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EDC&I 585 5/18/11. What’d We Talk About Last Week? Organizing Our Discussions for This Week Setting the Stage for Next Week. Last Week We Said…. Kelly (pt. 1) “Deep progress” as reflected in technology; contributes to progress and human betterment “overall”
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EDC&I 5855/18/11 What’d We Talk About Last Week? Organizing Our Discussions for This Week Setting the Stage for Next Week
Last Week We Said… • Kelly (pt. 1) • “Deep progress” as reflected in technology; contributes to progress and human betterment “overall” • Can we really attribute autonomy to technology? Argument seems strong, but hard to believe • Technology seems to proceed via “kludging” – lots of small improvements, that incorporate, build on existing systems
Some other stuff we didn’t touch on… • Technology & information: A mutual dependence (each shapes the other) • Exotropy: Increase in order or information flow; the technium supports it; science as an example • “Paradox of improbable inevitabilities”: life is complex, but more constrained than our imagination • “Inverted pyramid of invention”: Only a few new technologies get adopted; lots of co-invention • Curves of technological development: Moore’s, Kurzweil’s laws; doubling times, etc.
Misc Misc • NEXT WEEK: ISIS! • See email sent on 5/17; I’ll send again early next week • Be on time!! (We’ll be there only 4:30-5:30) • We’ll come back to Miller to do presentations after ISIS visit • Thanks, Jason! (Comments…) • LATER TONIGHT: Course evals
Questions Kelly (pt. 2) • How well have we done (say, over last 90 years) in shaping how technology gets used in education? (cf. KK p. 181) • Has technology facilitated latitude or freedom in its typical uses in education to date? (cf. KK, p. 208) • Are we applying the right proactionary principles (KK p. 255) to thinking about how to use technology in education? • Technology’s exotropic trends (KK, p. 270 ff.): Which is technology fostering in education? Which should it be fostering?
And the BIG question: • If KK is right, what will education look like in 30 years?
For next week (5/25)… • Look at the ISIS site in preparation for our visit • Under “Curriculum,” read through the list of Simulators to see what they’re working on/with • Work through 1-2 of the Surgery Basic Skills modules (Adobe Presenter) • Read their Annual Report from 2009-10