The MacArthur Foundation’s Series on New Media and Learning, published by the MIT Press, includes a book called Digital Youth, Innovation, and the Unexpected (2008); open access version here. I opened this book first when I was writing a chapter on Innovators, for Born Digital, a book I’m co-writing with Urs Gasser. I had reason … Read more
In real life, Prof. Charles Nesson has been flat on his back the last few days, sadly just in time for the conference that he’s spent a year or more pulling together. It’s the 2007 Internet & Society conference, this time on the topic of University. His co-chair, Charles Ogletree, has done a masterful MC-ing … Read more
One of my favorite parts of the year is the Oxford Internet Institute’s Summer Doctoral Programme that takes place in the seond half of July. For the past several years, the Berkman Center has partnered with OII on this programme. We’ve sent faculty and students every year. The especially cool part for this year is … Read more
I’ve got an op-ed in the National Law Journal this coming week on technology and the law school curriculum. It’s a hard problem. No law school has yet solved it.
The Boston Globe’s Irene Sege, who has been hanging around the real and virtual Berkman Center these past few months, has a thoughtful piece on Second Life in education and politics. It features Rebecca Nesson and her work in Cyberone, a class she’s co-teaching with her dad (eon, Dean of Cyberspace) and her collaborator Rodica … Read more
Charlie Nesson and his daughter Rebecca Nesson are hosting the Tuesday lunchtime session at the Berkman Center today. – One first is that this is the first video webcast lunch event. We’ve regularly webcast these lunches audio-only. This week, with the help of Indigo Tabor, we are offering a live feed with video as well … Read more