Has the digital become a poisioned well? As we come to understand the ways in which platforms and organizations use digital spaces to mine data and undermine democratic participation, how can we create room for meaningful pedagogical engagement with each other, in our classrooms and across distance?
A keynote for MADLaT 2018
16. In the midst of pervasive change
& uncertainty, the internet
*can* serve as a powerful agent for
building connections and
global human understanding
17. 2 ways to see the digital:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/the4mahers/6802850117/
41. Complicated Problems
1. Sometimes more than one
solution is possible
2. A solution is possible
3. Requires subject matter
expertise
4. Usually a lot of work
55. • COMPLEX problems can be best
addressed by networks &
teamwork.
• To approach these problems
strategically, adaptive approaches
are important to prioritize.
59. Knowledge abundance
"For the first time in human history, two related
propositions are true. One, it no longer
is possible to store within the human brain all of
the information that a human needs.
Second, it no longer is necessary to store within
the human brain all of the information that humans
need.
Education needs to be geared toward
the handling of data rather than the accumulation
of data.”
- Berlo, 1975
60. I propose that knowledge
abundance – navigating change
– is the complex problem AND
the adaptive challenge of our
time.