Concerning new media and journalism I’m still not clear on the issues. Most students who get to study journalism at university level will probably be familiar with the new media – or it will be part of their course.
Two pointers from the UK. professional and citizen bloggers have moved into over lapping territory – 1) check out Michael White at the Guardian.
From the other end of the scale consider NightJack which is an anoymous blog written by a serving police officer the quality of whose writing has won him the prestigious Orwell prize.
The rate of innovation is so rapid of course that it does take time to keep up – but it may not be a good idea to try to keep everyone in a community on the crest of the wave – because new media needs time to shake down.
There are at least as many epistemological and psychological issues as there are specifically new technology issues in the interface.
Some are very fundamental and of enormous consequences. For example are we being moved away from the linear, sequential and narrative mode of reading and re-presenting the world?
But blogging is linear, sequential and narrative.
What counts as knowledge – in the new interface?
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Now I write, teach and coach mainly self-understanding. At advanced levels About 21stC 'interfaith as inter-spirituality' - and how we can grow closer to our True Self.
In the past I :
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1) I ran courses and give talks at conferences and in universities and colleges in the UK, China, USA, Canada, Scandinavia etc.
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2) I provided materials, outlines and lessons for Schools.
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3) My range of interests include personal development, learning and teaching, photography and film, the arts generally, spirituality and educational practice and theory.
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4) At the same time I continue developing the human-centred studies SunWALK PDS (People Development System) - a whole-person, high-achievement model for individuals, and for use in, NGOs, schools and other organizations.
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5) The key question that continues to animate me and my work remains, "What is it to be fully and positively human?"
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For those interested;
My first degree is in English and Education.
My masters is in Adult and Community Education.
My doctorate presented a new holistic meta-model of education called SunWALK.
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