Edited by Nathan Lomax, Wednesday, 15 Jul 2009, 20:52
“Weller argues that universities risk being marginalised, their skills and teaching approaches seen as irrelevant by their students.”
Hasn’t this always been the case? I would argue that part of being a student has always been to rebel against the establishment. Wesch cleverly tapped into the traditional student desire to want to change the world with his mini world history project, but is this kind of project only possible due to Web 2.0 tools? I was involved in similar projects at university – condensing information about a real world problem to share with peers. We didn’t have Youtube to broadcast our videos, but I would say that learning took place in a similar way.
“Weller suggests that decentralisation, democratisation and bottom-up processes characterise the world of Web 2.0”
Forums such as blogs are a useful way to share and synthesise information, but, it seems, the traditional classroom is still just as popular as ever. When students are consulted about the kind of learning they want (see Hara & Kling), they favour having more rather than less contact with the tutor. Real class time is (probably) also favoured for the opportunity to socialise face-to face with peers.
Perhaps the University of the Future will employ ‘decoy’ lecturers like the butchers and bakers used in supermarkets, who are there symbolically to fulfil the psychological customer need for face to face contact?
H800 wk 18- Weller
“Weller argues that universities risk being marginalised, their skills and teaching approaches seen as irrelevant by their students.”
Hasn’t this always been the case? I would argue that part of being a student has always been to rebel against the establishment. Wesch cleverly tapped into the traditional student desire to want to change the world with his mini world history project, but is this kind of project only possible due to Web 2.0 tools? I was involved in similar projects at university – condensing information about a real world problem to share with peers. We didn’t have Youtube to broadcast our videos, but I would say that learning took place in a similar way.
“Weller suggests that decentralisation, democratisation and bottom-up processes characterise the world of Web 2.0”
Forums such as blogs are a useful way to share and synthesise information, but, it seems, the traditional classroom is still just as popular as ever. When students are consulted about the kind of learning they want (see Hara & Kling), they favour having more rather than less contact with the tutor. Real class time is (probably) also favoured for the opportunity to socialise face-to face with peers.
Perhaps the University of the Future will employ ‘decoy’ lecturers like the butchers and bakers used in supermarkets, who are there symbolically to fulfil the psychological customer need for face to face contact?