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Hi,<br>
<br>
My name is Jonah Bossewitch (<span class="screen-name
screen-name-mrenoch pill">@mrenoch</span>) and I have been a
lurker and occasional participant on idc for a few years.<br>
<br>
I am a native New Yorker and work full time as a technical
architect at Columbia's Center for New Media Teaching and Learning
(<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu">http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu</a>). I have over a decade of experience as
a professional software architect, designer, and developer. I am an
active free software contributor whose technical interests include
GNU/Linux, Python, Course/Content Management, and social software.
(I am also a doctoral candidate in communications at our journalism
school. I am researching the twin themes of surveillance and
madness, which has more to do with digital learning than might be
immediately obvious ;-)).<br>
<br>
CCNMTL was founded in 1999 to enhance teaching and learning through
the purposeful use of new media and technology. In partnership with
faculty, the Center supports efforts ranging from basic course
website management to advanced project development -- check out our
portfolio <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/portfolio/">http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/portfolio/</a>. <br>
<br>
We are a service organisation within the library that works with our
faculty to help improve their teaching and learning. Our research
methods follow the design research approach
(<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/dr/">http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/dr/</a>) and we work with faculty from
disciplines across the university. Our custom work picks up where
course management and commodity services leave off, and we have
developed numerous projects which rely heavily multimedia,
collaboration, and annotations.<big></big> We have worked on
multimedia AIDS interventions with the school of social work,
sustainable development projects with the Earth Institute, race
relations with African-American studies, genocide prevention
simulations, and many more. <br>
<br>
I am /very/ interested in everything going on at this conference,
including Trebor's commitment to re-evaluating conferencing itself.
I love how hard he works to try to get a conversation started before
we arrive, and I hope this model spreads.<br>
<br>
I co-authored this chapter (with my colleague who has since moved on
to the NY Dept of Ed) on teaching with video for the anthology
accompanying the conference:<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://learningthroughdigitalmedia.net/teaching-and-learning-with-video-annotations">http://learningthroughdigitalmedia.net/teaching-and-learning-with-video-annotations</a><br>
<br>
and we will be hosting this hands-on workshop to share our
experiences and demonstrate our tools in action:<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://mobilityshifts.org/workshops/teaching-with-video-workshop-featuring-mediathread/">http://mobilityshifts.org/workshops/teaching-with-video-workshop-featuring-mediathread/</a><br>
<br>
We are determined to run an instance of Mediathread for the Mobility
Shifts conference and will keep you posted on our progress:<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/portfolio/custom_software_applications_and_tools/mediathread.html">http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/portfolio/custom_software_applications_and_tools/mediathread.html</a><br>
<br>
Looking forward to meeting you all in person!<br>
<br>
best,<br>
/Jonah<br>
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