Comments on: An education is… http://incsub.org/blog/2008/an-education-is Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:15:39 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: Matt Lambert http://incsub.org/blog/2008/an-education-is/comment-page-1#comment-34658 Matt Lambert Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:04:04 +0000 http://incsub.org/blog/?p=1239#comment-34658 The technology is an enabler - instead of many pupils per teacher, there are instead many teachers per pupil, all accessible instantly through 'search'. Generalising horribly, but whenever I see the word educator in books, there tends to follow unnecessarily long words - a proof of cleverness, a method of exclusion. I'm not sure which. Conversational tone is more accessible by more people, another enabler - and both things mean education is open to more people, hence the excitement I'd imagine. The technology is an enabler – instead of many pupils per teacher, there are instead many teachers per pupil, all accessible instantly through ’search’.

Generalising horribly, but whenever I see the word educator in books, there tends to follow unnecessarily long words – a proof of cleverness, a method of exclusion. I’m not sure which.

Conversational tone is more accessible by more people, another enabler – and both things mean education is open to more people, hence the excitement I’d imagine.

]]> By: D'Arcy Norman http://incsub.org/blog/2008/an-education-is/comment-page-1#comment-34656 D'Arcy Norman Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:51:59 +0000 http://incsub.org/blog/?p=1239#comment-34656 oh, that's a MUCH better title. I might have to use that for a future post :-) oh, that’s a MUCH better title. I might have to use that for a future post :-)

]]> By: James http://incsub.org/blog/2008/an-education-is/comment-page-1#comment-34655 James Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:26:01 +0000 http://incsub.org/blog/?p=1239#comment-34655 Now that's a legitimate criticism... I reckon 'shut up you w%&%kers' might have been a better title :D Now that’s a legitimate criticism… I reckon ’shut up you w%&%kers’ might have been a better title :D

]]> By: D'Arcy Norman http://incsub.org/blog/2008/an-education-is/comment-page-1#comment-34654 D'Arcy Norman Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:26:13 +0000 http://incsub.org/blog/?p=1239#comment-34654 Yeah. I get the about/notabout technology angle. The technology is important in that it can enable some pretty cool new interactions that would be difficult or impossible (or expensive) otherwise. But what frustrates me is that some people don't seem to be looking forward, or deeply, at what these interactions are (or what they mean), and are just spouting buzzwords about shiny things. Yeah. I get the about/notabout technology angle. The technology is important in that it can enable some pretty cool new interactions that would be difficult or impossible (or expensive) otherwise. But what frustrates me is that some people don’t seem to be looking forward, or deeply, at what these interactions are (or what they mean), and are just spouting buzzwords about shiny things.

]]> By: James http://incsub.org/blog/2008/an-education-is/comment-page-1#comment-34653 James Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:41:13 +0000 http://incsub.org/blog/?p=1239#comment-34653 I think I'm just becoming more cynical - both about the buzzwords and the 'holistic' side of things. Of course real teaching can occur without tech, and sadly more often than not it can actually get in the way, but real teaching can be pretty shit too ;) I guess what I'm trying to say, in a nutshell, is that it's not about the technology, but it is about the technology... if that makes any sense. I think I’m just becoming more cynical – both about the buzzwords and the ‘holistic’ side of things.

Of course real teaching can occur without tech, and sadly more often than not it can actually get in the way, but real teaching can be pretty shit too ;)

I guess what I’m trying to say, in a nutshell, is that it’s not about the technology, but it is about the technology… if that makes any sense.

]]> By: D'Arcy Norman http://incsub.org/blog/2008/an-education-is/comment-page-1#comment-34652 D'Arcy Norman Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:48:54 +0000 http://incsub.org/blog/?p=1239#comment-34652 I realize I'm being overly simplistic here, and that there is still a role for both didactic and generative teaching practices - they are not mutually exclusive. All I was trying to say is that the hype around "learning 2.0" and "education 2.0" and "classroom 2.0" is nothing more than meaningless, shallow babbling about buzzwords. I think I was a little unclear, but the post was triggered by yet another flurry of activity around 2.0. It seems as though 2.0 is used as a shortcut to mean so many things, when really it is nothing more than a marketing veneer. Real teaching and learning can occur with or without technology, and saying that shiny new technology is the future of education does a great disservice to the real, in-the-trenches learning activities. I realize I’m being overly simplistic here, and that there is still a role for both didactic and generative teaching practices – they are not mutually exclusive. All I was trying to say is that the hype around “learning 2.0″ and “education 2.0″ and “classroom 2.0″ is nothing more than meaningless, shallow babbling about buzzwords.

I think I was a little unclear, but the post was triggered by yet another flurry of activity around 2.0. It seems as though 2.0 is used as a shortcut to mean so many things, when really it is nothing more than a marketing veneer. Real teaching and learning can occur with or without technology, and saying that shiny new technology is the future of education does a great disservice to the real, in-the-trenches learning activities.

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