Chantelle's E-learning and Digital Cultures site » utopia http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/chantellem part of the MSc in E-learning at the University of Edinburgh Wed, 15 May 2013 13:32:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Stepping out of digital culture… http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/chantellem/2013/02/17/stepping-out-of-the-digital-world/ http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/chantellem/2013/02/17/stepping-out-of-the-digital-world/#comments Sun, 17 Feb 2013 08:42:05 +0000 cmeckenstock http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/chantellem/?p=419

This is another piece of work, while taking stock of the few weeks into the EDEC course.  I started out unsure what culture was, and then the plethora of images and sounds from edcMooc and edec colleagues on eLearning and Digital Cultures presented each day helped build the picture.  Reading the core materials over the weeks, I am being sensitised to many terminologies, concepts.  As part of the detox, I am looking at cultures from a different lense.

This is a result of a visit to the Autoworld Museum in Brussels. It certainly has helped me streamline my thoughts on eLearning and Digital cultures.  There is more to consider especially the impact on schooling and education but this will have to come later.  All picture copyright belongs to T.Meckenstock.

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Post Week 4 – a response to Amy’s Mooc artefact http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/chantellem/2013/02/14/post-week-4/ http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/chantellem/2013/02/14/post-week-4/#comments Thu, 14 Feb 2013 07:53:45 +0000 cmeckenstock http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/chantellem/?p=350

I have entitled this post week 4 as a play of words on post human, and also post week 4 edcMooc digital artefact response to Amy Woodgate’s brilliant audio summary.  Could a journey be more relaxed as demonstrated by the inclusion of a live performance at St Pancras and the inviting sound of the sea?

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Fashion Digital Studio http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/chantellem/2013/01/17/fashion-digital-studio/ http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/chantellem/2013/01/17/fashion-digital-studio/#comments Thu, 17 Jan 2013 08:16:58 +0000 cmeckenstock http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/chantellem/?p=89 I was at my trusted hairstylist last Saturday and it seems remarkable that his hair saloon does not have a website.  In Mark’s own words, “You are my advertisement. It is all through word of mouth.”  Has this local industry escaped the hype about having a spot in the cyber space?

I was curious how digital technologies have impacted the fashion industry.  Here is a  site which to me gives a preview of the fascinating transformation in the field as a result of digital technology.  A utopia perhaps?

 

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Utopia http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/chantellem/2013/01/15/utopia/ http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/chantellem/2013/01/15/utopia/#comments Tue, 15 Jan 2013 21:54:17 +0000 cmeckenstock http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/chantellem/?p=55 I went in search of what utopia means, and I found the above.  I think it gives a positive spin to the meaning of utopia.  Over the course of the week, I will try to apply this to digital cultures, and see how well this fits (or not).

Below I have also posted the Utopia map from 1516 book by Sir Saint Thomas More.

Source: madamepickwickartblog.com via Bliss on Pinterest

This clearly is a utopia from a Christian and European perspective in the 1500s.

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