VOLUME 5(2) • 2017
THE CHANGING CHILD
ABSTRACT. This paper develops conceptual models of (i) repressive temporality of common sense and (ii) emancipative temporality of critical thinking. The main focus of the text is the concept of the child treated as common sense, as well as a subject of critical consideration. The central philosophi..
EDITORIAL: LEARNING, TECHNOLOGIES, AND TIME IN THE AGE OF GLOBAL NEOLIBERAL CAPITALISM
ABSTRACT. Though diverse in nature, the articles in this collection discuss both socio-cultural and temporal transformations linked to technology and learning and can be classified into three broad themes. The first theme is interested in temporal experiences within time and learning; the second the..
UPDATE YOURSELF: LEARNING TO FORGET IN THE KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY
ABSTRACT. Social acceleration may be described through the analogy of software updates. That is, updating to the latest requires some sort of forgetting of the former. This article argues that knowledge is increasingly severed from learning and thinking, following Bauman’s (2005) insight that contem..
THE SLOWLY STRUCTURED CLASSROOM: NARRATIVE TIME, LIVED EXPERIENCE AND THE CONTEMPORARY HE CLASSROOM
ABSTRACT. The detrimental impact of a globalised, highly technological world within the academe is well documented. The combination of moral efficiency, the global proliferation of contemporary capitalism and the compressing of time and space all have a role to play in the professional practice of c..
YOU’VE GOT MAIL: TRACKING AND FRAMING ACADEMIC LIVES
ABSTRACT. Email has become a pervasive feature of academic life. Its impact on academic time will be immediately familiar to contemporary readers; simultaneously, however, academic work associated with email may be hidden from official recognition. Awareness of this contradiction stimulated a propos..
TIME, TELOS, TECHNE, DOXA: THE CHALLENGES OF MASSIVE OPEN ONLINE COURSES
ABSTRACT. The paper will consider the research, development and ongoing production of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) within a contested field in which an ideal of “unconditional and free” learning, where “intellectual stimulation and personal development” flourish, seems set in opposition to th..
ENABLING BOTTOM-UP PRACTICES IN URBAN AND ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN STUDIOS
ABSTRACT. This paper discusses the emergent practices in the fields of architecture and urban design and reveals their relevance for the future of design learning. As a starting point it distills three forms of bottom-up practices where: ordinary people reclaim and make urban spaces through self-org..
UNLOCKING THE POTENTIALITY AND ACTUALITY OF ICTs IN DEVELOPING SUSTAINABILITY-JUSTICE CURRICULA AND SOCIETY
ABSTRACT. While social justice is a frequently employed concept in the deconstruction and reconstruction of instructional practice in schools, sustainability-justice that, in addition to social justice, integrates environmental, economic and cultural justice, has not been so well discussed. This art..
ASSEMBLY LINES OR ASSEMBLAGES: WHAT THE HUMAN EQUATION CAN TEACH US ABOUT CREATIVITY AND A MODERN EDUCATION SYSTEM IN THE DIGITAL AGE
ABSTRACT. Mandated by the provincial Department of Education, Nova Scotia, Canada’s Action Plan for Education, 2015. The 3R’s: Renew, Refocus, Rebuild identifies four pillars for improving schools, with aims to heighten efficiency and accountability, aligning all ways of knowing behind literacy and ..
BRAIN-BASED LEARNING FOR ACCELERATED ONLINE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AS A FOUNDATION FOR RESISTANCE OF PREDATORY PRACTICES ON THE “TIME-POOR”
ABSTRACT. The notion that we all have the same amount of time, the same resources and responsibilities to manage our own time, and are free to make personal choices about how we use our time in pursuit of education are brought under scrutiny in this paper. Much of what is known about the learning pr..
THE ETHICS AND IMPACT OF DIGITAL IMMORTALITY
ABSTRACT. The concept of digital immortality has emerged over the past decade and is defined here as the continuation of an active or passive digital presence after death. Advances in knowledge management, machine to machine communication, data mining and artificial intelligence are now making a mor..
FEATURE ARTICLE: INTERVIEW WITH SIÂN BAYNE. FROM ANTHROPOCENTRIC HUMANISM TO CRITICAL POSTHUMANISM IN DIGITAL EDUCATION
ABSTRACT. In this conversation, Siân Bayne explains theoretical and practical underpinnings of the Digital Education Group’s Manifesto for teaching online. She defines posthumanism in relation to transhumanism, and describes the relationships between posthumanism and human learning. The conversation..