So far behind it's just not funny. However here are some brief thoughts on the development of vocabulary and terms used to describe the use of technology in education.
Firstly, as also noted on Ruslan's group wiki, the change from terms incorporating the word 'education' to those using the word 'learning'. Possibly reflecting the move away from a teacher centred pedagody to one that is focused on the learner and their experience.
Secondly, the terms used early on tend to refer to 'computer' or 'technology' - that implies a focus on the physical tools. The later terms refer to the activity or location - 'mobile', 'community', 'game based' or 'remote'. Perhaps reflects the ever increasing variety of tools available to access digital content and an associated move in focus away from the tool to the activity itself. Brad Wheeler in 'E-Research is a Fad: Scholarship, Cyberinfrastructure and IT Governance' in The Tower and the Cloud http://www.educause.edu/thetowerandthecloud
describes a process in which 'the 'e' becomes silent' in e-business and, he believes, in e-scholarship, over time. The activity is the important thing - not the tools being used to facilitate it.
Week 23 1
So far behind it's just not funny. However here are some brief thoughts on the development of vocabulary and terms used to describe the use of technology in education.
Firstly, as also noted on Ruslan's group wiki, the change from terms incorporating the word 'education' to those using the word 'learning'. Possibly reflecting the move away from a teacher centred pedagody to one that is focused on the learner and their experience.
Secondly, the terms used early on tend to refer to 'computer' or 'technology' - that implies a focus on the physical tools. The later terms refer to the activity or location - 'mobile', 'community', 'game based' or 'remote'. Perhaps reflects the ever increasing variety of tools available to access digital content and an associated move in focus away from the tool to the activity itself. Brad Wheeler in 'E-Research is a Fad: Scholarship, Cyberinfrastructure and IT Governance' in The Tower and the Cloud http://www.educause.edu/thetowerandthecloud
describes a process in which 'the 'e' becomes silent' in e-business and, he believes, in e-scholarship, over time. The activity is the important thing - not the tools being used to facilitate it.
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