Today, New Media professor Jon Ippolito came in for the first of two lectures. An important concept that I took from today's class is that 'what is information sharing'? Is it cheating? Is it sharing? Is it simply using your resources?
The idea that I took from Jon is that the academic world treats information sharing differently than the "real" world. Jon spoke of how in the workforce, employees and colleagues continuously work collaboratively to get assignments and projects done. Why is it that in the world of academia that students are taught to "shield their work from the views of others? Jon challenges this by saying that students should have the freedom, and learn the skills of collaboration. this is the basis for the Stillwater Lab in which new media students can post their work, get feedback, and encourage collaboration and the spreading of knowledge and ideas.
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