It’s The Internet Stupid !

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A very interesting podcast recorded by Stephan Ridgway and distributed via the MyLearning blog at TAFE NSW Sydney Institute.

Grab a listen….well worth the effort.

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Off Topic

It seems that my reply to a TALOian discussion has reached boiling point and my comment repeatedly deleted. So in an effort to maintain the flow and avoid building troll bridges here’s what I wrote….

“….WTF??

I’m afraid that acronym and others have been reserved for pub poetry night.

I agreethat the initial post that has prompted this discussion contains potentially flatulant and objectionable language of inference that is both Shakespearean, worrysome and of concern. That is was the point on the post. Almost exactly as GR would use and minus some other expletives that didnt make it to air begining with ‘c’.

I was using the language contextually in the first post as it would read at the moment in the press ( SMH etc. ) where objection to foul mouthed antics is entirely circumstantial and culturally objectionable for those who mostly are polite……some would say complicit to atrocities and others simply accepting that in differing cultures the word ‘f…’ is used as often as any other co-joiner.

SMH topics on technology pepper this list’s dialogue, as do politic, religon, cultural affairs and a host of other one liners for use or simply slipped over as trash. I was pointing to an example of where despite all attempts to retain consideration and politeness, open lists dont necessarily lead to adjunct and breakout rooms within which any flow or dialogue goes beyond the begining of another list | group | network……it’s the personal that beats the latency as Mark suggests and how deeply we can read into ones contribution.

As Kylie suggests,

” We just have to tolerate the OT (off topic, for those not up with the
lingo)….or maybe, god forbid, enjoy the discourse. ”

Tolerance is a very tricky equation. We have seen some amazing feats of tolerance, goodwill and politeness observed in TALO over the years involving diverse nations, opinions and personal intent.

Teaching and learning online involves language ,culture , opinion and the odd ramble. By all means use OT it if it seems approriate in your own way as a signifier. Deleting it involves consultation and unravels all sorts of biases and belief systems however in some cases just downright necessary.

It takes courage to press the delete button. It would mean contemplating a shift in our bcc attitudes to anothers opinion.

I see more expletives and acronyms buried daily in an unending flow of organisational consultation rhetoric…. and if parliament is anything to go by, no wonder our humane counsel on petty matters such as popular culture in an educational technology list has such significance and why over a thousand readers and 100 contributors keep this one alive.

Some pose prettily with tight ties and shmarmy Gloweaves. Others smoke Marloboro, slug back triple-shot vodka’s and snarl around corners on hogs as halidome as papal in black.

Which ever way we look at it we need to find ways to build bridges and punch holes through into the next firewall…..”

Thread exists here.