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Virtual worlds (e.g., Internet games, Second Life) and augmented realities (mobile wireless devices that overlay a virtual simulation on the real world) are entering the educational landscape. Like Alice in Wonderland, students who are ‘immersed’ encounter both opportunities and perils. This talk with Chris Dede, Harvard’s Timothy E Wirth professor of Learning Technologies, illustrates research on learning and assessment in immersive interfaces in order to foster a discussion of the policy and legal issues that the rabbit hole raises.

Virtual worlds (e.g., Internet games, Second Life) and augmented realities (mobile wireless devices that overlay a virtual simulation on the real world) are entering the educational landscape. Like Alice in Wonderland, students who are ‘immersed’ encounter both opportunities and perils. This talk with Chris Dede, Harvard’s Timothy E Wirth professor of Learning Technologies, illustrates research on learning and assessment in immersive interfaces in order to foster a discussion of the policy and legal issues that the rabbit hole raises.

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How the RIAA is attempting to enforce exorbitant fines on one file sharer, and the efforts of one law professor to take them down.

David Weinberger interviews Charlie Nesson and Joel Tennenbaum about their lawsuit against the Recording Industry Association of America.

CC-licensed music this week:

Brad Sucks - “Gasoline”
Greg Williams - “Teagarden Blues and Rain”

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In 2007, Australian journalist, author and blogger Antony Loewenstein traveled to Egypt, Iran, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Cuba and China to investigate how the net was challenging authoritarian regimes, the role of Western multinationals such as Google in the assistance of web filtering and how misinformed we are in the West towards states considered “enemies” or “allies”. He discusses his acclaimed new book, The Blogging Revolution.

In 2007, Australian journalist, author and blogger Antony Loewenstein traveled to Egypt, Iran, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Cuba and China to investigate how the net was challenging authoritarian regimes, the role of Western multinationals such as Google in the assistance of web filtering and how misinformed we are in the West towards states considered “enemies” or “allies”. He discusses his acclaimed new book, The Blogging Revolution.

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Irving Wladawsky-Berger, Chairman Emeritus of IBM’s Academy of Technology, discusses participatory governance.

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Irving Wladawsky-Berger, Chairman Emeritus of IBM’s Academy of Technology, discusses participatory governance.

Something fishy is going on with Argentine search engines. Chris Soghoian’s talks Yahoo!, Google, and censorship.

Plus, Craig Newmark and the rise of Nerd Culture.

All on this week’s first ever Radio Berkman with David Weinberger!

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This episode features CC licensed music from Brad Sucks and J Lang
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Changes in the information environment and information technology have had a tremendous impact on political campaigning. In this week’s talk Professor Hillygus discusses her recent book, The Persuadable Voter, in which she evaluates how today’s information environment shapes how candidates communicate with voters, who they communicate with and what they are willing to say.

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Changes in the information environment and information technology have had a tremendous impact on political campaigning. In this week’s talk Professor Hillygus discusses her recent book, The Persuadable Voter, in which she evaluates how today’s information environment shapes how candidates communicate with voters, who they communicate with and what they are willing to say.