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Monday, June 9th, 2008

Solstice E-learning conference

I’ve just presented a paper at the SOLSTICE e- learning conferences recently, so I thought I’d catch up with some of the trends that emerged, particularly where they cross over with journalism and media.
Les Watson, an expert on developing learning spaces  gave a presentation entitled ‘from Space to Place’, about how to create the learning [...]

Thursday, June 5th, 2008

On Being Afraid of Photographers

The harassment of photographers in public spaces is becoming a very hot topic, with increasing discussion in mainstream media. The Guardian just had this insightful piece by Bruce Scheiner, author of Beyond Fear: Thinking Sensibly About Security in an Uncertain World ,where he convincingly argues that the idea that terrorists are wandering around taking [...]

Friday, May 30th, 2008

Mapping the News 2 (TED talks 1:Why we know less than ever about the world)

We are probably all familiar with maps of the world with the south pole at the top, or showing relative size per capita income or use of global resources etc: they act as an immediate visual paradigm shift in our perceptions in a way that simple raw data on a subject can’t match.

In the same [...]