Culture. How to Change the World. How Conceptual Metaphors are Stunting Web Innovation. Venkatesh Rao is a researcher in the Xerox Innovation Group, and the project manager for Trailmeme, a research beta technology that allows users to blaze and follow trails through web content and the Trailmeme for WordPress plugin. He blogs at ribbonfarm.com. As much as we focus on developing new technologies, it is also essential that we break free of certain metaphors that bind and restrict our thinking about what these technologies can ultimately achieve. The familiar "document" metaphor, among others, has cast a long shadow on how we think about the web, and is standing in the way of some innovation.
The Conceptual Metaphor In his classic study of media theory, Understanding Media, Marshall McLuhan wrote, “We look at the present through a rear-view mirror. Consider these terms: page, scroll, file, folder, trash can, bookmark, inbox, email, desktop, library, archive and index. It is important to understand that the document metaphor is more than a UI metaphor. The solution? Conclusion. Change Pressures and Trends - Emerging Technologies for Learning. n4YOZs5W4fcttvnlCEfbnHEfo1_500.jpg (JPEG Image, 500x374 pixels) Great Quotes (#2) Disruptive Innovation « Higher Education Management Group. Many people put a great deal of faith in Clayton Christensen‘s theory of disruptive innovation.
I do. The research is solid; as bulletproof as any business theory can be. A few writers have applied the theory to higher education. (I’ve started a list of these authors, articles and books, below.) One especially important aspect of the theory suggests that disruptive innovations tend not to come from established organizations. While large, well-run organizations may have the resources to generate innovations, their commitment to existing customers, focusing on improving existing systems, and unwillingness to pursue niche markets, stops them from investing sufficiently in new products and new markets.
If it is uncommon for traditional organizations to produce disruptive innovations, the implications for universities are considerable. Moreover, Christensen’s research suggests that the majority of new innovations come from new organizations. Ron Bleed. James J. Like this: Like Loading... Introduction to Web 2.0 - mylearning. Image by Overview This session will provide an overview of a range of freely available Web 2.0 technologies which can be used for teaching and Learning.Participants will gain an overview of some simple strategies which allow for content creation, aggregation and collaborative publishing.
This session addresses some elements from the following Training Package units: Session Resources This session will include both an overview presentation and hands-on activities. SI Wikispaces Creating a SI wikispaces Account - Handout SI Wikispaces sandpit SI Wordpress Creating_SI_wordpress_blog_070920.doc SI Wordpress Training blog/podcast Network Resources The followng is an extensive list of Web 2.0 Techologies which can be used in teaching and learning: TAFE NSW - Sydney Institute Spaces Wikispaces Blogs Workforce Development Diigo group Leadership Diigo group Workforce Development Flickr tag Institute YouTube Channel Wikis and Blogs: Wikispaces CLAS Video: Higher Order Skills with Wikis Slideshare. Emerging Technologies: Background, tools and challenges for Higher Education.