https://www.peterlang.com/view/title/70257?format=HC More information about this book (PDF) Representation of Artificial Intelligence in the Arts, Vol. 1: Androids, Golems, and Prometheus addresses the way in which artificial intelligence, mechanical anthropoids, Golems, and similar types of robots are represented in contemporary culture. These can be seen both in literature and in the cinema. This book does not seek…
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Someone should tell Donald Trump
Someone should tell Donald Trump that unauthorized immigrants’ contribution to the U.S. economy is approximately $743 billion/year. Since unauthorized immigrants from Mexico are approximately 60% of them, their contribution is around $445 billion. 34 million Hispanics of Mexican origin reside in the United States legally, 11.4 million born in Mexico and 22.3 million born in…
Presentation @ Saint Mary’s College
Saint Mary’s College Conference Teachers, Teaching and the Media Conference October 16th to 18th Panel: Alternative Communities, Alternative Stories: Experimenting with Moocs, Community Television, and Cinema Friday, October 17th / with By: Tomás Crowder-Taraborrelli and Kristi Wilson MOOCs and Social Media (pdf file) A discussion about MOOCs, courses and the idea of “open” By Fabian Banga…
#bccagora
A conversation about outsourcing education, higher education culture and adjunctivism. more info: www.bccagora.org Saturday, May 10th from 9:00 am to noon – Berkeley City College, room 431 / 2050 Center Street, Berkeley, CA 94704 There have been numerous conversations in the last few decades about the neoliberalization of higher education and how colleges and university are increasingly being conceived as…
What Adjuncts Do
“If there is no struggle, there is no progress” Frederick Douglass Thomas A. Foster is right in his article “What faculty do” when he describes the innumerable tasks that professors do during their tenure in universities. The idea that labor compensation in higher education is associated only with teaching is a sign that the person who…
Aaron Swartz
“Yace aquí el hidalgo fuerte que a tanto estremo llegó de valiente, que se advierte que la muerte no triunfó de su vida con su muerte” CAPITULO LXXIV De cómo don Quijote cayó malo, y del testamento que hizo, y su muerte November 8, 1986, Chicago, Illinois, U.S. – January 11, 2013 (aged 26) Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York, U.S. (English) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz (Español) http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz…
@rjhogue writes in her blog “I did not leave the conference feeling that I was part of the community”
When Rebecca Hogue @rjhogue writes in her blog “I did not leave the conference feeling that I was part of the community” (referring to the MOOC Research Initiative conference in Arlington Texas #mri13) she is not alone. And perhaps this feeling of isolation is not because of her position, experience, connections or degree; I think it…
#CarlSaganDay | Nov 9
Academia and #MOOCs
MOOCs may be great as OER artifacts but from a practical pedagogical perspective, they are definitely not courses/classes. Classes are not (or should not be) simply unidirectional lectures or broadcastings. Classes require interaction and the development of ideas. Students construct the class; the teacher is just the guide and helper. The job of the teacher is to…
MOOCs and etc.
I am definitely not against MOOCs. I think everyone should open their courses, share materials, teach in the wild and understand the OER paradigm. I just disagree with the opinion that MOOCs are or can replace courses. At least not the MOOCs I have seen and I have seen many. I think the problem is…
Video CEL-MOOC#1
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