This spring semester, ESN is delighted to introduce a new occasional series, “Why I Appreciate Christian Scholars.” In this series, we'll hear from believers in many vocations and walks of life who want to share an encouraging word on why they value the work of Christians in academic vocations. Our second post is by Christopher Lim, founder of TheoTech, a company activating technologists to use their gifts for the Gospel. See the first post here. Few things are as satisfying as intellectual conversations … [Read more...] about Why I Appreciate Christian Scholars, Post 2
Technology in Higher Ed
Engaging Social Media
A taste of the resources I've been engaging for the upcoming "Social Media Workshop: Communications and Community" (Post Graduate & Faculty Ministries Staff Team Mtgs, 3/27/2015). Pray for workshop preparations. And please do not hesitate to share your top articles/insights :) https://storify.com/esnivcf/social-media … [Read more...] about Engaging Social Media
Addressing Loneliness in 2014
The Innovation of Loneliness from Shimi Cohen on Vimeo. Yes, I posted The Innovation of Loneliness in Reclaiming Conversations (9/12/2013) when considering some of the work of Sherry Turkle and offering Transformative Conversations as a resource. But the recent attention given to Saving the Lost Art of Conversation: In a fast-paced digital age, an MIT psychologist tries to slow us down (Megan Garber. The Atlantic. 12/22/2013), an extensive amount of time on-line in the midst of the holidays[1], a lengthy … [Read more...] about Addressing Loneliness in 2014
Random Notes on Doctor Bot Ed: Part II
Picking up from Random Notes on Doctor Bot Ed (5/10/2012) . . . Back to Robots!! Personally, despite my earlier remonstration, I would be quite happy to learn all sorts of subjects from a robot. A robot is not going to rob us of our humanity and despoil our personhood – after all, we have less to fear from machines ‘wanting' to behave like humans, as much as humans wanting to behave like machines (Hence, my prefatory diatribe against the social engineering of technocrats and their worrisome bedfellows in academic … [Read more...] about Random Notes on Doctor Bot Ed: Part II
Random Notes on Doctor Bot Ed
This post is a patchwork of tattered reflections on a slew of topics ranging from humans behaving like robots to robots behaving like humans, mind-reading technologies, maybe cyborgs and so forth. There is no grand thesis tucked away in a prose that finds low triviality and high seriousness equally endearing. The hope here is that the reader, if any, would walk away feeling enough esprit to want to grab somebody gently and engage in debate until the Holy Spirit returns our souls to the still waters. “Be Still and know … [Read more...] about Random Notes on Doctor Bot Ed