Michael Wesch

Biography

Dubbed "the explainer" by Wired magazine, Michael Wesch is a cultural anthropologist exploring the impact of new media on society and culture. After two years studying the impact of writing on a remote indigenous culture in the rain forest of Papua New Guinea, he has turned his attention to the effects of social media and digital technology on global society. His videos on technology, education, and information have been viewed by millions, translated in over 20 languages, and are frequently featured at international film festivals and major academic conferences worldwide. Wesch has won several major awards for his work, including a Wired Magazine Rave Award, the John Culkin Award for Outstanding Praxis in Media Ecology, and he was recently named an Emerging Explorer by National Geographic. He has also won several teaching awards, including the 2008 CASE/Carnegie U.S. Professor of the Year for Doctoral and Research Universities.

EDUCAUSE Publications

  • Make Super Simple Videos for Teaching Online [video]
    • Multimedia
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    The hard part can be getting the confidence to talk to the camera, but making simple videos for online teaching can help you engage with students. This video was produced by Michael Wesch, professor at Kansas State University. You can find more videos like this on his YouTube channel @Michael Wesch.

  • Life101: A Q&A with Michael Wesch
    • Article
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    We don't learn about a culture by simply observing it; we have to immerse ourselves in a culture to really understand it from the native point of view.

  • A Sense of Purpose
    • Article
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    © 2009 Michael Wesch. The text of this article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.

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