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September 29, 2008

Exploring the Educational Digital Divide

September 29, 2008

Following on from the recent ALT Conference, the EXTEND project team would like to invite you to participate in an online asynchronous discussion in which we will explore the Educational Digital Divide. Funded by JISC-Emerge Benefits Realisation, the discussion begins on Monday 29 September 2008, with topics and questions including:· What does the digital Divide mean to you?· Who ...

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September 25, 2008

Research post on Digital Environment Home Energy Management System (DEHEMS)

September 25, 2008

Message from my colleague David Kreps. There is a vacancy at the University of Salford, on an EU funded Research Project, Digital Enivronment Home Energy Management System (DEHEMS).    If it is not of interest to you or your colleagues, please pass it on to anyone you think it may be of interest to.    ...

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Second Life Book Chapter Call

September 25, 2008

Not quite sure why this refers to Second Life, not more broadly IVW or MUVE but ....CFP - Higher Education in Second Life   HIGHER EDUCATION IN SECOND LIFE (Information Age Publishing, Charlotte, North Carolina) Editors, Charles Wankel, St. John's University, New York; and Jan Kingsley, Training & Development Consultant   Final date for initial submissions: November ...

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August 27, 2008

Women in Games Conference

August 27, 2008

Thanks to Eileen Brown for the heads up on this ...

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February 05, 2008

Every picture tells a story

February 05, 2008

....and some tell tall ones.  What does this picture mean to you? more at ...

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February 03, 2008

A joke to test my feed

February 03, 2008

I wanted to test the feed from this blog, so I thought that I would share this joke with you.  It is by Gregory from a New Yorker cartoon in a calendar that I bought in the January sales.One dog says to another "I had my own blog for a while, but I decided to go back to just ...

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January 16, 2008

Tom Hodgkinson’s rant on (or should I say about?) Facebook

January 16, 2008

Tom Hodgkinson (in the old media corner) squares up against the new(ish) contender Facebook.  A quick google search reveals that Tom does have an Internet profile: he tells us that he plays the ukulele, and he does blog about his current reading in a convergent media fashion.  Also, anyone who has a web site called the Idler (with a ...

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Looking for papers on Immersive Virtual Worlds, Second Life et al

January 16, 2008

 Maggi Savin Baden and Rob Ward are guest editing a Special Issue of ALT-J that will be of interest to some in the Emerge Community - so  polish up that half-written paper or get started now.CALL FOR PAPERS LEARNING AND TEACHING IN IMMERSIVE VIRTUAL WORLDS   Special issue of ALT-J, Research in Learning Technology ...

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November 17, 2007

Must read this

November 17, 2007

Tag it, bookmark it, blog it but whatever you do, read it and pass it on.  danah boyd has announced this exciting special issue.  As danah says "Please feel free to pass this announcement on to anyone you think might find value from this special issue. "JCMC Special Theme Issue on "Social Network Sites"Guest Editors: danah boyd and Nicole ...

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October 25, 2007

Thick Bearded Women

October 25, 2007

Another case of the comment being better than the post.  I have blogged this here but I did want to share with you on Emerge the Portuguese concept, thanks Cristina, of thick bearded women (TBW).  TBW are feisty women who are "educated, hard-working, courageous and sharp in their decisions and actions".  Well I know so many of these women - ...

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