Re: [xmca] XMCA Web course doings

Hi Jay-- Thanks for the reminder.
Owing to a trip out of town this week, we have pushed back the discussion
one week. I will try to get specifics out this
coming week. The meeting time with Helsinki is 8am Pacific Time.

Thanks for reminding me that I have something to do this week!
mike

On 10/21/07, Jay Lemke <jaylemke@mail.umich.edu> wrote:
>
>
> Mike --
>
> what is the plan for the Oct 22 online discussion on heterogeneity
> and heterochrony in development?
>
> how might I listen in, or participate?
>
> will their be a record/archive as a basis for further discussions?
>
> JAY.
>
>
>
>
> >Hi All-- There have been a couple of queries about our plans to have a
> some
> >video presentations/exchanges around questions of development from at
> >CHAT perspective. Here is an update.
> >
> >While we had a few people who indicated that they would contribute by
> giving
> >presentations we could stream and save on the web for general use and
> >later discussion, mostly people responded by saying they would be glad to
> >see such an event transpire.
> >
> >In seeking to work out actual coordination of such an event that was
> >reasonably internationally representative, we ran into problems.
> >
> >So, for the moment we have abandoned the idea. The key potential content
> >producers who volunteered have their plates very full, so that about all
> of
> >the
> >coordination fell on Helsinki and UCSD to coordinate, and both groups
> feel
> >limited in their production capacities.
> >
> >So what we have come down to is a planned event for Oct 22 that will
> involve
> >a discussion about conceptions of development in which LCHC at UCSD and
> >the DWR Lab at Helsinki will have a discussion that we will make
> available
> >on the web and we will be happy to discuss further on XMCA if there is
> >interest.
> >Tentatively, we thought we would focus on the issue of heterogeneity in
> the
> >process of development. This theme would include Yrjo's emphasis on
> >horizontal
> >and vertical dimensions of development and LCHC's emphasis on synchronic
> >heterogeneity (by context/activity) and heterochrony (variability in
> >time-related
> >aspects of development and their coordination or lack thereof).
> >
> >Speaking for LCHC (and I suspect the same is true of DWR) we would
> welcome
> >other contributions, either of totally different pairings or of streamed
> >discussions,
> >or people who want to pair up and discuss with one of us, or whatever
> will
> >promote useful further mutual knowledge building.
> >
> >That's the story for now.
> >mike
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>
> --
>
> JAY L. LEMKE
> Educational Studies
> University of Michigan
> 610 East University
> Ann Arbor, MI 48109
>
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