Yearly Archives: 2010

Creative Commons in your Organization or Publication?

Posted on February 3, 2010 by Norm Friesen

Using Creative Commons resources in organizations or publications that still follow the rules of “conventional copyright” is probably more complicated than you expect. These materials generally aren’t “free” –either as in beer or as in speech.Instead, they bring with them limitations … Continue reading →

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The “new Language of Learning:” Lineage and Limitations

Posted on January 8, 2010 by Norm Friesen

Here’s an abstract I just submitted to Gert Biesta’s conference, Theorising Education, in June. It is relatively uncontroversial to describe teaching and education as means through which naturally-occurring, biologically-based processes of learning are directed and facilitated to achieve predetermined outcomes. Gert Biesta … Continue reading →

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CFP – Media: Digital, Ecological and Epistemological

Posted on January 7, 2010 by Norm Friesen

Special issue of E-Learning and Digital Media, Editor Dr. Norm Friesen / Please Forward as appropriate! Media today are everywhere. From educational gaming through portable e-texts to cell phones ringing in class, it seems we can’t escape. Nor can we … Continue reading →

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