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Continuous partial attention

12 March, 2008 – 8:55 am

Anyone who has young children understands the concept of ‘continuous partial attention’. While cooking, writing the great Australian novel, preparing lectures, driving, marking homework or socialising, one part of a parent’s brain is still attending to the location, activities, noise (or lack of it) of their various spawns of Satan .
This concept of ‘continuous […]

By Jen | Also posted in Educationau, social networking, attention trust, higher education, Twitter | Comments (3)

Gen Y, higher education, and social networking

17 September, 2007 – 3:13 pm

Excellent paper from Yoni Ryan at the University of Canberra about the implications for the university sector educating Generation Y amidst Ys ubiquitous use of social networking sites and tools. Thoughtful and thought provoking.

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Webwag - the tail wagging the dog

27 September, 2006 – 2:48 pm

Social networking sites like YouTube and myspace have changed perceptions of the web. The idea behind those services is nothing new - bulletin boards, web forums and email lists have helped people connect with each other over the internet since its beginning. Email has been the most successful invention because it comes to the user - […]

By Jen | Also posted in Educationau, social networking, YouTube, innovation, browsers | Comments (1)

Innovative thinking - the role of the flaky weirdo

12 September, 2006 – 11:00 am

A lot of web time and meeting time goes into trying to be innovative. How can we come up with that new idea that will satisfy a need - be the need that of a student, teacher or education system? How will we come up with an idea that solves a problem in a new, […]

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Social networking and metrics

5 September, 2006 – 9:01 pm

The rise of social networking services such as myspace, YouTube, and de.lic.ious mean that we need to rethink how we determine a web service’s success. It used to be that success was measured according to hits - a blunt instrument at best. Then it was page views, unique visitors, links from other sites and other […]

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