Morophospace

“Shannon’s theory defines information as a probability function with no dimensions, no materiality, and no necessary connection with meaning. it is a pattern, not a presence” (Towards embodied virtuality, Hayles, 1999, p19) (Bridget Riley – Images curtsey of Tate.co.uk)

The image above links to the paper I wrote for assignment one, EDDFL, last semester. The paper is an attempt to uncover the identity of the 21st C teacher. My investigation very much reflects Hayles concept of “A Posthuman Collective” — Towards Embodied Virtuality (1999). The paper begins to further propose understanding of “Cognosphere” in [...]

“The cyborg is a kind of disassembled and reassembled, postmodern collective and personal self” (A cyborg manifesto, Donna Haraway, 2007, p 44) “Ambivalence towards the disrupted unities mediated by high-tech culture requires not sorting consciousness into categories of ‘clear-sighted critique grounding a solid political epistemology’ versus ‘manipulated false consciousness, but subtle understanding of emerging pleasures, [...]

[Post from my blog dfl12] Cyborgs to Cognisphere (Posthuman), this paper very much fits into my ideas around the teacher as translator ‘BableFish’ plugging into the ‘Cognisphere’ the management of information and learning as opposed to the delivery of learning, make the essence of learning transparent through observing activity online ‘informatics’. “the cognisphere gives a [...]

“flickering combinations of presence and absence of peoples, enemies and friends” (Mimi Sheller, John Urry, 2005, p 222)   Right back to Berger again, hmmm… “We Live Within a Spectacle of Empty Clothes and Unworn Masks” (John Berger, The Shape of a Pocket, p.12)   Week eight has seen me viewing and engaging with other [...]

Designing virtual britain (as a notion, in response to my previous post) seems to me to have an element of science fiction, H.G.Wells even. After watching the culture this last week ‘going underground’ exploring what was/is a very British sense of modernity and transformation, a need to dispose of the past in favour of anything/everything that can be new! But seemingly maintaining an element of [...]

Going Underground: A Culture Show Special

Digital education (and education in general) increasingly require design of process, simply because (in my opinion) education via the digital domain is essentially a visual experience, so requires visual language to interpret delivery of information (as I’ve talked about in previous posts). If I accept that notion, then (logically) the design process is key the [...]