Simple archives are sometimes the most powerful. Nowhere is this found more clearly than in education. On the one hand, education now finds itself confronted by a bewildering array of things to be known, and of different ways of knowing … Continue reading →

Sure there’s a structural problem with old people getting older etc (long may they live). However, most people whose minds aren’t mired in the 1950s (or the 1800s or something) seem to think there are three much larger economic factors … Continue reading →

Yet another article generalising about “students”, “profs” and online education: ‘Students are cool with MOOCs, so why aren’t profs?’. I’ve read a lot of this genre of statement over the years. Now it’s a common thing to state in the … Continue reading →

[Excerpted from (and somewhat buried in) “On Not Performing: the third enclosure and fractal neofeudal fantasies” and developing ideas from this earlier piece] … Another possible series of responses to the third enclosure and fractal neofeudalism might be found in … Continue reading →

There is a great looking Deleuze conference at Henan University in China next year. The final call for papers is here. Panel proposals due by October 31. I don’t think I can go, but I’d love to hear exciting things … Continue reading →

I write a lot/think a lot about media ecologies. But what does this mean? Well, here is a great lecture by Sy Taffel on new approaches to media ecologies. More notes here.   Media Ecologies on Prezi

Like the Adam Curtis trailer, this trailer for the new documentary film by Tiffany Shlain, Connected, indicates something of a shift in thinking about media, networks, and their connection to the rest of life.