Archive for: April 2007

April 30, 2007

Dualities of Multimedia Communications

Filed under: Models - 30 Apr 2007

The diagram below (inspired by Richard Millwood) is intended as a rhetorical device to help in the planning phase of creating some form of multimedia presentation based on three dimensions, audience, narrative, and control.

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In terms of audience …

April 21, 2007

The importance of signage

Filed under: Frippery - 21 Apr 2007

A sign in Vanuatu that conveys visually what this business is about. The explanatory words are there, but not essential to gaining an understanding:^)

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April 18, 2007

twitter

Filed under: Technology - 18 Apr 2007

A simple blogging tool with posts via the website, text messages, and desktop apps that aggregates posts of groups of friends and broadcasts onto web pages, via RSS feed, and phone texts.

Not sure if the flash badge will show …

April 13, 2007

Stephen Downes on PLE at MIT

Filed under: Reviews - 13 Apr 2007

The following is my interpretation gleaned from an audio recording of a conference at MIT attended by Stephen Downes to explain some of his thinking (apologies for any misrepresentation) about how the www could develop….

April 10, 2007

Online Community of Inquiry - Online Community of Practice

Filed under: Reviews - 10 Apr 2007

Randy Garrison, University of Calgary, offers this draft Online Community of Inquiry Review: Social, Cognitive, and Teaching Presence Issues (2006).

The research tool (below) developed by Garrison, Anderson and Archer (2000) is put forward as a framework that has …

April 8, 2007

Air NZ - grabaseat

Filed under: Technology - 08 Apr 2007

Not quite the budget airline travel frenzy over Europe, but anyone in NZ who wants to join the ‘got some time, but don’t know where to go jet-set’ may find some cheap seats here. For example, Christchurch …