Content-type: text/html Downes.ca ~ Stephen's Web ~ 6 Terms Transforming Public Schools to the All-Tech Endgame

Stephen Downes

Knowledge, Learning, Community

This post feels a bit like fearmongering and a bit like the recent edtech angst. Here, writes Nancy Baily, are terms teachers should watch for as signs of the impending all-edtech endgame: anytime/anywhere learning, deeper learning, digital equity, personalized learning, seat time, and whole child learning. She punctuates each with a brief summary and probing question. For example, on 'deeper learning' she says " It's not clear how children will learn subject basics." And for digital equity she asks, "Legislators bemoan the digital divide, but where have they been for teachers and students in their public schools?" All of these are open issues, but there's a presumption that traditional learning is fundamentally better, and I don't think that case has been made.

Today: 4 Total: 84 [Direct link] [Share]


Stephen Downes Stephen Downes, Casselman, Canada
stephen@downes.ca

Copyright 2024
Last Updated: Nov 22, 2024 7:13 p.m.

Canadian Flag Creative Commons License.

Force:yes