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Participatory black boxes

By alex | Published: 9/9/2010
Every time I see the mention of digital natives or the assumed proficiency of those who have grown up with digital technologies, it irks me a little. It’s not that I disagree–not exactly. This came up in a discussion we’re having in my seminar on participatory learning, and I found myself having to try to […]
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Free Range Assessment

By alex | Published: 8/5/2010
Over the last few months I’ve been keeping a close eye on the development of the (Mozilla and P2PU) School of Webcraft. (Here’s a 103 second introduction.) One reason for this is obvious: I’m interested in how people learn to produce content for the web, and I am interested in teaching using the open web […]
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In whose name?

By alex | Published: 7/22/2010
Each semester, I ask students to blog publicly. There are many who argue that this is the only way to blog, and although I am not that extreme, I do think it has particular advantages. That said, there are good reasons for and against blogging in your own name. For students who are unsure, I […]
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Does Adlai Stevenson matter?

By alex | Published: 6/29/2010
There is a great “fluff” piece over at the New York Times detailing the provenance of dorm rooms at a few schools. It includes a photograph of four freshmen at Princeton who, when told they were occupying Adlai Stevenson’s old dorm room replied that they didn’t know who the guy was but that “there’s famous […]
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