{"id":2697,"date":"2017-02-14T20:43:26","date_gmt":"2017-02-15T01:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gardnercampbell.net\/blog1\/?p=2697"},"modified":"2017-02-14T20:51:13","modified_gmt":"2017-02-15T01:51:13","slug":"ted-nelson-artist-philosopher-filmmaker-new-media-pioneer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gardnercampbell.net\/blog1\/ted-nelson-artist-philosopher-filmmaker-new-media-pioneer\/","title":{"rendered":"Ted Nelson: Artist, Philosopher, Filmmaker, New Media Pioneer"},"content":{"rendered":"

For Week Four, Open Learning ’17<\/a> features Dr. Ted Nelson, author of\u00a0Computer Lib\/Dream Machines. <\/em><\/a>Click on the image below to watch excerpts from the interview I (Gardner Campbell) did with Ted in 2014.<\/p>\n

\"Ted<\/a><\/p>\n

Ted\u00a0spoke with me as part of the Thought Vectors in Concept Space<\/a> connectivist MOOC VCU ran in that summer long ago (feels that way, anyhow). That interview ran nearly two hours and is still up<\/a> on YouTube. For Open Learning ’17, I’ve created this\u00a0abridged version that runs a more manageable\u00a030 minutes.<\/p>\n

Ted’s call for learners to aspire to an “oceanic mind” that draws on multicontextual knowledge aligns well with the goals of liberal learning generally, as well as with the Essential Learning Outcomes of the AAC&U’s LEAP initiative<\/a> and the Faculty Collaboratives project<\/a> that Open Learning ’17 is proud to participate in. For best results, I encourage everyone to read the following bits from\u00a0Computer Lib\/Dream Machines<\/em> as a rich context for understanding Ted’s ideas in the interview.<\/p>\n

Counting pages in\u00a0the downloadable pdf excerpt available at the\u00a0New Media Reader<\/em> site<\/a>, including the introduction:<\/p>\n

1-10, 17-19, 26 (explains “fantics”), 30 (“Thinkertoys”)<\/p>\n

Throughout his life, Ted Nelson has been provocative, even irascible, but he also burns with the hard, gem-like flame Walter Pater aspired to. Enjoy the\u00a0tempo presto<\/em> of his words and ideas as they tumble forth. Remember that Heraclitus is his philosophical guide. Ted’s\u00a0care for the arts of expression, juxtaposed with Doug Engelbart’s care for the arts of collaboration, continues to inspire readers, writers, and educators worldwide.<\/p>\n

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