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SUMMARY PART 1 : Politics , Technology, and Values

ETEC 511 (64 B) Module 5 – Politics and Political Economy of Educational Technology Al Davidson, Chantal Drolet , Byron Kask. SUMMARY PART 1 : Politics , Technology, and Values. VALUES disseminated by educational technology (Stephen Petrina ). Neatness & clarity Accuracy and precision

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SUMMARY PART 1 : Politics , Technology, and Values

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  1. ETEC 511 (64 B)Module 5 – Politics and Political Economy of Educational TechnologyAl Davidson, Chantal Drolet, Byron Kask

  2. SUMMARY PART 1: Politics, Technology, and Values

  3. VALUES disseminated by educational technology (Stephen Petrina) • Neatness & clarity • Accuracy and precision • Flexibility • Control • Speed • Standardization • Comprehensiveness

  4. Other values: (Sullivan, 1987) • Power • Concentration • Centralization • Intensification • Magnification • Finality • Persistence • Scale (expansion and miniaturization) • Scope (convergence and integration)

  5. Capitalism intensifies: Convenience Efficiency Liberty (free enterprise and freedom of consumer choice)

  6. Concept of AT: “Appropriate Technology” “Prioritize values that are the antithesis of modern technology: simplicity, smallness, affordability, and harmony with communities and nature”.

  7. Concept of AT: “Appropriate Technology” Values: • Diversity • Sustainability • Humanization of technology

  8. Concept of AT: “Appropriate Technology” Advocates: • Ecologists • Humanists Do not reject technology per se. Rather, technologies can be made more ecological and humane by investing technology with natural and human values and by turning technological practice to peaceful and sustainable ends.

  9. Concept of AT: “Appropriate Technology” Main stream values Critics: ecologists, humanists, feminists, socialists Diversity Interdependence Permanence Sustainability Community Democracy Patience Prudence Spirituality Equity Justice Participation Responsibility Egalitarianism Socialism Redistribution of power and wealth • Finality • Intensification • Power • speed

  10. Video Please watch: Myths About the Global Poor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwzPgjRf2cs (4:37 min)

  11. Speaker: IqbalQuadir (MIT) More information: Iqbal Quadir http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iqbal_Quadir

  12. As Educators: Can we expect student to merely adopt values on the basis of authority, peer pressure, propaganda or immersion in capitalist economics? • Should educators model certain values when using educational technology?

  13. Thought questions: How do you define “appropriate technology” in your field and why?Please post your ideas.

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