Downes, 1998) At the time, I was working as a distance education and new media design specialist at Assiniboine Community College, and I wrote the essay to defend the work I was doing at the time. Computer programs are being designed to run in ‘virtual machines’ which can be carried from one hardware platform to another without adaptation. MORE >>

Eric Raymond made this point way back in 2001 when he argued that in the new economy, “enjoyment predicts productivity.”). These ruminations bring to mind the approach known as Participative Work Design ( about which I have written before on this blog ), known mainly to organizational development theorists and practitioners. Snip. ]. MORE >>

Technology steward, designer and builder of online interaction spaces (events, teams, learning groups). tools and approaches and community and instructional design. Strong emphasis on the design, deployment and evaluation of productive online interaction spaces. Extensive work with “web 2.0” Coach others on these skills. Thanks. MORE >>

Do you have examples of other groups with similar goals that you might explore for ideas? Type of Participant Interactions To achieve your purpose, you generally design a set of activities. For example, many of our colleagues in Africa don’t have daily access and may have to catch up during one day. Please write it down here. MORE >>

When people say technology is value neutral, I say people have values and people build software, therefore the software carries the imprint of the designers’ values. SharePoint is a perfect example. When a designer walks into one of those, it’s often a bit like being handed lemons and looking for some ways to make lemonade. MORE >>