the blog posts from the last EDC - Dennis's "love letter" to Haraway and his thoughts about the viral and the post-"ism". http://edc.education.ed.ac.uk/dennisd/2010/11/09/i%E2%80%99m-a-cyborg-for-you-donna/

Perhaps this is exactly the point you're making - that we are not ready to be done with feminism and the problems it addresses. But I'm so glad for writers who will turn things on their heads, as Haraway did in her time, and ask whether our priorities are as they should be. I also happen to love her use of language and insistence on its non-transparency, but that's probably another discussion altogether.]]></description>
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				<title>Comments on: Week 7: Some breathing space....</title>
				<link>http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/carolc/2011/11/07/week-7-some-breathing-space/#comment-61</link>

                <dc:creator>Jen Ross</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:57:26 +0000</pubDate>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Carol, it's fantastic that your blog and lifestream might live on after the course! It is really easy to export blog posts and import them into another Wordpress blog, so that's what I'd recommend. To replicate the lifestream, you'd need to host your own wordpress blog so you could install the plugin. Or you could try one of the services listed at http://lifestreamblog.com/create/ . Anyway, keep us posted about what you decide to do, and if you need any help. 

Re the learning focus for the assignment - this could be quite broadly conceived - if you wanted to look at the occupy movement, for example, you could consider how the geographically based communities "learn" from one another, how information circulates, or something like that?]]></description>
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				<title>Comments on: LifeStream Summary Week 6</title>
				<link>http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/neilb/2011/11/01/lifestream-summary-week-6/#comment-55</link>

                <dc:creator>Jen Ross</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:20:30 +0000</pubDate>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[My favourite IT crowd moment ever - but of course not that funny when we're working right at the edges of our technical competence. And even when not, the lifestream can be something of a black box - RSS feeds (which 'drive' the stream) can be flaky, and it's not always easy to see where a problem has come from. You've shown how uncomfortable a pedagogy of disaggregation can be - is there something here that connects to posthumanism and the readings for this week, I wonder?]]></description>
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				<title>Comments on: Mini Ethnography Assignment</title>
				<link>http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/neilb/2011/11/03/mini-ethnography-assignment/#comment-48</link>

                <dc:creator>Jen Ross</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:13:08 +0000</pubDate>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[This hooks this work in neatly to the wider web debates going on at the moment about anonymity - google's decision to insist on 'real names' in google + has brought this to a head in the past couple of months. What's your take on that position?]]></description>
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				<title>Comments on: Virtual Ethnography</title>
				<link>http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/annar/virtual-ethnography/#comment-51</link>

                <dc:creator>Jen Ross</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:10:20 +0000</pubDate>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[ah, ps, meant to say - you might be interested in this paper, if you haven't come across it:

Bassett, E. H., & O’Riordan, K. (2002). Ethics of Internet research: Contesting the human subjects research model. Ethics and Information Technology, 4(3), pp. 233–247.]]></description>
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				<title>Comments on: Virtual Ethnography</title>
				<link>http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/annar/virtual-ethnography/#comment-50</link>

                <dc:creator>Jen Ross</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:09:12 +0000</pubDate>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[you've produced a tremendously rich piece of work, Ania, and your choice of ethnographic site was a great one. I love the prezi tree (including the 'leafed' version). There's lots that could be focused on here, but I was especially drawn to your comments about texts on the ethnography page. Here's where a virtual field site probably comes into its own: allowing you to pay attention to the production and consumption of texts as a way of understanding something about how a community maintains itself. Your example of your real-time and archived experiences of the chat demonstrates brilliantly how we can think differently, and creatively, about research in the online domain. I also appreciated the tensions you drew out in relation to democracy - taking on issues of access, influence and interpretation. All in all, a lovely job!]]></description>
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				<link>http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/week-by-week/block-3-cyborg-learners/weeks-8-9/bring-a-friend-to-class-2/#comment-748</link>

                <dc:creator>Jen Ross</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:02:17 +0000</pubDate>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[A Twitter correspondent of mine, Antonella Esposito, is hoping to join in with us this week. Welcome, Antonella! @antoesp]]></description>
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				<title>Comments on: Ethnography</title>
				<link>http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/gracee/2011/11/04/ethnography/#comment-37</link>

                <dc:creator>Jen Ross</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:14:12 +0000</pubDate>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Me again! I visited your prezi before reading your blog post, and it was a fascinating way to enter the story of your chosen community - I had to figure out what it was about from the series of screenshots you provided. Really recommend to others to do it that way (though I guess if they see this comment it might be too late!). 

I really liked that you considered not just a single site, but a loose collection of sites bound together by a common identity. It felt like you went (and took us) on a journey. Your familiarity with the terrain led you to some non-obvious choices (the breastfeeding thread, for example) that I thought were well judged. 

I'm especially interested in your comment about the "voice of reason" as a value held within this community - presumably this reflects the scientific values that the group might be expected to subscribe to. Would you say that this was a way that members of the community policed its boundaries - chastising voices of "unreason" and thereby strengthening their position as insiders?]]></description>
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				<title>Comments on: Mini Digital Ethnographic Study: Diaspora</title>
				<link>http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/danielg/2011/11/03/mini-digital-ethnographic-study-diaspora/#comment-65</link>

                <dc:creator>Jen Ross</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:01:51 +0000</pubDate>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Daniel, you've done a great job here. I particularly like how you handled the ethics of the study and your decisions about anonymising, and how up front and reflexive you were about your personal stake in the ethos of the community. Your concerns about bias and preconceptions are always worth attending to in any research context, but, as Hine puts is, ethnography is no longer usually seen as being objective in the way you describe: "Rather than being the records of objectively observed and pre-existing cultural objects, ethnographies have been reconceived as written and unavoidably constructed accounts of objects created through disciplinary practices and the ethnographer's embodied and reflexive engagement" (Hine, p.42).

The 'arrival story' screenshots were very evocative - nicely done. I wondered about your decision to study the group 'covertly' (in the sense that I don't think you mentioned your ethnographic work in your profile) - did you have a sense at the outset that you might choose to stay around in this community as 'yourself' and not just as a researcher?

I also found myself thinking about the relative newness of this community - it seems to be a space where not a lot of conflict has emerged, and I wonder if you think that it's only a matter of time before clashes surface, or if there is something about this group that will facilitate consensus (perhaps the strength of the shared ideology you mention).

Anyway, really nice work - I thoroughly enjoyed this.]]></description>
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				<title>Comments on: Ethnography</title>
				<link>http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/gracee/2011/11/04/ethnography/#comment-36</link>

                <dc:creator>Jen Ross</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 14:29:30 +0000</pubDate>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[oh - nevermind - got it! :-) http://prezi.com/1ohq-xy-bsj8/ethnography/]]></description>
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				<title>Comments on: Mini Ethnography Assignment</title>
				<link>http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/neilb/2011/11/03/mini-ethnography-assignment/#comment-40</link>

                <dc:creator>Jen Ross</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 14:27:46 +0000</pubDate>
                
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                <description><![CDATA["I think what is important is the perception that digital culture facilitates restless exploration, hence my over-enthusiastic employment of arrows which I see as being the antithesis of nomadic thought and yet seem symptomatic of “click here”" - just love this sentence! Have tumblr'ed it for posterity. And I really like what you've attempted here with the mindmap format. I know what you mean about the work all being behind the scenes, but I think it does show through. Especially interested in the 'activity' area that talks about restraint and non-critical exchange - would it be cheating for you to say a bit more about that? :-)]]></description>
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				<title>Comments on: Ethnography</title>
				<link>http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/gracee/2011/11/04/ethnography/#comment-35</link>

                <dc:creator>Jen Ross</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 13:38:19 +0000</pubDate>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[hi Grace - I tried to add a link to your prezi, but it was asking me to log in - do you have a link to the version that has been shared?]]></description>
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				<title>Comments on: </title>
				<link>http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/blog/2011/10/31/ethnography-week-welcome-to-week-7/#comment-710</link>

                <dc:creator>Jen Ross</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 15:42:27 +0000</pubDate>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[good save, Neil! If you run into problems, I can find somewhere to put the .htm file for you - let me know.]]></description>
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				<title>Comments on: LifeStream Summary Week 5</title>
				<link>http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/neilb/2011/10/24/lifestream-summary-week-5/#comment-31</link>

                <dc:creator>Jen Ross</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 18:09:23 +0000</pubDate>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[hi Neil - I'm a proud new ipad owner and have discovered that a number of apps (flipboard, safari) will let you forward things to instapaper. And instapaper has a lifestream feed. A bit roundabout, but if the guardian app supported it, maybe a way to add to the lifestream from a mobile device?]]></description>
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				<title>Comments on: Week five: A reflection of the community</title>
				<link>http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/carolc/2011/10/24/week-five-a-reflection-of-the-community/#comment-34</link>

                <dc:creator>Jen Ross</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 18:05:52 +0000</pubDate>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[fantastic logo for that mumsnet site - it would be worth an examination in itself! One of last year's students did her ethnography on the twitter "failwhale" error message and the community that sprung up around it - it was really interesting (and funny). http://edc.education.ed.ac.uk/alisonj/2010/11/04/fail-whale-community-ethnography/

Re library sites you might add - I know several people who swear by 'library thing' - so that might work. Great to see you experimenting even more! http://www.librarything.com/]]></description>
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				<title>Comments on: Visual Artefact</title>
				<link>http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/neilb/2011/10/15/visual-artefact/#comment-24</link>

                <dc:creator>Jen Ross</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 11:31:34 +0000</pubDate>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[coming late to this party, but just wanted to say I loved your artefact, Neil! You have used quite a lot of text, but I think the text and the images and videos work together to construct the argument (ie: the images aren't just 'illustrations', but a core part of the story you are telling). It would have been interesting to see if you could have left some of the text out and still created the effect you were after. 

Your interest in identity, and in digital gains and losses, is apparent here, and I think this is an area you should (and undoubtedly will) continue to explore. Lovely use of prezi, too. That last image... is it you? 

As a partial aside, I saw mention of a new collection the other day that I think might interest you - "Race After the Internet" (edited by Lisa Nakamura) http://www.amazon.co.uk/Race-After-Internet-Lisa-Nakamura/dp/0415802369]]></description>
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				<title>Comments on: LStream Summary Wks 3 &amp; 4</title>
				<link>http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/neilb/2011/10/17/lstream-summary-wks-3-4/#comment-22</link>

                <dc:creator>Jen Ross</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 11:57:15 +0000</pubDate>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[I think this is one of the mysteries of the lifestream, actually - although you felt absent, the lifestream shows your presence (ghostly compared with your more active times, but still...) - I find that quite fascinating! It's great to see you reflecting on questions of absence and presence in this way - I really enjoyed this post.]]></description>
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				<title>Comments on: Lifestream 2</title>
				<link>http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/annar/2011/10/03/lifestream-2/#comment-27</link>

                <dc:creator>Jen Ross</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 08:37:40 +0000</pubDate>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[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?]]></description>
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				<title>Comments on: Week two: Rhizomes and portals</title>
				<link>http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/carolc/2011/10/04/rhizomes-and-portals/#comment-12</link>

                <dc:creator>Jen Ross</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 12:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Ania and Jeremy will want to ponder the rhizome with you, I think! Carol, do you mind if I use Twitter to draw their attention to your excellent post? 

I really like the digital culture and education journal, and the Mallan article you've mentioned as well. I cited this in a chapter I wrote (in press) about cultural conceptions of blogging, and how these might be affecting students and teachers in their engagement with online reflective practices. I argued that there are profound tensions around the need for authenticity, accusations of narcissism, the risk of disclosure, and demands for personal branding online.  Add to that your point about users-as-products and you have a very complicated set of negotiations for digital participants to engage with. 

I think we pay less attention to this in e-learning than we should. One of the secondary readings for this week, Carpenter, argues that there actually are no boundaries between academic and popular literacy practices, which means we need to be aware of how popular practices are playing out. As we move out of 'walled gardens' and into the wider web for some or all of our educational activities, these things become all the more salient.]]></description>
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				<title>Comments on: Lifestream 2</title>
				<link>http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/annar/2011/10/03/lifestream-2/#comment-25</link>

                <dc:creator>Jen Ross</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 10:20:12 +0000</pubDate>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[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?]]></description>
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				<title>Comments on: 2 The Computer Says No!</title>
				<link>http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/neilb/2011/10/01/2-the-computer-says-no/#comment-16</link>

                <dc:creator>Jen Ross</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 10:12:49 +0000</pubDate>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[This is a beautiful blog post that really works in creatively linking the films from our first two weeks with themes of digital culture and your own experiences. It sent me off in multiple directions of thought. One thing that it brought to mind was a recent xkcd comic about the "password paradox" - http://boingboing.net/2011/08/10/xkcd-on-the-password-paradox-human-factors-versus-computers-brute-force.html . Another was the work that's been done on database subjectivity - by Mark Poster (might be hard to get hold of his 1996 chapter on "databases as discourse", but well worth the effort), and by others like Graham and Wood - I recommend their article and you should be able to get it with your Edinburgh credentials.


Graham, S., & Wood, D. (2003). Digitizing surveillance: Categorization, space, inequality. Critical Social Policy, 23(2), pp. 227-248. 

(Especially the stuff about "dividuals" and our relationships with them. Which connects with the discussion in Sian's core reading this week about our digital doubles. All very energising stuff, Neil.)]]></description>
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				<title>Comments on: Week one: Floating down the lifestream.....</title>
				<link>http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/carolc/2011/09/27/floating-down-the-lifestream/#comment-7</link>

                <dc:creator>Jen Ross</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:16:28 +0000</pubDate>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[ps - you may like to check out Neil's recent post - http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/neilb/2011/09/28/1-wheres-the-magic

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				<title>Comments on: 1 Where's the magic?</title>
				<link>http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/neilb/2011/09/28/1-wheres-the-magic/#comment-8</link>

                <dc:creator>Jen Ross</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:15:36 +0000</pubDate>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Just a quick comment here, Neil, to link you up with Carol's recent post (and vice versa) - http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/carolc/2011/09/27/floating-down-the-lifestream - I think there's the making of a fascinating conversation here.]]></description>
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