[Mitworld] New: John Seely Brown on the Long Tail, Diana Henderson on Shakespeare
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MIT World - Newsletter - Volume 6 | Number 21 | February 7, 2007
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[RELEARNING LEARNING-APPLYING THE LONG TAIL TO LEARNING]
In this opening keynote of the iCampus Symposium, John Seely Brown
discusses educational opportunities on the web to create circles of
knowledge-building and sharing.
SPEAKER:
John Seely Brown
Former Chief Scientist, Xerox Corporation and Former Director, Xerox
Palo Alto Research Center (PARC)
PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/419/>
[QUOTE]
"When recreation becomes an act of re-creation, remix, and productive
inquiry -- when that happens, we'll enter a culture of learning that
thrives on innovation, life-long learning, edge thinking and doing, and
inspiration."
-- John Seely Brown
EVENT HOST: iCampus
<http://icampus.mit.edu/index.shtml>
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[COLLABORATIONS WITH THE PAST:
RESHAPING SHAKESPEARE ACROSS TIME AND MEDIA]
Henderson discusses the ability to remix and reshape Shakespeare across
media.
SPEAKER:
Diana E. Henderson
Professor of Literature, and Dean for Curriculum and Faculty
PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/418/>
[QUOTE]
"Shakespeare never used one story when he could use five; he loved
syncretism."
-- Diana Henderson
EVENT HOST: authors at MIT
<http://web.mit.edu/bookstore/www/events/>
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Research Laboratory for Electronics
RLE 60th Anniversary Colloquia Series-Beyond the Limits
Brian C. J. Moore
Using Psychoacoustics to Explore Cochlear Function:
Basic Mechanisms and Applications to Hearing Aids
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