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The New Face of Media-thinking.

TEDxDubai did many things and one of the most important things was give the UAE permission to push its media bar in a totally different direction. Leo Laporte made a wonderful daring presentation to TEDxDubai. The media is changing but are we ready? Do we believe the media environment is really changing? Call our media [...]

The New Way to Present Academia

It is time to modernize the way we academics present the fruit of what we do in the Ivory Tower. Lets face it we academics are without doubt experts in not only HOW teaching and learning takes place and is disseminated today but we are also experts in our own particular fields of study. So [...]

An Education rethink?

There is no better place to be than the UAE when it comes to rethinking how education can, should and might be delivered to meet the challenges the next generation will face. Primary and secondary education is rapidly evolving in the UAE and trying to come to grips with the lessons from welfare states around [...]

Wandering off the Path.

Students, professionals, education they all seem to be geared around the idea that we have some idea what we want to do and that we can study today for the path of tomorrow. Over and over again I have told my students that what we learn at school is secondary to the process. Sure there [...]

Do Academics Design Lectures for the Space of Delivery?

I was watching David Byrne’s TED video where he was talking about music and the room. It makes a lot of sense that music would be created for the way and where it would be played. Does this apply to other presentations? In particular I am thinking about academics like myself. How much time, when [...]

Designing a Convergent Media Space

If you could dream big and design the ultimate learning/lab space to transform the way we think and do communication today what would it look like? The problem, and there is a problem, is that the space needs to function as a classroom, lecture hall, studio, think tank, recording facility, technology incubator, and new convergent [...]

Does a University need a Chief Experience Officer?

I spend a lot of time reading business publications and blogs. If you put in a day digesting Seth Godin, Tom Peters, ChangeThis and then throw in IDEO, Diego Rodriguez and for good measure Mark Hurst you not only have a very sound reading list on business, creativity and leadership but also a question on your [...]

Lessons from Cory Doctorow and more.

I think we need to spend a lot more time making lists and reflecting on what and who inspires us. But a list in and of itself is a pretty useless thing. The value of your inspiration list is it might open the door to a whole new set of ideas for others. So don’t [...]

Can a professor be a social media expert?

www.gapingvoid.com for the image! Social media is an important part of our education, communication, political and economic environments today. I have seen the writing on the wall for a bit over 2 years and the writing is in neon paint! The problem we are confronted with is academia really has not been listening, walking around [...]

Ian Gilbert @ TEDxDubai 2009 Re-Imagining Education.

Ian Gilbert Live at TEDxDubai 2009. I had the pleasure of meeting Ian Gilbert about a year ago. I instantly knew that Ian had a story to tell and many people with ear plugs in need to listen and hard! We have a global education crisis today because bureaucrats, CFO’s (chief failure officers), accountants and [...]

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