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A set of bookmarks relevant to a course I'm creating on "Western Civilization and the Digital World"
Updated on Aug 15, 12
Created on Nov 18, 09
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Stephen D. Crocker explains the early planning documents ("Requests for Comments") and how they exemplified and made possible the open nature of the web.
Various uses for Second Life, the virtual world, are presented in this video
Someone has added hyperlinks to the bibliographic sources listed in a book by Clay Shirky
A seminal article from Yochai Benkler about changes to economic theory in the digital age. Based on the model of open source software and the story of the development of Linux, Benckler points to "commons-based peer production" as a third model for labor in the digital age.
A student uses the new media to fight for religious tolerance and build community across diverse political boundaries. She begins a campaign to free an Egyptian blogger.
Puts Diderot into the history of copyright. See especially the link to the Carla Hesse article cited.
63 items | 7 visits
A set of bookmarks relevant to a course I'm creating on "Western Civilization and the Digital World"
Updated on Aug 15, 12
Created on Nov 18, 09
Category: Schools & Education
URL: