By silvanad, on October 17th, 2009
Here is the companion piece to Dystopic Day. Had a lot of trouble synchronizing things so this is the best I can do technically. Dystopic Day should be watched first.
I always find it easier to conceive of a dystopia rather than a utopia. Many years ago I read Dante’s Divine Comedy. I could relate very [...]
By silvanad, on October 15th, 2009
After a lot of technical difficulties I have my visual artefact up on YouTube. Originally, I intended it to be one video – Dystopic Day, Utopic Day – but I thought I better get Dystopic Day up and hopefully I will have time to add Utopic Day. If not I will add to this blog [...]
By silvanad, on September 25th, 2009
Just found this video giving a dystopic view of the future of e-learning.
Does not address who is in charge behind the technology -> feeding in the ‘appropriate’ information. Emphasizes the passivity of students – Castell’s ‘interacted’ as opposed to the ‘interacting’.
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