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Excerpt from the student short movie "Sound Machine" (2003). Inspired by Roald Dahl's short story. Directing and Scriptwriting: Vesi Vukovic Actors: Danica Todorovic, Goran Jokic Camera: Aleksandar Zoric Editing: Aleksandar Bundalo

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An overview of the course and my response to it.

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Utopia or dystopia?

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Edinburgh La'byrinth - Gamestar Mechanic

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"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." -- Mark Twain

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By Georgina Binns

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Add text, web link, video & audio hotspots on top of your image and 360 content.

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Anyone for #edcmooc Scrabble? Digital artefact December 2013 by Georgina B

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A storybook by Gamze

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A storybook by Gamze

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dJ-KN1d79g

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EDCMOOC Digital Artefact By Ana Maria Mandra

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Uploaded by ana-maria mandra on 2013-12-02.

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An interactive game/journey

by melody philip

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"The future is behind you" DEC EDCMOOC Digital Artefact Dec  4 2013

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Interactive game/ journey. Music credits Yallahs Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Esko Lius: Once Upon a Future of Education

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Esko Lius: Once Upon a Future of Education

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An allegory in five chapters

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Maja Cukusic: Our fascination with robots  

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Maja Cukusic: Our fascination with robots  

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Do robots $ell everything?
Final assignment related to course theme "being human" (a specific topic or question of interest "humans & machines")
Final assignment related to course theme
Being human

(a specific topic or question of interest
"humans & machines"
)
The assignment deals with our fascination in human-like robots. There are many web/TV commercials featuring robots so I wanted to explore and possibly categorize the context of these commercials and associations they trigger. The paper "Metaphors of the Internet" provided me with a very good example how this could be done i.e. the framework for my "metaphors of robots".
Starting the exercise the idea was to find and study the robots in commercials related to educational contexts primarily and in more depth due to the nature of the assignment. This turned out to be impossible.

Some humanoids are featured in commercials
that have even sexual connotations but none
promote educational products. There is only
one product and commercial related to
educational technology but it does not feature
a humanoid robot
So the question is...
Unscientific analysis of robots in TV commercials
AKA Promises
(showcasing technology as proof of advancement)

Honda's ASIMO Journey (GE TV Commercial)
Aka Robots on the Move
Legends
Sexy

Philips Arcitec Shaver - SVEDKA Vodka's Freak A Zoid
Nivea For Men

Respect
KIA Fembot played Vodafone
by Miss USA
Faulty
Cheetos Macy's
Emotionless invaders
Ally Bank Ford trucks
http://www.ispot.tv/ad/7trJ/ford-f150-robot-invasion
Replacement
Translation services pt 1 and pt 2
http://www.ispot.tv/ad/7Vrr/progressive-robot-translation

http://www.ispot.tv/ad/7VKr/progressive-flobot-is-broken

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Move Legends Sexy Philips Arcitec Shaver

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Do robots $ell everything? Final assignment related to course theme "being human" (a specific topic or question of interest "humans & machines")Final assignment related to course theme Being human (a specific topic or question of interest "humans & machines")The assignment deals with our fascination in human-like robots.

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by Nicole Prestes

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This video is for the course E-learning and Digital Cultures MOOC from the University of Edinburgh #edcmooc Non-commercial presentation. Educational purpose only.

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by Sabrina De Vita

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European Union Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection

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The stop Motion video was produced with a group of students of the "Postitulo en educacion y tic" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5j1IrCzm04 Further information: The character that appears in the video is Mafalda. Mafalda is a comic strip written and drawn by Argentine cartoonist Joaquín Salvador Lavado, better known by his pen name Quino.

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By Maja

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From exploring to boredom in just few years
Current educational system
Every child likes to learn, than they come in school and in few years learning became boring.
How we read information on web?

We read in F pattern selecting informations that we need.
Time = money
Everyone wants instant informations without hours and hours of reading
ALSO
Our neurons are adjusted to getting more informations in shorter time so now they need more stimulation to stay awake and for us it's harder to concentrate on one thing.
While everything is changing, including our information processing skills, there has been very little change in methodology of teaching.
Why is school boring?
We got some fancy, shining toys but the basic principle of teacher teaching children still stands.
How children should learn
- through research and own reasoning
Teacher is here to be guide and to direct attention of learner on important things if they got lost
Through e-learning we can adjust education materials for every learning style.
How children should learn
But, we must be careful not to isolate children through individualization of learning.
Humans are social beings so children also need to learn through collaboration with others.
Technology give us a way to connect classrooms all over the world (eg. video conferences).
Why is that?
What children should learn
How to find, use and be critical toward informations.
Familiarize students with various way of learning (eg. sites for distance learning, mooc).
Internet enables everyone to learn and broader their knowledge according to their interest, especially if they live in small community with not many opportunities.
Conclusion
All this things are already happening and I am hoping that future education would go in same direction.
I have an utopian vision for our society and I am hoping that in future we would be more and more connected, exploring, sharing ideas and learning from each other. For me, that is the best way for increasing humans knowledge.

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From exploring to boredom in just few yearsCurrent educational systemEvery child likes to learn, than they come in school and in few years learning became boring.How we read information on web? We read in F pattern selecting informations that we need.

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Mary Smith / Digital Culture Out of the 

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Animoto turns your photos and video clips into professional video slideshows in minutes. Fast, free and shockingly simple - we make awesome easy.

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By Krishna Niraula

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I started studying E-learning and Digital Cultures-EDCMOOC in Australia, developed understanding in Maryland, USA, created a few reflections in Colorado, USA, had interactions with some creative and enthusiastic MOOCers and finished the assignment in Calgary, Canada and will take a part in peer-grading from China. How amazing MOOC is!

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Blog poem with pictures

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In the beginning Was the Word And the word was a metaphor And that was good. And the metaphor begat culture And culture begat man And that was good. And the metaphor was the sea And the sea was the...

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Epidavros theater-Ancient Greeks gave performances there to teach philosophy-its great acoustic remains a mystery till now-Greek culture continues its way to the present.

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Animoto’s video maker turns your photos and video clips into professional videos in minutes. Fast and shockingly simple - we make video creation easy.

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By Sean Fishlock

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Digital artefact for EDC MOOC E-learning and Digital Cultures Coursera course in 2013. The clip seeks to define humanity through an evolutionary journey in artificial learning, information and communication technologies. A combination of royalty free media and self created material is composed using Cyberlink PowerDirector.

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James Lacey/The Technical Manual Version of The Heart of Great Perfect Wisdom Sutra

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James Lacey/The Technical Manual Version of The Heart of Great Perfect Wisdom Sutra

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How can we return to a state of learning where knowledge is a shared commodity and students help each other.

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DOJ Must Investigate Use of Force Against #DAPL Resistance Rigvedic

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How can we return to a state of learning where knowledge is a shared commodity and students help each other.

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Meet Pepe, a child worried about his education. Link: http://bit.ly/1bmKgxq

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Recalling the PAST...Bridging the PRESENT
Connecting the FUTURE of humanity

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Teach Toddlers Colors Numbers Preschool Race Cars & Magnet Truck

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Recalling the PAST Bridging the PRESENT Connecting the FUTURE of humanity Within the culture of digital learning #edcmooc

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25Th Century Overview of History of Mankind & Robots

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25Th Century Overview of History of Mankind & Robots

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By Mag RA

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Lots of firsts: animation, DIY multi-track recording, You Tube uploading

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This exploration of human interaction with technology is in response to the online course "E-learning and Digital Cultures". #edcmooc 2013-- Created using PowToon -- Free sign up at http://www.powtoon.com/ . Make your own animated videos and animated presentations for free.

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learning worth sharing - dreamtolearn

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Still have hope that future education won't look like this...

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Teach Toddlers Colors Numbers Preschool Race Cars & Magnet Truck

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Today is a special day for you: you have been invited by an infamous scientist to his secret lab. He has a proposal for you...

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Today is a special day for you: you have been invited by an infamous scientist to his secret lab. He has a proposal for you... Short story on the History and Future of Humanity and Virtual Reality. Featured machinima in the Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education 2014 conference.

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One often forgotten aspect of humanity

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Why Did The Robot Crossed The Road?
It all started at the MOOC
Turing Test
I Laugh Therefore I Am
Completely Useless Research
Google search results for:
"a" 12,270,000,000 results (benchmark of the whole Google index)
"funny" 344,000,000 results (about 2.8%)
"humanity" 5,800,000 results (about 0.29%)
"funny humanity" 59,900,000 results (about 0.48%)
"technology" 702,000,000 results (about 5.7%)
"funny technology" 465,000,000 results (about 3.8%)
"robot jokes about humans" 5,710,000 results (about 0.04%)

Conclusions:
Humans are amused by their creations - about 66% of the technology is funny.
Addition of technology increases the funny factor by almost 36%.
Being funny increases your chance of belonging to humanity by almost 60%.
Robots have limited sense of humor and can't tell a decent joke.

So - Can Machine Be Funny?
Conclusion
EDMOOC was an interesting journey.
I learned a lot - but what's more important is the fact that this course showed me different perspectives and unconventional points of view on technology.

I started to think outside the box.
And I decided to jump over labyrinth lanes instead of follow the path restricted by them.
Per Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_test:
"The Turing test is a test of a machine's ability to exhibit intelligent behaviour equivalent to, or indistinguishable from, that of a human. In the original illustrative example, a human judge engages in natural language conversations with a human and a machine designed to generate performance indistinguishable from that of a human being. All participants are separated from one another. If the judge cannot reliably tell the machine from the human, the machine is said to have passed the test."
This makes you wonder - was Turing machine "just kidding" from time to time? Did it make a wisecrack? Was it ironic or sarcastic?
Humor is mankind's greatest blessing.
Mark Twain

When humor goes, there goes civilization.
Erma Bombeck

Humor is just another defense against the universe.
Mel Brooks
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2175721/Rise-Machines-Meet-Bina48-robot-tell-jokes-recite-poetry-mimics-mankind-startling-ease.html
OMG, r u 4 real? Whos talking like this? #robot
If I made a little mockery out of this very smart MOOC
then it means I'm human.
But more important: If robots start to make jokes would humans understand these?
Humanity is not only about being made out of meat.
Being human also means to laugh, to make jokes and to be plain silly. Ask any kid.

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Why Did The Robot Crossed The Road? It all started at the MOOCTuring TestI Laugh Therefore I AmCompletely Useless ResearchGoogle search results for:"a" 12,270,000,000 results (benchmark of the whole Google index)"funny" 344,000,000 results (about 2.8%)"humanity" 5,800,000 results (about 0.29%) "funny humanity" 59,900,000 results (about 0.48%) "technology" 702,000,000 results (about 5.7%) "funny technology" 465,000,000 results (about 3.8%) "robot jokes about humans" 5,710,000 results (about 0.04%) Conclusions:Humans are amused by their creations - about 66% of the technology is funny.

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The ability of the brain to be "one with the universe" and to focus on the Discrete as described in Jill Bolte Taylor's TED talk, suggests that the mind and body of a human can encompass whatever is or will be.

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Being Human in the future is like to becoming a water #edcmooc

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My EDCMOOC mini portfolio

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HugeDomains.com - Shop for over 300,000 Premium Domains

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We need skills for utopia

#edcmooc

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Welcome! This blog is my digital artefact for E-learning and Digital Cultures MOOC. I hope you will find it interesting. Feel free to leave a comment.

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How an xMOOC became a cMOOC.

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Interaction Aggregation and Analytics Proposal

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eLearning and Digital Cultures  xMOOC to cMOOC and beyond 1

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The continuing story of #fraingers and how the E-Learning and Digital Cultures MOOC from the University of Edinburgh became a cMOOC.

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about learning and research

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best learning in digital cultures is it emergent learning? it is as challenging to catch as Golden Snitch was in Quidditch - Harry Potter was a seeker, how about edcmooc participants? Jenny Mackness, Roy Williams and Simone Gum tau: thanks to edcmooc 2: five fantastic facilitators and all the participants written at the beginning of edcmooc My interest is the human mind.

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Making sense of the 5 weeks of #edcmooc

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Reflections on edcmooc 2013
By Clare Thomson
Dystopia
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Constructivism
is based on
experimental learning
through real life experience to construct and conditionalize knowledge. It is
problem based, adaptive learning
, that challenges faulty schema, integrates new knowledge with existing knowledge, and allows for creation of original work or
innovative
procedures.
Just because didactic teaching has always been centre stage, doesn't mean it is the best ....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructivism_(philosophy_of_education)
Image: Asaf Braverman http://www.flickr.com/photos/theheartindifferentkeys/
Film?
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Personal_computer,_exploded_2.svg
The Computer?
The Internet?
Quote by Josiah F. Bumstead, made in 1841 on the benefits of the chalkboard
A chalkboard in 1841 is what technology is today. Fun, exciting and innovative. But they are only tools.
Both require the crucial HUMAN element for successful teaching
The human brings:
self and senses
My Technology Labyrinth
Life motto
Computer, pens, paper, tablet, paint, napkin -
the created content is the SAME
By Apers0n [Public domain or Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Learn, have fun
and exert your
human
capacity to
control technology
not let it control you!
Utopia
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DNA_Double_Helix.png#file
Blend the human and technological to share, communicate, create and learn
What is the system?

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Reflections on edcmooc 2013By Clare ThomsonDystopiaFerris Bueller's Day OffConstructivismis based on experimental learning through real life experience to construct and conditionalize knowledge. It is problem based, adaptive learning, that challenges faulty schema, integrates new knowledge with existing knowledge, and allows for creation of original work or innovative procedures.Just because didactic teaching has always been centre stage, doesn't mean it is the best ....http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructivism_(philosophy_of_education)Image: Asaf Braverman http://www.flickr.com/photos/theheartindifferentkeys/Film?http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Personal_computer,_exploded_2.svgThe Computer?The Internet?Quote by Josiah F.

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Phil McDonald: Just another manic MOOCday

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Phil McDonald: Just another manic MOOCday

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Sian Bayne Jen Ross Christine Sinclair Hamish Mcleod

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Final project for #edcmooc, University of Edinburgh (Coursera.org). A pondering of the speed of the advance of technological development and the implications for overwhelmed educators.

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Humanity Gets a "Clue" About Determinism

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Humanity Gets a "Clue" About Determinism

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by Trish Winners ~ Thoughts on Technological Determinism vs. Self-Determination and on the Progression of Humanism.

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#EDCMOOC ARTEFACT: Technological Determinism vs. Self-Determination, and More

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Thoughts on Technological Determinism vs. Self-Determination and on the Progression of Humanism

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Phenomenology of the gaze - topology of vision (andreas guibert)

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Phenomenology of the gaze - topology of vision (andreas guibert)

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http://prezi.com/xsa40hirdcfs/

Towards a Phenomenology of the gaze in Digital Culture (artifact)

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Don’t miss what’s happening

People on Twitter are the first to know.

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By Eileen Gallagher

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By Nadeem Hafiz

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Nadeem's Artifact - press to proceed !
Evolution of Payment
Paper - From receipt to currency
Goldsmiths started handing out receipts as guarantees of deposits.

This has evolved into what we currently use as cash.

The use of cash is slowly but surely being replaced by plastics that have a "virtual value" widely accepted world wide. But how many cards can you fit into your back pocket today??
Introducing the future??
The bartering era involved various forms of payment and storage depending on the value of each item

Cattle needed farms

Metals and commodities required various forms of storage depending on size and imperishability.

Shells needed sea shores
With the discovery of metal...
People molded objects and trinkets out of various elements.

In the 7th century B.C. the first coins resembling current ones appeared.

While attractive to look at and trade with, metals and coins were heavy to transport and required large storage space.
Ever since humans started trading, they have needed to store their currency.
Whats next?
Microchips imbedded into our bodies?

Mental banking?

A handshake and a friendly nod?

Who knows! What do you think?

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Nadeem's Artifact - press to proceed ! Evolution of PaymentPaper - From receipt to currencyGoldsmiths started handing out receipts as guarantees of deposits. This has evolved into what we currently use as cash. The use of cash is slowly but surely being replaced by plastics that have a "virtual value" widely accepted world wide.

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A little comic about what the wired world is doing to our heads. :)

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Karolina van der Linden / Technology: Education's Panacea or Business as Usual? 

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Karolina van der Linden / Technology: Education's Panacea or Business as Usual? 

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#EDCMOOC 2013

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http://edcmoocing.tumblr.com/

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edcmooc2 bloearnings (elearning through blogging & contributing to culture-rich digital communities)

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The Challenge of an Online Educator by E-goggles

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The Challenge of an Online Educator by E-goggles

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A reflection on the role of the educator when teaching/learning online.

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Digital technologies connect, facilitate, inspire, engage...
...those who can use it.
Many people see technology as the problem behind the so-called digital divide. Others see it as the solution. Technology is neither. It must operate in conjunction with business, economic, political and social system.
(Carly Fiorina)
The real danger is not that computers will begin to think like men, but that men will begin to think like computers.
(Sydney J. Harris)

The real impacts of unequal access to digital information might only be seen in a couple of decades. The new form of discrimination however, might have produced some insurmountable divisions in society by this time.
(Martin Hilbert)
The next evolutionary step for humankind is to move from human to kind.

So....

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Digital technologies connect, facilitate, inspire, engage...

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Digital technologies connect, facilitate, inspire, engage... ...those who can use it.Many people see technology as the problem behind the so-called digital divide. Others see it as the solution. Technology is neither. It must operate in conjunction with business, economic, political and social system.

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#TheSecondSelf

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Motivation!

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By Eva Gonzalez Casellas

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http://zeega.com/159772

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by Margarita Kalyuzhna

http://englishwebteacher.blogspot.com/2013/12/artefact.html

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Like Blade Runner's Rachael, who builds her future upon the borrowed memories of a 'real' woman, my poem about what it means to be human rests upon the shoulders of Philip Larkin's 'This be the verse'.

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Digital artefact for EDCMOOC final assessment

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By Stephanie Richter - How visual learning through memes can be used for learning!

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1. Intro
2. What is a meme?
3. Can be something everyone has seen
Story of LOL cats
4. Can be officially distributed
Part of the war effort in Great Britain
5. Or the distribution channel can be part of the meme
Rick Rolling was as much about how it was linked as the video itself
6. Sometimes the popularity can be slow to grow
Posted months before it became popular because of a tweet by ___________
7. Memes are transmitted by sharing between individuals, but they also transform as they go
Like Keep Calm
8. Make a simple meme using PowerPoint (or a graphics editor)
9. Memes can be about behavior, too
Make a record album
10.
What is a meme?
Using memes
learning
for
A snippet of culture
a thought, behavior, or artifact
spreads via transmission and adaptation
Essentially, something everyone has seen or recognizes
Stephanie Richter
@slrichter
these snippets spread via sharing
or imitation
or they spread by adaptation
start with a photo add a funny
(or punny)
caption
Mashup different genres or topics
use current events
or inside jokes
Created for #edcmooc in
December 2014
Bonus!
Watch this video to learn why videos go viral
for example...
from person to person
via social networks
by "trend-makers"
use the right arrow to advance
for example...
becomes
from this
to these
make your own!
But where is
the learning?
build identity
develop
analytical skills
have students make
their own
"What I do" meme
analyze literature
or historical figures
focus on
process
ask questions
have fun
celebrate
builds
visual literacy
digital literacy
and critical thinking

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1. Intro2. What is a meme?3. Can be something everyone has seenStory of LOL cats4. Can be officially distributedPart of the war effort in Great Britain5. Or the distribution channel can be part of the memeRick Rolling was as much about how it was linked as the video itself6.

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Transhumanism - Click on source to view full site or click http://edc.dimps.co.uk

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Lorena (Leni) Spooner - The Digital Divide: what side are you on?

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Lorena (Leni) Spooner - The Digital Divide: what side are you on?

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A 4.5 minute YouTube video focusing on Digital Learning and the future of education in our Knowledge Economy. Features reflections by Coursera's Daphne Koller. http://youtu.be/SrFNZtXM0EU

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The Digital Divide: what side are you on? #EDCMOOC

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We are already living in a Knowledge Economy and technology is advancing at a rate few can keep up with. Few can predict how today's technology will change the future for our children. There is a digital divide...and it is up to us to decide which side of that divide our children and grandchildren will grow up on.

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NEED OF SPREADING EDUCATION TO ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD by Santosh

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NEED OF SPREADING EDUCATION TO ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD by Santosh

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http://rationalisthuman.blogspot.in/

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The need of spreading science and education to all corners of the world. E-learning can help in a great way. #edcmooc artefact [HUMAN]

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http://farmerwhitney.wordpress.com/

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Technology is changing the way we SEE the world!

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Technology changed the way we See the World

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Technology In Education - by Rajiv Bajaj

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Technology In Education - by Rajiv Bajaj

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My DIgital Artefact for #edcmooc

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Technology In Education - My DIgital Artefact for #edcmooc.

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This is my digital artefact for the E-Learning & Digital Cultures MOOC, of the University of Edinburgh / Coursera. Comments and suggestions are most welcome :)

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By David Acosta

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Teach Toddlers Colors Numbers Preschool Race Cars & Magnet Truck

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Digital artefact for the E-learning and Digital Cultures MOOC (University of Edinburgh)

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My digital artefact is rather critical

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This is my digital artefact for EDCMOOC 2. As you can probably tell, my feelings about MOOCS in general and edcmooc in particular are ambivalent. As an experiment, I did actually leave the course not once but twice. The second time I removed all my tweets. No-one noticed either time.

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By Faizal Hadi Nugroho

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Simple video which will tell you which one is the best in learning.

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By Tina Niven

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E-Learning and Digital Cultures

The final project for this Coursera MOOC is to create a digital artifact.
My blog post from Dec. 3, 2013 is my digital artifact. My blog post includes:

Presentation (Google Drive)
videos are embedded in the presentation,but they don't play automatically so you can find the direct link just for the YouTube videos here on the blog page if you wanted to view separately .

Further discussion of select class themes, select examples from class videos and other examples continue on my blog page below.
I think the Google Drive presentation could probably stand on its own as a digital artifact. I wanted to share more thoughts and examples below to demonstrate how I have interpreted some of the class material to complete my class experience. I hope you will join me and leave comments.

through the lenses of agency and anthropomorphism

I want to share some thoughts on the two videos from the class resources that meant the most to me, "Thursday" and "Robbie".

For "Thursday" I want to explore the idea of the bird as a metaphor for agency and consider feelings of happiness and unhappiness.

In my discussion of "Robbie" , I explore Robbie's feelings including happiness and unhappiness in the context of being part of something bigger than oneself.

I started this blog to explore in greater detail some of the class material for E-Learning and Digital Cultures #edcmooc a Coursera MOOC I am taking. I truly enjoyed the class and appreciate the chance to continue with my education. All the learning tools and resources are amazing, but I do love the use of the short videos. The videos are selected carefully and are extremely relevant. I love how the videos are thought-provoking and how reactive and personalized my response is to what I observe. In one of the class blogs , "Thursday" was that person's least favorite. "Thursday" was my favorite and most meaningful.

I was struck by the connection between agency and happiness. The bird can seemingly do what it wants and is happy (except for the constraints of the street sweeper and limitations of the window of course). The woman is a freer spirit and is happy because she has agency and is adaptable to a situation. The man displays some impatience and is not adaptable because he has less agency. He seems to need routine and structure that is confining to the freedom of spirit. He is greatly annoyed at the limits of technology, but the salvation of his happiness is in the human condition and connection with the woman. I think this underscores the limits of technology and is a great place to start examining being human. There are limits of technology as well as the limits of nature. "Thursday" also cleverly demonstrates the mimicry between nature and technology. The ability to adapt allows limitations of both to be stretched towards utopia.

After watching the Corning and Intel videos in the second week resources, my mind came back to the "Thursday" short video again. I am just starting on this idea, and it might be stretching a little... but looking at the continuum that blurs the line between nature and technology/machines: 1) nature compared to technology, 2) nature through or with technology, on to 3) nature surpassed or overcome by technology and then 4) nature endures.

Examples to further explain or illustrate. In "Thursday" it is this great engineering feat to travel up and float in space meanwhile the bird is seen effortlessly in the sky as a result of nature. For nature through technology, in the Corning video the emphasis on learning about nature and the natural physical world with technology, especially augmented reality, sets up on interesting juxtaposition. In the Intel video and the bridge building I see the bridge as a symbol and possibly a metaphor for overcoming nature and about technology creating the physical (3-d printer).

I see this continuum again in "Robbie" where first Robbie is just a robot, then he is part of the team, then there is just Robbie, and in the end nature endures. Robbie demonstrates all the feelings and behaviors (including mistakes) that we consider human. Towards the end, Robbie tells us it is ok, because he is part of something bigger than himself.

We are all part of something bigger at any given level within a complex and dynamic interconnected system. What do you want to contribute to the system?

Racing Pigeons and Smuggling Cigars

"This petition asks this court to issue a writ recognizing that Tommy is not a legal thing to be possessed by respondents, but rather is a cognitively complex autonomous legal person with the fundamental legal right not to be imprisoned," the court filing says.

I hope you have enjoyed this blog post.

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E-Learning and Digital Cultures The final project for this Coursera MOOC is to create a digital artifact. My blog post from Dec. 3, 2013 is my digital artifact. My blog post includes: Presentation (Google Drive) videos are embedded in the presentation,but they don't play automatically so you can find the direct link just for the YouTube videos here on the blog page if you wanted to view separately .

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Being human: posthumanist thinker, or fictional posthuman?

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Being human: posthumanist thinker, or fictional posthuman?

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A short quiz about posthumanist thinking, with some fictional posthumans thrown in.

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Humans and their Technology Technology plays a very important role in transforming human lives, the way we look or the way we behave People were created to be loved. Conclusion The discovery of Fire and the invention of Hunting Tools Man discovered fire by rubbing stones, which they used it to see in the darkness.

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E-learning and Digital Cultures assignment

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Pictures of Me: Reflections on Every Day Teaching and Learning

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I became a teacher as part of completing a postgraduate degree in cultural studies approaches to media. The university department of English that I was enrolled in aimed to train scholars in the various activities required to participate in academic life: research, academic writing, and teaching. With no qualification, except a knowledge of the topic I was teaching, I took two classes of first year university students through an introductory unit in communication and cultural studies. I taught those students the way I was taught at university: after attending a regular weekly lecture, we sat around a table in a tutorial of fifteen students and discussed the lecture and set readings and any issues that arose from either. I used an overhead projector to display print advertisements I had copied onto transparencies and together we undertook semiotic analyses, later moving onto televisual texts, then written texts, where we identified dominant discourses and ideologies. The students submitted essays composed on computers and printed out, and I marked them, annotating them in pencil and assigning a grade before handing them back in class. I worried over the question of pedagogy daily-although, I may not have recognised it as such then. I attended a series of seminars held in the department to discuss strategies for teaching.

II

More recently, my teaching has shifted online, first as a marker for an enabling program teaching prospective university students how to write essays, and secondly as a tutor for an open university course. For the enabling program, the students are enrolled in a distance capacity. Although, the unit is taught in an on-campus mode, I am responsible for providing feedback on work by approximately fifty students whose completion of the unit is self-directed. While I am enrolled in the learning management system as a lecturer, it is only by way of keeping up to date with the announcements by the campus-based lecturers and the distance learning co-ordinator. While I get some insight into the students from the reflections they're required to submit as part of their assessment, they don't know who I am beyond the marker's name on the bottom of the marking rubric. I receive their assignments digitally, via the Dropbox application, and I download and mark them on my computer at home before uploading them for the distance coordinator to return to the students. My main pedagogical concern in this instance is to provide detailed feedback that is encouraging, recognises the students' uncertainties as fledgling academic writers, but provides them with clear strategies for improvement.

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Every week, I catch a bus to a far flung suburb of Brisbane to meet with a Sudanese refugee family whom I tutor in a volunteer capacity as part of the VoRTCS programme run by the St Vincent de Paul Society. I meet with another tutor and together we sit with members of the family to help them with everyday literacy requirements. For the children in the family, we help with their homework, providing the support that a parent normally would. I mostly work with the family's mother, T. Back in Sudan, T, as a young woman, hadn't received any kind of schooling, so while her acceptance as a refugee in Australia has ensured the safety of herself and her children, it has also meant that, for the first time in her life, she has had the opportunity to learn to read and write, to participate fully in the society of which she is a member. On the one hand, this is a matter of being able to read the labels on jars and street signs-a question of safely negotiating the world-but it's also a matter of communicating effectively with institutions such as schools, government departments, and utility providers. Recently, T has enrolled in a Certificate III in Childcare with the goal of giving up her carwash job. She already provides before and after school care for some children in her home. This is a very intimate teaching experience and it's directed entirely by the needs of the learner.

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Throughout this reflection, the pictures I've used are all avatars I currently use online. The first is one I use on Facebook and Gravatar; it's a particularly flattering photo my brother took of me a few years ago now. I use it to put my best face forward.

The second image I created using Face Your Manga, attempting as much verisimilitude as possible, given the medium. I've used this on my personal Twitter account before and it's my avatar for Coursera and so the E-learning and Digital Cultures course too. It was fun to make and it serves as a digital me, who is pretty much me (if I owned a pretty pink vest).

The third image is the Australian writer, Barbara Baynton, whose work I have recorded and am currently recording for Librivox audio books. Baynton was critical of the masculinist bush tradition of writing by Henry Lawson and ' the Bulletin School', noting that for women the experience of the bush and its male heroes was quite different. I use this avatar at my Reading Sheilas Twitter account, but I've also used other Australian women writers as my avatar there as I've read their works for Librivox. Here, the image represents a feminist ethic of critique that I bring to grand narratives about the claims for democratisation in education that the Internet, and Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) after it, will bring. It seems to me that enabling education begins in a much more lo-tech and intimate setting, in societies that are committed to equity, while participation in the life-long learning and professional development offered by MOOCs is the preserve of advanced literacies and privileged identities.

The final avatar is the character Sally from Tim Burton's musical animation The Nightmare Before Christmas. I first used this avatar on my private Twitter account to mark Hallowe'en and decided it would also work to mark Christmas. Sally is akin to Frankenstein's Monster in that she was born from the application of scientific knowledge. Like Victor Frankenstein's creation, she struggles to become part of society, which is, in both stories, a mark of humanity. Given that Sally emerges from the application of technology, I wonder if perhaps she might not represent a view of ourselves as inevitably shaped by technology, but, given her successful entry into society, a view that is also committed to social inclusion?

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I began this artefact convinced there was a choice to be made for the educational goal of social inclusion as opposed to the use of sophisticated technologies in education. Through writing, I am now wondering, just as all of my avatars are me, whether high-end education isn't just as necessary as basic literacy to the overall picture (collage?) of education as a social, ( post) human project.

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Pictures of Me: Reflections on Everyday Teaching and Learning. I I became a teacher as part of completing a postgraduate degree in cultural studies approaches to media. The university department of English that I was enrolled in aimed to train scholars in the various activities required to participate in academic life: research, academic writing, and...

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the blue Marble #edmooc

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This is the first attempt of the final assignment for "E-learning and Digital Cultures" course on coursera.org

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Google has the answer; what is your question? by Bénédicte Clouet

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Google has the answer; what is your question? by Bénédicte Clouet

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Google has the answer; what is your question?

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What does the evolution of Google`s search functionality say about our relation to technology? Digital artefact for #edcmooc

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Learning Institutions and Communication Technologies #EDCMOOC

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Learning Institutions and Communication Technologies - An EDCMOOC Artifact

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I created this digital artifact during the MOOC E-Learning and Digital Cultures. It attempts to express something in a visual way about humans, machines, commu...

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If the acquisition of knowledge becomes automatic, education can focus on making us wiser.

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The world's most popular and easy to use comic and storyboard creator.

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EDCMooc final Assingment

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Le GrasseTIC Le Blogue techno-pédagogique du Collège André-Grasset

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Le GrasseTIC Le Blogue techno-pédagogique du Collège André-Grasset

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#edcmooc2

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EDCMOOC
final artefact
Can you imagine education without any technologies nowadays?
There is a great impact of new technology on education

Educational proсess is different now
It is not the same
http://www.internqueen.com/blog/2012/08/impact-new-technology-education
Educational approach
has been changed.
Teachers should teach not only
their subject but to learn how to use new-modern gadgets and apply new technologies to education.
http://thetechlady-km.blogspot.ru/2012/10/middle-school-technology-integration.html
http://fluency21.com/blog/2013/03/26/50-education-technology-tools-every-teacher-should-know-about/
Technologies are being involved
into classroom and education
more and more.

Does it guarantee the next generation become more intelligent and learn faster?
Times change
Now we can learn wherever
we are and whatever we want. We are being provided with great opportunities to study!
You can be on the sea shore and be taught by professors of Edinburgh. Distance is vanishing. We don't feel it as people could feel it in the past.
?
Humanity don't make notes on the tabula
with a stick anymore or don't use a finger to write something on the sand in everyday life so the sea can wash it off immediately.

We can use our finger to write in ipod and save it simultaneously. New gadgets made the educational process more accessible
and much more interesting and involving.
They capture our attention
and mentality.
How technology can boost learning?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-24761270
Maybe the answer
is near:
http://neely1.edublogs.org/category/educational-reform/
Perceptions of distance education
There is the only
question I have:
Thank you so much for watching!

... and the last
thing is...
made by Elena Kurepina

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EDCMOOCfinal artefactCan you imagine education without any technologies nowadays?There is a great impact of new technology on education Educational proсess is different nowIt is not the samehttp://www.internqueen.com/blog/2012/08/impact-new-technology-educationEducational approach has been changed. Teachers should teach not only their subject but to learn how to use new-modern gadgets and apply new technologies to education.http://thetechlady-km.blogspot.ru/2012/10/middle-school-technology-integration.htmlhttp://fluency21.com/blog/2013/03/26/50-education-technology-tools-every-teacher-should-know-about/Technologies are being involved into classroom and education more and more.

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An interactive artefact for EDCMOOC

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E Learning and Digital Cultures by Laura McIntosh

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The E-learning and Digital Cultures course had made me examine what I would like as my utopian view of offering adult literacy with digital technologies blended in. I will describe my utopian image of our learning environments, how learners interact with the technologies, why we are using the technologies and what the end result should be.

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Interactive Digital Artefact for #edcmooc

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Week 5 Final Assignment: CyTech Digital Artefact #edcmooc

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Firstly, woah, pat on backs all round. This has truly been a wonderful start to my adventures in the MOOC world. While I have been overwhelmed at times, I have truly enjoyed the opportunity to experience the community of a MOOC and the great discussions from such an interesting course.

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The following story reveals the lives of two young people and how technology can impact on human lifestyles, or perhaps technology is the new and desired lifestyle. Are choices possible and is...

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Robot, Human Mission To Mars and Future Spaceship #edcmooc

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Robot, Human Mission To Mars and Future Spaceship #edcmooc

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We hope one day MOOC can help to solve the difficulties of online learning!!

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Robot, Human Mission To Mars and Future Spaceship

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Artefact for E-learning and Digital Cultures Soundtrack : Transformer soundtrack Sources : Stephen Hawking - Rocket to the Future(http://youtu.be/YzMrNFd4oOk) Amazing Movie of Mars Curiosity HD (http://youtu.be/FZYnIsLNz3c) HRP-4C Miim's Human-like Walking(http://youtu.be/YvbAqw0sk6M) World's Top3 Humanoid Robots - Asimo vs HPR-4 vs NAO! (http://youtu.be/N_m56irWKeI)

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Bénédicte Clouet - Google has the answer; what is your question?

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Bénédicte Clouet - Google has the answer; what is your question?

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What does the evolution of Google's search functionality say about our relation to technology? Digital artefact for #edcmooc

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Google has the answer; what is your question?

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What does the evolution of Google`s search functionality say about our relation to technology? Digital artefact for #edcmooc

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Recalling the PAST. Bridging the PRESENT. Connecting the FUTURE of Humanity<br>

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Teach Toddlers Colors Numbers Preschool Race Cars & Magnet Truck

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Recalling the PAST Bridging the PRESENT Connecting the FUTURE of humanity Within the culture of digital learning #edcmooc

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Anime and future - Andrea De Pieri
How anime sees future? Is this the 
real one or human machine interaction
will be different? 

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Anime and future - Andrea De Pieri
How anime sees future? Is this the 
real one or human machine interaction
will be different? 

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How anime sees future? Is this the real one or human machine interaction will be different?

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How anime and cyberculture interact. Future seen by strips and cartoon movie. Is this the real future? Are we going here? What next?

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Reading to young children is essential for their learning development. Two ways technology can help with this.

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Storify - Create stories using social media

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The children born today will have no concept of rotary phones, physical keyboards, disks of any nature, be it laser, dvd or blueray. Hopefully they don't have any experience in lecture style classrooms, learning by rote or fixed boundaries of science and civilisation.

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Technology and Teaching : books to batteries. The changing face of classrooms.

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Changes in the classroom: book learning to e-learning

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Keeping with the theme of bridging the future and the past, my artifact is like a small portfolio reflection on the course, with my final thoughts provided in a slide show.

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HugeDomains.com - Shop for over 300,000 Premium Domains

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http://digitalartefacting.wordpress.com/

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The world's most popular and easy to use comic and storyboard creator.

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when they use technology.