Comm Literacy We Need More!

Never before in the history of communication and social development have mediated messages and the means of distributing these messages had such a disruptive role on the development of youth. Of course disruption can be a good thing and can provoke innovation in practice and thought. But disruption can also be a challenge. I sit [...]

Tech Forward?

One of the greatest challenges faced by old media today is how to translate online/electronic/web offerings into something that is not a simple electronic translation of the often paper of analog intended product. No surprise the journalists, content creators, are not the people to look to. And designers might also be caught in the hype [...]

News 2.0?

How do we attract more eyes to the news? If there was a simple answer journalism schools world-wide would be churning out new grads to rise to the challenge. The problem is there is no clear road ahead and journalism schools are struggling to attract new students. Journalism professors are quick to utter the word [...]

Where is the New UAE Media?

Teaching in a College of Communication and Media Sciences I listen, painfully, to people talking about new media, convergent media, digital media and the list goes on. And at some point in the conversation the issue of quality is brought up. The the issue of funding is tossed into the mix. The conversation ends with [...]

Make an Idea stick like chilli!

We live in a mediated world! We live in an edited world. We live in an environment that is designed. And even the learning process at Wendy’s is put to music and made fun. So what is happening with our education? Why are we not pushing the teaching envelope? I think it is because we [...]

The skills you need.

One of the questions I ask myself on a daily basis is, “am I introducing/directing my students to the skills they really need?” Of course the follow-up question is am I teaching what is useful and needed or just what I am comfortable with? For the most part I think most professors are guilty of [...]

New Media to New Education, living convergence! A humble start.

The world of media and the world of technology are changing, whether they like it or not. As much as we talk about new media and new education both seem to be caught in the mud of their old ways. TV/radio/press/film all talk new but are doing very little that is new. New media is [...]

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 [...]

du CEO Osman Sultan where are we going?

Yesterday I had the pleasure of listening to Mr. Osman Sultan, the ceo of du int he UAE, talk about his vision of how a content delivery provider can and will play a role in the future of Arab media. The real issues comes down to what is media today and what will media be [...]

Why education today,ALL of it, gets an F!

We are in an education crisis today. You know it. Teachers know it. Students know it. Governments know it. So, you ask, if the crisis of education is happening in front of or eyes why are we sitting on our hands and taping our mouths shut? 1. fear of change 2. change = admission of [...]

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