Jaws and the online pivot
Martin Weller,
The Ed Techie,
Apr 21, 2020
Martin Weller uses the analogy of Jaws to argue that the current crisis is creating a scenario where only two of an uneasily balanced trio of students, vendors and educators can emerge. In fact, of course, all three may feel the effects - there may be fewer students, educational institutions may collapse, and some vendors may be hurt. But yeah, there may be a point to this. In one scenario, educators "rush to vendors to create online courses." In another, "vendors and learners engage in a form of deprofessionalised, unbundled education market." And in the third, "educators and learners exist in a higher education system which after the pandemic and its reimagining of socialist intervention is based around education as a social and public good. How do we decide? Who best ensures access? Who best ensures equity and access? Who most supports quality?
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