by kirsr | Jul 18, 2012 | Divides, Boundaries, and Debates
Similar to many students, social media is part of my day. It needs to be: family, friends, life, etc – all of these aspects of my life hold the main one up, which is my education and future. The logistics of my life are different from students of previous...
by kirsr | Jul 16, 2012 | Changing Paradigms, Creativity, Divides, Boundaries, and Debates
EDITOR’S NOTE: THIS POST IS CURRENTLY BEING REVISED FOR CONTENT. TED.com’s slogan “Ideas Worth Spreading” promotes the idea that it is the human capacity for imagining and sharing possibilities that counts. Indeed, the website has become so...
by kirsr | Jul 15, 2012 | Explorations in Digital Theory
Text: The wording of anything written or printed; the structure formed by the words in their order; the very words, phrases, and sentences as written (OED) Institute: A society or organization instituted to promote some literary, scientific, artistic, professional, or...
by kirsr | Jul 15, 2012 | Divides, Boundaries, and Debates
In her 2010 New York Review of Books article “Generation Why?,” British novelist Zadie Smith reviewed Jaron Lanier’s novel, You Are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto, and paralleled it to David Fincher’s film, The Social Network, which premiered in theatres around about the...
by kirsr | Jul 13, 2012 | Divides, Boundaries, and Debates
The disparity between student and educators is producing, according to Sue Bennett, Karl Maton, and Lisa Kervin in their article, The ‘Digital Natives’ Debate: A Critical Review of Evidence, an alienation and general indifference between instructors and their...
by kirsr | Jul 10, 2012 | Divides, Boundaries, and Debates
The term, “digital divide,” is applied to the gap that exists between those who have access to and benefit from the knowledge and skills gained from digital technology and those without such accessibility or skills. Different demographics based on income, age,...
by kirsr | Jul 3, 2012 | Changing Paradigms, Divides, Boundaries, and Debates, Student Experiences
Warning – this post requires more editing for content and content verification. Our editors are working on it. [slideshow] Connectivity is important to all people, but for individuals who are members of marginalized groups, it is a lifeline. This also...
by kirsr | Jul 3, 2012 | Changing Paradigms, Divides, Boundaries, and Debates, Student Experiences
“A powerful force to change the university is the students. And sparks are flying today. A huge generational clash is emerging in our institutions. The critiques of the university from fifteen years ago were ideas in waiting – waiting for the new Web and for a new...
