Tag Archives: Hanson Hosein
Hacking EDU: Discussing Education Reform During Husky Fest
During a rainy kick-off to Husky Fest this past Thursday, the MCDM team was center stage for the entire day and strongly committed to discussing ways to transform education as we know it. If you’ve been paying attention at all … Continue reading
Tomorrow is National Day of Unplugging…You Probably Already Know This.
Because tomorrow is being designated by some as a National Day of Unplugging, where people who are typically wired through their cellphones, computers, tablets, etc., are being encouraged to completely unplug and be wireless for 24 hours, we’ve decided to … Continue reading
The Anatomy of an MCDM Foundation Course
This Fall, I had the privilege of serving as a peer facilitator for a course at the University of Washington’s MCDM program. I am continually impressed by the diversity of the program, and not just by diversity in its typical measure of gender or ethnicity … Continue reading
The Digital and the Forbidden: My Trip to Beijing
Thousands of people flooded around me. I stared in exasperation at the sign. Yet, I knew that it had to be emblematic of something about my week-long trip to Beijing — my first to China. True to my personality, I … Continue reading
MCDM Director Featured on Local NBC Affiliate
Hanson Hosein, director of the MCDM programat the University of Washington made a guest appearance on Seattle’s local NBC affiliate on Wednesday morning. Hosein was invited to speak to viewers about his book “Storyteller Uprising” and the future of storytelling … Continue reading
Graduating MCDM: Another Milepost on the Journey
On June 9, 2011 I did something I didn’t expect to do a few years earlier: I officially graduated from the University of Washington with a Master of Communication in Digital Media (MCDM) degree. The reason I didn’t expect to … Continue reading
Lynn Shelton and Matt Vancil on Media Space Tonight
Undeniably, the two industries that have been most severely disrupted by the digital media revolution are the music and film industries. Tonight’s airing of the latest Media Space television show highlights the work of two local area film disrupters. Matt … Continue reading
Reverse Innovation: A Two-Way Street to Global Tech Solutions
“More than 90 percent of the population lives within reach of a cell phone tower,” Jessica Rothenberg-Aalami pointed out during Thursday’s Four Peak Salon “Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Emerging Markets: What’s Good for Them, Is Good for Us.” And it … Continue reading
