James N. Farmer
Encyclopedia
James N. Farmer is founder and CEO of Edublogs.org, the largest global weblog community for educators. James is currently based in Australia
, where he has been the Online Community Editor of The Age
, and Lecturer in Education Design at Deakin University
. James' blog, "Incorporated Subversion," has been a resource for educators involved with social media and online publishing since 2003.
Edublogs.org hosts over 1,000,000 separate weblogs, used by educators and students around the world.
James is founder of the Edublog Awards, a series of educational weblog awards which have been run every year since 2004. The awards are now co-facilitated by James Farmer and Josie Fraser.
James was one of the 3 organisers of BlogTalk Downunder, the first blogging conference in Australia. He also organized and ran the first WordCamp in Australia, WordCamp Melbourne
He has recently been quoted in The Herald Sun newspaper and on news.com.au regarding allegations of inappropriate advertising on Edublogs.org
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, where he has been the Online Community Editor of The Age
The Age
The Age is a daily broadsheet newspaper, which has been published in Melbourne, Australia since 1854. Owned and published by Fairfax Media, The Age primarily serves Victoria, but is also available for purchase in Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and border regions of South Australia and...
, and Lecturer in Education Design at Deakin University
Deakin University
Deakin University is an Australian public university with nearly 40,000 higher education students in 2010. It receives more than A$600 million in operating revenue annually, and controls more than A$1.3 billion in assets. It received more than A$35 million in research income in 2009 and had 835...
. James' blog, "Incorporated Subversion," has been a resource for educators involved with social media and online publishing since 2003.
Edublogs.org hosts over 1,000,000 separate weblogs, used by educators and students around the world.
James is founder of the Edublog Awards, a series of educational weblog awards which have been run every year since 2004. The awards are now co-facilitated by James Farmer and Josie Fraser.
James was one of the 3 organisers of BlogTalk Downunder, the first blogging conference in Australia. He also organized and ran the first WordCamp in Australia, WordCamp Melbourne
He has recently been quoted in The Herald Sun newspaper and on news.com.au regarding allegations of inappropriate advertising on Edublogs.org
Presentations
- Speaker at BlogTalk DownUnder, "Centred Communication: Weblogs and aggregation in the organisation"
- Keynote speaker at ICTEV 2007
- Keynote speaker at efest 2008
Publications
- Communication dynamics: Discussion boards, weblogs and the development of communities of inquiry in online learning environments
- Blogs @ Anywhere: High fidelity online communication
- Centred communication - Weblogs and aggregation in the organisation