This is a blog post about the educational value of academic publishing, and the role of textbooks and the educational resources we develop where a real contribution to knowledge and wider value in education is most certainly felt, not just through journal articles. Here in this blog post I share part of my experience and the view that “writing of good textbooks should be central – not marginal to our HE mission as researchers and teachers”.
Tag Archives: Youth
DML2010: In reflection!
March 1, 2010 – 12:02 pm
This post provides response to a number of the questions raised by Sonia Livingstone at DML2010 about the questions surrounding Digital Media Learning.
DML2010: Sonia Livingstone on Youthful Participation in Digital Media
March 1, 2010 – 1:58 am
This post is a brief introduction to the closing keynote talk delivered at the DML 2010 conference by Prof. Sonia Livingstone from LSE in the UK. The talk was about youthful participation in digital media and the post includes a list of my tweets during the talk.
DML 2010: S. Craig Watkins on Black and Latino youth remaking the participation gap!
February 21, 2010 – 12:31 am
Following 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 [...]
DML 2010: Setting a Remit for Reflection!
February 19, 2010 – 9:26 am
This post is about the remit for which the DML 2010 conference is focus. The conference organisers pose a number of key questions with which to reflect and discuss. This post also poses an additional question about inclusivity in learning communities to include ‘ALL’ learners, be it youth or adult education through digital media.
The Web Makes Me Feel ….
July 16, 2009 – 11:23 am
Human beings are powered by emotion, not by reason! The Web Makes Me Feel (TWMMF) is a MediaSnackers project exploring the emotional responses to the web among 13-19 year olds in the UK. CASE Insights collaborated with MediaSnackers to analyse the data and produce a detailed report of insights from the findings.
