After dabbling with digital storytelling last week as part of the work I’m doing as a learner in #etmooc, the Education Technology and Media MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) organized by University of Regina professor of educational and media Alec Couros and several “co-conspirators,” I circled back on the theme in a more focused and serious way.…
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#winterwondergram: Patterns and Diversions
An Instagram Perspective Story
I’ve been doing a lot of experimenting with hashtags and social media lately, particularly because:
1. Finding stories with data intrigues me
2. I like the serendipity aspect
3. I want to further explore McLuhan’s “medium is the message/massage” concept
One blog post I’d recommend is this one by Clive Thompson:
“The Tag Is the Soul of the Internet”
He addresses the McLuhan/Innis notion of bias in communication: