Abstract We often talk about games, simulations and other events in learning, but these technologies support only episodic learning. Equally important are those technologies that provide a context for these learning episodes, an environment where students and interact and converse among themselves. 2007). 2007, April 16). MORE >>

What I like about this initiative is that it is not bound to a single platform, that it is actively contributing to specifications and technologies that help virtual worlds together, and that it is actively exploring ways in which immersive technologies can be used to support learning. Which it is. She uses many of the Web 2.0 MORE >>

August 15, 2007 in Future , Ideas , News , Past , problems | 37 comments I’m late weighing in on the New York Times’ reported decision to drop Times Select. 37 comments Comments feed for this article Trackback link: [link] Sheila Lennon on August 15, 2007 at 10:43 pm “1. Hoovers on August 16, 2007 at 11:46 am [.] MORE >>

Maeda, now the President of the Rhode Island School of Design , shares in this hilarious talk from TEDGlobal 2012 that one of the central questions of his life became: “Why did dad not say ‘art?’”. To see Maeda’s human computer and hear his ideas on how design can inform leaders, watch his wonderful talk. Text squeezer  (2007). MORE >>

At a certain point in time, sooner than we thing, the technologies we have put in place to ensure the continued uneven distribution of resources (which we then use to extort labour out of deprived populations) will become moot. Most likely, the initial successes of cyborg technology will be in artificial perception. Food, say? MORE >>