(the following is current as of 2009-2010)
Research Interests
Publishing Technology, especially digital and networked media, both in the service of traditional print publishing and in the evolution of new forms and models.
History of Computing and Digital Media, especially cultural history of personal and educational computing; technology integration and development; software development culture; popular mythologies of technology.
Collaborative writing/editing environments, especially for research and education, as a special subset of knowledge management technologies.
Bio
John W. Maxwell is Assistant Professor in the Master of Publishing Program at Simon Fraser University, where his focus is on the impact of digital technologies in the cultural and creative sector. His research also focuses on the cultural history of personal computing and new media over the past three decades. John has been involved professionally in new media since the early 1990s, in web publishing, content management, learning technologies, and virtual communities,
Education
2007 – PhD Curriculum & Instruction, University of British Columbia,
Dissertation: Tracing the Dynabook: A Study in Technocultural Transformations
1997 – MPub Publishing, Simon Fraser University, Canada
Thesis: House of Words: Designing Text and Community in MOO Environments
1993 – Diploma Applied Information Technology, Capilano College, Canada
1988 – BA (hon.) Cultural Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Canada
John’s full CV, as of January 2010:
John’s PhD dissertation (2007) is online over here:
http://thinkubator.ccsp.sfu.ca/Dynabook/dissertation
John plans to post many more papers once the CCSP has fully moved over to WordPress.
