by Derek Morrison, 20 May 2010 Any views expressed in this online essay are those of the author alone and should not be construed as necessarily representing the view of any other individuals or organisations. Today’s posting is an addition to my de facto segue on ebooks, words and techno-anxiety a topic I’ve addressed at […]
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Technology to Enhance Learning in 2015?
April 26th, 2010
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by Derek Morrison, 26 April 2010 (updated 30 April 2010) Any views expressed in this posting are those of this author alone and should not be construed as necessarily representing those of any other individual or organisation. I recently gave a presentation on the future uses of technology to enhance students’ learning experiences at a […]
The Collapse of Complex Business Models
April 8th, 2010
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by Derek Morrison, 8 April 2010 Clay Shirky’s online essay The Collapse of Complex Business Models (1 April 2010) should perhaps give all leaders of all types of organisation serious pause for thought. The key message of Shirky’s piece appears to be that leaderships and elites are comforted by organisational and bureaucratic complexity but that […]
No country for old readers?
February 28th, 2010
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by Derek Morrison, 28 February 2010 Any views expressed in this online essay are those of the author alone and should not be construed as necessarily representing the view of any other individuals or organisations. My apologies to the Coen brothers for the abuse of their No Country for Old Men. In this posting I […]
Ebooks what ebooks?
February 21st, 2010
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by Derek Morrison, 21 February 2010 (updated 24 February 2010) Any views expressed in this online essay are those of the author alone and should not be construed as necessarily representing the view of any other individuals or organisations. In a fairly detached way I’ve been interested in the trajectory of the ebook concept and […]
iPhone, iTouch, iTunes, iNewsagent, iNfinity?
January 3rd, 2010
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by Derek Morrison, 3 January 2010 N.B. The following online essay represents the views of the author alone and should not be construed as necessarily representing the views of any other individual or organisation. In my posting Tensions are prelude to virtual space and e-publishing wars? (Auricle, 6 December 2009) I wasn’t convinced that the […]
Tensions are prelude to virtual space and e-publishing wars?
December 6th, 2009
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In my posting Dying newspapers head for the online ‘panic room’ (Auricle, 1 September 2009) I argued that newspapers are caught between a “rock and a hard place”. Their current business model is failing because of the internet but yet a compensatory move online is confounded, so the press barons would argue, due to a […]
