Nikki's E-learning and Digital Cultures site » Week Eight http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/nikkib Nikki's E-Learning and Digital Cultures site - part of the MSc in E-learning at the University of Edinburgh Thu, 30 May 2013 09:29:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 CAPTCHAvated http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/nikkib/2013/03/14/captchavated/ http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/nikkib/2013/03/14/captchavated/#comments Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:12:18 +0000 Nikki Bourke http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/nikkib/?p=407

I have completed oodles of these Captcha boxes in the past, paying them little or no attention. Seeing them as a stepping stone to getting onto my destination webpage.

Having dabbled my toes into this week’s readings they strike me as dividers  – seperating the realms of the human and non-human.

]]> http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/nikkib/2013/03/14/captchavated/feed/ 3 Ethnography: Reflection # 2 – Community http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/nikkib/2013/03/12/ethnography-reflection-2-community/ http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/nikkib/2013/03/12/ethnography-reflection-2-community/#comments Tue, 12 Mar 2013 21:38:31 +0000 Nikki Bourke http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/nikkib/?p=403 At the begining of my ethnographic adventure I set out to explore how far if at all the common interest may be stretched to encompass the imagining of community.

I wasn’t sure how this theory would transfer onto the group I was looking at – YouTube Nirvana / Grunge Rock Group.  I still feel uncertain [and a little uncomfortable] about how much of a ‘community’ this group are. The definition of community is rife with debate, shifting frontiers and not always stable.

I do feel as though the element of RL culture could have a level of impact on the sahpe of an online community, through the provision of an underbelly upon which the virtual might sit.  The level of cultural support required to make this feasible is questionable and something I would like to read more on in the future…

]]> http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/nikkib/2013/03/12/ethnography-reflection-2-community/feed/ 0 Ethnography: Reflection # 1 – Diversity http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/nikkib/2013/03/12/ethnography-reflection-1-diversity/ http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/nikkib/2013/03/12/ethnography-reflection-1-diversity/#comments Tue, 12 Mar 2013 21:28:11 +0000 Nikki Bourke http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/nikkib/?p=400 Diversity is a wonderful creature. The ethnographic studies presented by all of our group are varied in both content and form. I think that it is amazing to see the difference in Gina’s You Tube experience contrasted with my own one. Likewise, Phil’s [experienced] use of Issuu felt like an inverted mirror image of my own use of the platform. The employment of sound changing the presentation landscape.

Using the same components or looking at the same platform may result in an experience poles apart.

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