Aprovecho para saludarles y por otra parte invitarles a inscribirse al curso de actualización en la disciplina (CADI) denominado Understanding New Media. Éste será impartido por el Dr. Robert K. Logan uno de los colaboradores más cercanos de Marshall McLuhan y exponente del movimiento de Ecología Mediática.
Dr. Robert K Logan is Professor Emeritus of Physics, at the University of Toronto and Chief Scientist of The Strategic Innovation Lab at the Ontario College of Art and Design. He collaborated and published with McLuhan which influenced this publication and his many other books including The Alphabet Effect, The Sixth Language, The Extended Mind, Collaborate to Compete and What is Information? He brings his experiences in politics and the business world to his understanding of media new and old.
Background:
B.Sc., M.I.T. (1961); Ph.D., M.I.T. (1965). Research Associate, Department of Physics, University of Illinois, 1965-1967. Research Associate, Department of Physics, University of Toronto, 1967-1968. Physics Professor (1968-2005), Department of Physics, University of Toronto. Professor Emeritus 2005-, Department of Physics, University of Toronto. Chief Scientist, Strategic Innovation Lab, Ontario College of Art and Design, 2005-. Senior Fellow, Institute of Biocomplexity and Informatics, University of Calgary, 2005- Senior Fellow, Origins Institute, McMaster University, 2007-. Visiting Professor, Institute of Communications, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Spring 1982. Cross Appointed to OISE, Dept. of Measurement, Evaluation and Computer Application and Dept. of Curriculum, 1984-2005. Senior Fellow Faculty of Environment Studies, York University 1993-5. Recipient of the Susan K. Langer Prize for outstanding scholarship in the Ecology of symbolic form. This award was presented by the Media Ecology Association based on the book, The Sixth Language: Learning a Living in the Internet Age. June 2000. Associate Editor of Journal EME which is the Journal of the Media Ecology Association – 2001-2003. Member of Board of Media Ecology Association – 2001-2004. Member of the Editorial Board of Explorations in Media Ecology — 2001-2006. Member of the Editorial Board – New York State Communication Association – 2001-2002. Nominated as one of the top 30 lecturers in Ontario by TVOntario 2005.
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