Posts Tagged ‘Participation’

Peter Economides – Everything communicates …

December 13th, 2011

Meaning making in this world is a complex interplay of texts, technology and behaviour richly embedded within a social web of personal-professional contexts. Today, I was given a rich reminder of this in the context of branding a country. A graduate student of mine, Panos Dalton Papakostis, posted a video on my Facebook wall. It was titled, ‘Re-branding Greece’ a video of a speech delivered by Peter Economides at the 11th “Aristotelis” Congress of EEDE in Thessaloniki. Peter is a brand strategist at Felix BNI who has worked with a list of leading consumer brands, from Apple to Heineken. My interest in this video is not the rich list of clients that Peter has worked with, nor the list of country-specific brand campaigns he shows as examples from which Greece can learn. Although these pose for interesting learning. My interest is his position and philosophy on a brand and the process of branding. Something many in organisational communications (or interested in meaning or sense making) can learn from. » Read more: Peter Economides – Everything communicates …

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The Complexities of Digital Participation

December 7th, 2011

Do you remember the days when profiling usage of media technologies was about viewing or readership behaviour – who watched or read what? How long they spent doing this and the differential between media types (broadcast, print), channels, and vehicles. Media viewing behaviour was somewhat complicated, but it was far from the complexity we see today when trying to navigate the ubiquitous and complex world of digital and social media.Considering this change, I’ve often wondered what are the elements managers of digital media channels – be it marketers, communicators, digital media designers or even the owner of a small business or not for profit – consider when evaluating digital media participation for their brand or media channels and social communities. » Read more: The Complexities of Digital Participation

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The power of #personality on #twitter

June 18th, 2011
In June this year I was asked to write a commentary about the use of Twitter in organizational communications for Cardiff News*, Cardiff University’s official newsletter. The article published is reproduced here.

@drkellypage the power of #personality on #twitter

With the growth of the digital technologies such as Twitter, organizations are increasingly adopting corporate and employee Twitter accounts. Seen as an alternative channel to the corporate website or customer call line Twitter is often mistakenly used to only push press releases, company news and customer service information into the ether in a wild attempt to build a twitter network. » Read more: The power of #personality on #twitter

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A Wiki Way of Learning

February 15th, 2011

A Wiki Way of Learning is the title of a study I’ve been working on over the past two years in collaboration with Professor Martin Weller (Open University). The study explores the design, use and effect of Wiki technology for collaborative learning in postgraduate management education.

Collaborative learning has a diverse meaning, from group or team-based working, to peer-to-peer interaction on shared tasks. With the rise in dynamic ubiquitous digital technologies has provided another rich layer to collaborative learning as the need to learn how to collaborate now coexists with the need to learn how to use digital technologies. » Read more: A Wiki Way of Learning

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DML2010: In reflection!

March 1st, 2010

question-markIn an earlier post at the beginning of DML2010, I recalled a number of questions raised for reflection throughout the conference and from this I added a fourth. However I heed the onus from Sonia Livingstone that perhaps we are asking the wrong questions and from her talk, a number of the questions/statements she raised [that I tweeted] I include here – as reflections from my DML 2010 experience (and no doubt clouded by my own societal and institutional influences). » Read more: DML2010: In reflection!

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DML 2010: S. Craig Watkins on Black and Latino youth remaking the participation gap!

February 21st, 2010

S.Craig_WatkinsFollowing the chair’s introduction by Dr. Henry Jenkins, the opening keynote talk was delivered by S. Craig Watkins. Highly regarded for his research about race, youth and digital media usage and his books, The Young and the Digital and Hip Hop Matters. He was invited to join the MacArthur Foundation Series on Youth, Digital Media and Learning.

With this in mind and with no experience in this area I was looking forward to hearing the perspective from which he considers this space. Below is provided a few key insights I took out of his keynote talk: » Read more: DML 2010: S. Craig Watkins on Black and Latino youth remaking the participation gap!

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DML 2010: Henry Jenkins on Diversifying Participation!

February 19th, 2010

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Tonight in the Chair’s introduction to the DML 2010 conference, Dr. Henry Jenkins posed some interesting insights into what is emerging and what we are facing when it comes to Digital Media Learning …asking the delegates to consider more widely diversifying participation in learning communities …

From this introduction I tried to capture a number of key insights … a colleague and friend of mine, DK from MediaSnackers, a social media organisation specialising in engaging youth-based organisations, once spoke that he endeavours to make people either ‘think’ or ‘smile’ from his talks, meetings or conversations. Well tonight Henry Jenkins … most certainly made me think …

Below are a number of the key insights I took out of Henry Jenkins talk … » Read more: DML 2010: Henry Jenkins on Diversifying Participation!

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DML 2010: Setting a Remit for Reflection!

February 19th, 2010

Learning Styles_gifTonight the DML 2010 conference commenced with a number of key speakers introducing the conference and outlining the journey that has lead us here today, why it’s important and what we envisage the next few days will encompass.

Dr David Theo Goldberg & Dr Heather Horst from UCHRI opened the conference outlining the digital media and learning initiative Digital Media and Learning Research Hub that was launched over 4 years ago with the idea to bring together scholars, practioners and society with a focus on ‘education and learning’ through, with and about digital media technologies.

With this they pose a number of questions for consideration over the new few days: » Read more: DML 2010: Setting a Remit for Reflection!

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