Author Archives: Brian Christiansen

Michael Wesch’s Modern Teaching Techniques

Thursday, 25 October, 2007 – 12:00 pm

My first introduction to Michael Wesch was through a video posted on YouTube entitled “The Machine is Us/ing Us.” I wasn’t the only person introduced to him that day. What started as a video discussing digital communications with his colleagues, was within a few short days the most talked about video on the Internet, and [...]

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Andragogue as linker

Monday, 10 September, 2007 – 6:25 pm

In my first reading assignment on “The Adult as Learner,” I’m discovering andragogy. Andragogy is a term that compliments pedagogy. If pedagogy is “the art and science of teaching children,” then andragogy is “the art and science of teaching adults.” It seems though, that the two terms represent more than simply what their Greek roots [...]

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