A pioneer on the web in the 1990s and an early proponent of blogs and RSS, Alan Levine shares his ideas and discoveries at CogDogBlog. Among his recent interests are new forms of web storytelling (including 50+ Web 2.0 Ways To Tell a Story, pechaflickr, and the StoryBox), as well as leading and teaching the open digital storytelling class, ds106. He consults with higher educational institutions on digital technologies and the affordances of the open web, working with a variety of institutions and organizations such as Virginia Commonwealth University, Universidad del Sagrado Corazón, The Open University, Digital Media Hub, and Mozilla. Additionally, he develops open web-based tools shared openly on Github.
Alan Levine
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October 4, 2017
Networked Narratives: Netproving in the Mirror World
In our most recent script, we set the stage for how we approached the Networked Narratives course (@NetNarr) as a networked improvisation including some mystery characters. Here, we reflect on what was...
Category: Digital LearningJuly 19, 2017
Networked Narratives: Designing for Emergence
In our last script published here, we approached our Networked Narratives course (@NetNarr) in an emergent fashion. This next installment considers how students explore digital identity via a number of role-play activities,...
Category: Digital LearningJune 19, 2017
Networked Narratives: Digital Alchemy of Storytelling
More than enough books, TED Talks, and blog posts have described the potential of storytelling. Stories often enhance our endeavors, whether in business communication or in learning, in political rhetoric or in...
Category: Digital Learning