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What could happen in 2044?

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Based on the Facer & Sandford (2010) article that you read for Session 11, compose a blog post thinking 25 years into the future. Considering what could happen in the year 2044: 1. Write down 1 scenario from the Facer & Sandford (2010) article that you think is viable. Honestly, all of the scenarios reminded me a little of something out of Black Mirror. I was torn between World 1: trust yourself and World 2: loyalty points in terms of viability. World 1:trust yourself seems possible because of the trend and desire for increasingly individualized learning and the change to less structured, informal learning environments. However, based on social trends that seem to prescribe constant communication, preoccupation with other peoples’ lives (through reality TV shows and social media), and an increasing search for meaning among digital natives, I think World 2: loyalty points, where a system of contracts manages relationships and people are able to obtain rewards and benef...
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Article Critique Video Response:

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Article Critique Video Response: The Why, the What, and the Where Choose 1 of the questions and answer it Combine 2+ questions into a multi-part question and answer it Be inspired by these questions to come up with your own related question, and answer that question For this blog post, I've chosen to combine questions from Ming Kong, Juan Djuwadi, and Jennifer Cunning. I will be posting my response to the following question that combines the three questions that my classmates submitted.  Why did you select this article and after reading it, what do you think is the most needed skill/ability of ICT on the doctoral level and how will doctoral research continue to be shaped by the evolution of ICT?  The Why Even when I'm not moonlighting as a student, my day job still finds me spending most of my time consumed by education. Currently I work in higher education as an administrator, specifically focused on communications and event management. However, before I star...
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My Ideal OC: Goodreads Unfortunately or fortunately, many aspects of my ideal online community have already been created through Goodreads . I have always been an avid reader, and much of my interaction with technology has been in service of my passion for reading. Therefore, it should come as no surprise Dear Reader, that my ideal online community would be one that has to do largely with reading and with books in general. I appreciate Goodreads for many reasons. It provides an online space for the formation of a community. It allows for many different levels of online engagement and interaction as a reader of reviews, writer of reviews, or participant during author conversations (Preece, J. & Shneiderman, B., 2009) It allows for something closer to the non-essentialist narrative-driven socially constructed sense of self that Orsatti and Riemer (2015) propose where my identity of a reader is constantly redefined and revised through my interaction with others in the space an...
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A Countdown to Me:  10) Soundtrack of My Life: Father Father |  Santeria   | Graduation |  The Middle   | Good Riddance | You Got Her in Your Pocket | Clap Your Hands | Work Work |  The Only Exception |    Here Comes the Sun 9) Where I've Lived: ( photos from iStock - Korean flag, humphrey'sflag.com - US flag, infoplease.com - Irish flag)  Seocheon | Seoul Frelinghuysen | Ithaca Galway   Ithaca Naju Rye Brook | Brooklyn 8) Nostalgic Smells: Melting Butter | Terriyaki Sauce | Pine Needles | Fallen Leaves  7)  Most-Read Books :         Ella Enchanted | Harry Potter Series | Nightworld Series by L.J. Smith | Chronicles of Narnia | Lucasfilm's Alien Chronicles | The Tenth Circle | Voyage of the Basset 6) Six Word Memoir: Crossed the world, to get here.  5) StrengthsFinder Profile :  Individualization | Achiever | Discipline  | Focus | Arr...
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