The third edcmooc is nearing its end now. I tried to get a grip of the facilitating process during this MOOC. It was not easy and perhaps I have to stop trying. Continue reading →

What other lenses can we use to analize particular kind of vision which is presented, suggested or implied by the author ot the text, video etc.? What tools can help us to be more aware readers or recipients of information? How can we protect ourselves from manipulation or false objectivity wich can influence our own objectivity…

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La conversación que nos han propuesto a propósito de las culturas digitales y el aprendizaje en red ha llegado a un momento clave: considerar con cuidado los supuestos acerca del “ser humano”, de la humanidad, presentes en los discursos y prácticas alrededor de los fenómenos y prácticas mediadas por tecnologías e internet.

La provocación inicial: los videos

Los shortfilms que nos presentan, aluden a utopías y distopías y a transformaciones de la experiencia humana y por lo tanto el “buen vivir”:

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Una mirada futurista, otras más actuales, son las invitaciones de la semana 4 del #edcmooc. Primero, con un acercamiento al posthumanismo crítico. Aprovecho para traer una idea que se vuelve a repetir en el artículo de esta semana: el humanismo con su ideal de lo que significa ser hombre y su componente liberal, ha implicado la negación de otras maneras de ser humano y no ha terminado por conducir a ese ideal de justicia y equidad. Continue reading →

My purpose is  to continue my discussion about network facilitation. During the last weeks I have tried to do some facilitating operations in edcmooc. We have a lot of people there and they come from 154 countries and and I cannot imagine their motivations or interests. Continue reading →

Elearning and Digital Cultures, EDCMOOC, is taking place for the third time. And I am there, participating again. I was very pleased when Christine Sinclair sent me an email and asked if I could act as a Community Teaching Assistant, CTA, this time. Continue reading →

Reasserting human is the theme of week 3 in edcmooc. I am interested in the different ways of being present on the internet,  not only technologies used but human interaction. This post copies some ideas of my blog post a year ago when the first edcmooc began. Continue reading →

A principios de este mes de noviembre, dio inicio la tercera “emisión” del MOOC: “E-learning and Digital Cultures”, de la Universidad de Edinburgo (aquí encontrarán una entrada con datos del MOOC en su tercera ronda). Estoy en la vuelta a participar y estaré compartiendo aquí las reflexiones como un registro, como un proceso… de huella acerca de este curso que me parece especialmente potente por la perspectiva analítica propuesta, acerca de las culturas digitales, el aprendizaje y la educación: pasado, presente y futuro, visiones utópicas y distópicas, miedos y metáforas… y más pistas que estaremos siguiendo.

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En la semana 2 del #EDCMOOC nos propusieron considerar las metáforas como elemento de análisis de prácticas, discursos y sentimientos respecto de la red, las herramientas y nuestras actividades mediadas por estos artefactos.

¿Qué ideas respecto al futuro imagino, si considero este fenómeno creciente de apropiación tecnológica? Continue reading →

Nick Bostrom’s Transhumanist Values struck me as both naive and short-sighted. I suppose it’s not really his piece in particular, but the philosophy in general. Continue reading →

After reading the recommended texts supporting Week 1’s theme of “Looking to the Past”, I found that I most connected with the Perspectives on Education section. This is likely because of my training and experience as an educator, and many of the issues that were mentioned were the focus of discussions when I was in grad school. Continue reading →

Watching Bendito Machine III, I was struck by several observations. As the character scales the mountain to obtain the desired machine, I couldn’t help but think of the fact that he was struggling parallels many experiences Americans have in affording new technological devices. Continue reading →

Both Robbie and Gumdrop featured societies with robots as autonomous members of society. The films made me consider what a future with these autonomous members would be like. Continue reading →

He estat 5 setmanes submergit en un curs telemàtic ofert per la Universitat d’Edimburgh i la plataforma Coursera.org titulat “eLearning and Digital Cultures”. Continue reading →

After a few failed attempts (happy to be human!), I finally feel quite comfortable with my final Digital Artifact. It’s a short animation. Continue reading →

After publishing my final assigment Digital Artifact for the eLearning and Digital Culture MOOC, I decided to try and provide a background of the creation process. These are some ideas I think are closely related:

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In both the videos from Corning and Microsoft, education is presented as being interactive. In the Corning video, the educational content is presented very graphically and allows the students to engage in the material along with the teacher. Continue reading →

I will primarily comment on the posting by Shirky and subsequent comment by Bady. I found the topic of MOOCs as the future of higher education quite interesting because it relates directly to my own academic experiences. Continue reading →

I found that the visual similarities between Bendito Machine III and New Media were traits that could be found in many dystopic scenes about media consumption. The was a heavy use of darkness and contrast to imply a more sinister story. Continue reading →

I like to think of Inbox as a utopian account because while the two characters might possibly have met without possessing the bags (clearly a metaphor for e-mail/online personas), they were brought together because of them. This opportunity was created because of the democratizing nature of the technology (in this case, magical bags). Continue reading →

I think that the film is presenting several messages about technology:

• Technology as destructive: street sweeper

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I started week 1 a bit late (in week 2). Being my first experience of a MOOC I was unsure what to expect but it quickly became clear that the self paced get out what you put in approach would suit me.

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First experience of a twitter chat, feel a bit behind as so many people seem to know what they are doing.. Some folk have offered useful links to what can be done on twitter so they are pinned for future use..

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