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Proxemics model for sustainability?
Judy Olson gave a plenary talk at CHI recently. She talked about social ergonomics in collated and remote teams. She talked about the next big challenges for interaction design being in large activities: information integration (writing a novel), emergency medical care (from all the participants point of view) and an informed participatory democracy. She approached […]
Posted in: Computing for Sustainability
Mellalieu persistently and interminably asks the question
May 4, 2009
My friend Peter Mellalieu is the Professor of Innovation at Unitec. Fortunately for us, he does this with a strong leaning towards sustainability. We caught up at the Tertiary Education Summit where he was delivering a paper “Shifting frontiers, new priorities, creating pathways: Elevating the case for tertiary education for sustainable development in New Zealand”. Here’s […]
Posted in: Education for Sustainability
My learnings for innovative education
May 4, 2009
Last week I spoke at the Tertiary Education Summit. I was on a panel to discuss “Developing world leading research and innovation activities”. The panel was asked to explore what are characteristics of successful institutions? I’ve been on panels like this before and listened to lots more. The outcome is always the same: […]
Posted in: Education for Sustainability, Otago Polytechnic
Bill McKibben’s 350ppm at 46 South
May 1, 2009
We had Bill McKibben visiting work yesterday. He gave a good talk and stayed for lunch. Bill has been in Wanaka and started his talk with a compelling story of an experience in Tibet, of glaciers melting and significantly changing landscape in an area that provides the water supply for a huge proportion of […]
Tolley score: Economic blinkers 17, anything else Nil.
April 30, 2009
I knew the government was focussed on the economy but I’ve just been blown away by the lack of vision, short-sightedness and one-track mindedness shown by Education Minister Anne Tolley. She just gave a very bland speech on “Tertiary Education Policy in 2009” at the Tertiary Education Summit. She says tertiary education is critical […]
Posted in: Education for Sustainability, government
May 5, 2009
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