Advait has supplied the following abstract for his talk on 31 October 2012
In this presentation I’ll talk about my research in relation to the history of broadband technologies in the UK. I’ll go over some of the theoretical ideas associated with the history and social studies of technology, coupled with economic, political and regulatory concepts that (I think) are relevant to the research. The findings from the archival material and the research interviews will also form a part of the discussion. Towards the end, I’ll cover some of the possible conclusions and the narrative that has emerged as the ‘writing up’ phase begins.
A paper by three SIRG members, Allan Jones, Chris Bissell and David Chapman, was presented at the 25th annual conference of the European Association of Distance Teaching Universities (EADTU), held in Pahos, Cyprus, during 27-28 September 2012. The paper, presented by Chris Bissell, was entitled ’Open resources for case studies and assignments’ and was based on novel teaching approaches used in two 30-point, third-level Open University modules which SIRG members are closely associated with: T324 Keeping Ahead in Information and Communication Technology, and T325 Technologies for Digital Media. The paper is available from the following link.
http://oro.open.ac.uk/34422/1/Jones_Bissell_Chapman_%20Open%20Resources%20for%20case%20studies.pdf
The following speakers have been lined up for forthcoming meetings. Details of their presentations will be posted in due course.
Wed. 31 October 2012, Advait Deshpande (http://www.cands.org/research-students/advait-deshpande). Advait is a research student associated with SIRG.
Wed. 28 November 2012, Becky Faith (http://beckyfaith.net/about/). Becky is a research student in The Open University’s Department of Communication and Systems.
Wed. 30 January 2013, Professor Elizabeth Silva (http://www.open.ac.uk/socialsciences/staff/people-profile.php?name=Elizabeth_Silva). Elizabeth is Professor of Sociology at The Open University.