Comments on: Does size really matter? http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/amyw/2013/02/24/does-size-really-matter/ part of the MSc in E-learning at the University of Edinburgh Thu, 23 May 2013 06:05:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Amy Woodgate http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/amyw/2013/02/24/does-size-really-matter/#comment-305 Amy Woodgate Tue, 26 Feb 2013 22:48:43 +0000 http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/amyw/?p=201#comment-305 skeuomorphis of the otherline - that is exactly what it is!! skeuomorphis of the otherline – that is exactly what it is!!

]]> By: Giraf87 http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/amyw/2013/02/24/does-size-really-matter/#comment-303 Giraf87 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:53:24 +0000 http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/amyw/?p=201#comment-303 A skeuomorphis is what this phenomenon may be related too I think, a word I first heard about not long ago. Apple was suffering from it too... it's when you use the model of the analogue to replicate the digital... i.e. a chat room, may offer chat, but is it really about a 'room'.? A skeuomorphis is what this phenomenon may be related too I think, a word I first heard about not long ago. Apple was suffering from it too… it’s when you use the model of the analogue to replicate the digital… i.e. a chat room, may offer chat, but is it really about a ‘room’.?

]]> By: Candace Nolan-Grant http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/amyw/2013/02/24/does-size-really-matter/#comment-294 Candace Nolan-Grant Tue, 26 Feb 2013 09:59:31 +0000 http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/amyw/?p=201#comment-294 Thanks for taking us along on your virtual journey : ) It does seem the case that many digital communities are based around offline/otherline interests or self-identification rather than a goal/value or random meeting (although it would be interesting to study 'random communities' like this as well...!). [PS I just made up 'otherline'. I don't think it's going to catch on...] Thanks for taking us along on your virtual journey : ) It does seem the case that many digital communities are based around offline/otherline interests or self-identification rather than a goal/value or random meeting (although it would be interesting to study ‘random communities’ like this as well…!).

[PS I just made up 'otherline'. I don't think it's going to catch on...]

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