Something good Posted on May 13, 2020 by Daniel de Augustinis So I was really sad about the end of ONL 201 and I kind of down in the dumps, as you can see here <https://superjacared.wordpress.com/2020/05/13/the-end-of-something-good/>. I just finished writing that, and, as it is supposed to be, I̵…
The end of something good Posted on May 13, 2020 by Daniel de Augustinis Once I heard in a training session that an activity should be ended when it’s at its peak – this should allow for interest to remain high, prompting students to be willing to try the following activities. This I how I say good-bye to ONL 201 and my peers in Group 5: at the heightContinue reading “The end of something good”
Emotion and learning. Also cats. Posted on May 8, 2020 by Daniel de Augustinis In Touching Feeling, Eve Sedgwick (2003) drew on a material approach to performativity and included an affective dimension. For those unfamiliar with performativity theory, here’s a summary: when we use language, we do not mirror the truth, but we constitute it, challenge it or reproduce it in a complex tango of repetition and difference, likeContinue reading “Emotion and learning. Also cats.”
On “Communities of Practice and social learning systems: the career of a concept” (Wenger, 2010). Posted on April 20, 2020 by Daniel de Augustinis As expected from its title, this paper by Wenger tells the history of a concept, including its main criticisms. Wenger promises to resort to a group of authors coming from different traditions. whom he groups together as “social theory”. These authors include French philosopher Michel Foucault, French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu, American social anthropologist Jean Lave,Continue reading “On “Communities of Practice and social learning systems: the career of a concept” (Wenger, 2010).”
Epistemologies of Openness Posted on March 27, 2020 by Daniel de Augustinis So I am taking part in this course called ONL, which is on digital literac[ies]. Right now we are discussing sharing and openness and a question which keeps coming back to me – and which has not emerged in the synchronous group meetings – is that of epistemology and ontology, or epistemontology. In short, epistemologyContinue reading “Epistemologies of Openness”
Language and violence Posted on March 19, 2020 by Daniel de Augustinis Disclaimer: this should not be read by anyone. So I am taking this online course on Digital Literacies and Online Participation and today I attended a tweetchat following the hashtag #ONL201. This is my first blog post and I had been putting it off for a number of reasons, which are listed below: 1) bloggingContinue reading “Language and violence”
