December 1, 2010 Leave a Comment

This video is a first draft of my take on how and why geography, virtual or otherwise, still matters in elearning. This clumsily alludes to the sense of boundary/border crossings, imagination, and playfulness found in elearning, all elements of a sound pedagogy for online learning. I think we often devalue imagination in this process as well, or attempt to intellectualize it perhaps too rigidly; imagination, in my experience, is the fuel for creativity, innovation, any meaningful interaction.

I consider myself a borderline veteran of elearning as a participant as the video suggests and this is just me reflecting on what seemed to work and what didn’t.

This was originally created as part of a discussion for the University of Edinburgh, but it seemed to have some general application to elearning and teaching as well. It draws clumsily from a few different sources, including: