Category Archives: education

Regis Debray – communication and transmission

Posted on 16. October 2013 by Wey

Regis Debray’s biography is quite colorful and is connected to Marxism and political activism, to McLuhan and to pedagogical media theory. Debray, Régis. Transmitting Culture. Columbia University Press, 2004. A short text on Debray’s Mediology by Lauri Heikonen, ePedagogy Design … Continue reading →

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An exhibition as a pedagogical medium

Posted on 27. November 2012 by Wey

Noora asked about my opinion on how to arrange an exhibition for her project. I’ve never arranged an exhibition – but from my point of view (as was the topic of the seminar), an exhibition is a pedagogical medium: You … Continue reading →

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Some notes on the chat session from July 2nd 2012

Posted on 4. July 2012 by Wey

I talked with Noora about the conditions of art, intercultural/multicultural understanding, and her project of photography of empowerment. There are two elements of an effective setting to learn/experience/change that are often described by educational scientists, one element to be explicitely … Continue reading →

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Science, gender and advertisers: Contextmarkers

Posted on 2. July 2012 by Wey

The European Commission for Research and Innovation started an initiative on June 21st 2012 to get girls into scientific careers: “Science: It’s a girl thing!” (See the link “questions about our videoclip?” for some background infos) A video clip was … Continue reading →

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Some notes on the chat session from Jun 11th 2012

Posted on 13. June 2012 by Wey

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Gregory Bateson: learning, teaching, intervening

Posted on 10. June 2012 by Wey

Two monks were watching a flag flapping in the wind. One said to the other, “The flag is moving.” The other replied, “The wind is moving.” Huineng overheard this. He said, “Not the flag, not the wind; mind is moving.” … Continue reading →

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Some notes to Kaie’s notes…

Posted on 9. June 2012 by Wey

Getting amazed and seeking amazement “…teenagers (or adults too) (…) it takes more effort to keep up the curiosity lets say in Arts, because there are so many other things in life for them – friends, relationships, movies and so … Continue reading →

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Links from the chat-session on April 23rd

Posted on 30. April 2012 by Wey

The contest between two artists, Zeuxis and Parrhasios Two ancient artists competing against each other: Zeuxis paints grapes so realistic, that birds try to eat them. Parrhasios paints a curtain ‘hiding’ his painting, which is so realistic that the other … Continue reading →

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Platon’s Cave and Wells’ Country of the Blind: Culture as disability

Posted on 18. April 2012 by Wey

“Before entering the Country of the Blind, Nunez thought that sight was essential to being fully cultured and that having sight in a world of people who cannot see would net him the cultural capital of a king.” – McDermott … Continue reading →

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April 15th: Blind spots and technical media

Posted on 15. April 2012 by Wey

In our last chat-session we talked about blind spots as an entry point to Pedagogical Media Theory. The main task was to be on the ‘lookout’ for cultural blind spots (this maybe a paradox?) that would translate into individual blind … Continue reading →

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Kaie on decidable and undecidable questions

Posted on 1. April 2012 by kaiekaabel

Aspects in the texts of Schwalbe and Meyer that would be interesting to discuss From the text by Meyer, Torsten: “Education within a New Medium” On page 266, Meyer writes: “If we imagine the relation of »media« and »education « … Continue reading →

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Mar 17th: A Society in (Educational) Turmoil

Posted on 17. March 2012 by Wey

Maybe you already know the videos by Fisch & McLeod or by RSA Animate on Ken Robinson; they are both also prime examples for different visualisation techniques for different content. It seems that something has changed, that something needs to … Continue reading →

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