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What’s it all about?
January 20, 2008 at 19:10
This is my first entry in my section of the Musings of Maaia blog. After registering the domain name maaia.com (my last name) a couple years back I have decided to put it to (good?) use. I’ve invited theology scholar (and cousin) Justin Maaia to join me here.
This venture comes as I begin graduate work at UC Santa Barbara in the field of education. My focus in this academic endeavor is to explore how technology is and will enable learners to collaborate in their studies. Today the intertwined world of the Internet connects humans in such a way that now more than ever our passive online browsing has effects on how information is presented to others. For example: there mere act of watching a video on YouTube increases the “popularity” of that video such that it is more likely to be subsequently suggested to another site visitor.
Today our students are being asked not just to learn from the online web, but to also contribute. Are educators preparing the next generation to be thoughtful and responsible contributors to the electronic global village?
This blog will focus on broad issues relating to the media, technology, how it relates to the academic world. Feel free to link to, comment, concur, disagree, or flame any of the postings here.
