Dear colleague,
If you are in raiding distance of Hadrian's wall (from either side) you
are cordially invited to attend the following seminar presented by Siān
Bayne of the Department of Media, Culture and Communication at Queen
Margaret University College, Edinburgh. Siān is currently researching
students' experience of online learning and is co-editor of 'Education in
Cyberspace' to be published by Routledge Falmer in 2004.
The seminar will be held on Thursday 8th May from 3.30 - 5.00pm in the
Higher and Community Education Meeting Room M2 Paterson's Land, University
of Edinburgh with light refreshments from 3.15pm.
This event is organised as part of the HE seminar series organised by
Higher and Community Education. There is no charge for attending and all
are welcome, but it would be helpful to have an idea of numbers so if you
would like to attend please contact Pauline Clark, email
[log in to unmask] or 0131 651 6662. Directions to Paterson's Land can
be found at ttp://www.tla.ed.ac.uk/address.html
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'Dangerous' and 'deceitful': learner identities in cyberspace
Siān Bayne
How do students experience their identities as online learners? How do such
identities relate to those they inhabit in embodied 'real life'? This talk
weaves together theories of cyberspace subjectivity with the stories of
students and tutors in order to explore the themes of mutability, deceit
and
metamorphosis in identity construction online. In particular, it will
consider the common perspective emerging from students' stories in which
online modes of identity formation are viewed negatively, as a dangerous
deceit or deviance from the 'natural'. These perspectives will be compared
with the narratives of tutors for whom, surprisingly, the online space
becomes a place in which traditional hierarchies can be re-asserted, and
conventionally teacherly identities re-cast.
(Usual apologies for cross-posting)
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Dr Ray Land
Director, Centre for Teaching, Learning & Assessment
University of Edinburgh
Paterson's Land, Holyrood Road
Edinburgh EH8 8AQ
tel: 0131-6516668 (direct line) 0131-651 6661(Office)
fax:0131-651 6664
email: [log in to unmask]
http://homepages.ed.ac.uk/rayland/ray.htm
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