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Who defines the limits?

30, May 2006

I believe Stelarc has added arms and ears but not amputated anything.  He has speculated on the worth of the wetware we are born with and whether or not we might be better off replacing it with hardware.
You said “My main concern is I guess to suggest that maybe there should be boundaries to human [...]

Risk – Arts and IT in education

30, May 2006

The people at Symbiotica have to follow very rigorous ethics protocols – they form part of the school of Anatomy and Human Biology at UWA – http://www.symbiotica.uwa.edu.au/ and have to meet all the ethics requirements of any other research program.   What interests me about their work is the excision of arbitrary boundaries on knowledge – [...]

Creative Development Cycle 1

30, May 2006

Well, here’s the update… I can finally start doing the practical phase of the work.  ECU have granted ethics clearance. 
I hope you will all be able to make the times and dates I propose – demand for space is at a premium.
The planned Process Drama sessions are:
Tuesday May 30, 2006  7:00-9:00pm
Thursday June 1, 2006   6:00-8:00pm
Tuesday [...]

Webvisions looming

30, May 2006

Webvisions 2006 will soon convene to examine the possible futures of the web.  Some of the proposed explorations are intrigiung and I will be following developments with interest.
Luke Williams’ keynote promises:
Throughout the electronic age, people have become accustomed to interacting with digital media indirectly, mediated through screens and peripheral devices. But now, as digital technology [...]

Key features of a new “digital” drama model?

27, May 2006

So, if we are going to embark on this journey we need to envision this new Drama form.
What features will it need?
Upon what poetics will it operate?
How will it maintain all that is “good” about current drama practice?

The future of Drama for/in Education

27, May 2006

Drama Teacher as Game Master: the development of a new model of online Drama for learning.
As the world shifts from a “knowledge” economy to a “creative” economy, there will be significant changes needed in the way we frame education and learning. Traditional education models are likely to become less relevant and less useful in a [...]

Game for Education

27, May 2006

Well, I kicked off with a flying start yesterday, now comes the challenge of keeping this alive.. I read somewhere that many pulic blogging sites have a huge attrition rate after the initial entry for many people…
Currently I am reading broadly in areas relating to education, gaming, training simulations, performance studies, research methods, human-computer interface [...]

Cleo Missing

27, May 2006

http://www.cleo-missing.com
Cleo hasn’t been seen for a few days. A friend is worried. A website is built and a public call for information about Cleo is announced… 
So what has happened to Cleo?
Actually, in real terms nothing has happened… in fictional terms, its up to the visitors to this cyber-soap site to decide.
Was she abducted, did she [...]

The ethics of PvP

27, May 2006

I’ve just been introduced to a video of an event that took place in the virtual gamescape of World of Warcraft.
You can watch the same video here: http://tinyurl.com/lcuct (Be aware some of the text included on the video might fall into the “explicit lyrics” category)
I found it incredibly absorbing and was fascinated by the phenomenon, [...]

Books that relate – Gaming and Learning

27, May 2006

There are a range of books relating to the development of learning systems drawing on understandings found in gaming systems… 
What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy by James Gee
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1403965382/dramabooks
Mark Prensky’s “Digital Game-based Learning”
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000894JZ/dramabooks
Simulations and the Future of Learning (Clark Aldrich)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0787969621/dramabooks

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