The Questionable Necessity of (Temporary) Standards
What surprised me the most reading Weller’s (2020) first chapters were probably the ones about attempts at standardization. I started […]
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Year Zero, Again?
A week ago, I finished teaching in a software development program that was cancelled because of low enrolment. I taught software development for five years,… Read More »Year Zero, Again?
The History We Forget
Reflecting on Weller’s history of educational technology, what gets forgotten, my experience with Nautikos, and an emerging Indigenous parallel.
Repetition does not equal ignorance
In their respective writings, Weller (2020) and Watters (2020) present a grim assessment of failures in educational technology, with Weller stating the field is “remarkably… Read More »Repetition does not equal ignorance
Reflecting on Weller’s 25 Years of Ed Tech (Chapters 1-8)
My own introduction to educational technology predates Weller’s starting point entirely. In the late 1980s, I practiced math, spelling, and vocabulary on floppy disc programs… Read More »Reflecting on Weller’s 25 Years of Ed Tech (Chapters 1-8)
Same Database, Different Silos: What 1998 and 2001 Predicted About WordPress
Weller’s (2020) chapter on 1998 contains the detail I did not expect in a book about universities: SPLOT, the family of minimal publishing tools built… Read More »Same Database, Different Silos: What 1998 and 2001 Predicted About WordPress
Reading and Reflecting on Weller (2020)
Activity 2 | Reflect on reading (Blog) Seeing parallels between educational technologies and the underlying learning theory of Constructivism was the most compelling aspect of… Read More »Reading and Reflecting on Weller (2020)
Beyond Explicit Knowledge: What Ed Tech History Teaches Us About Human Learning
Reading Weller’s (2020) history of educational technology, the two most compelling takeaways are: firstly, how the field repeatedly grapples with the exact same core tensions,… Read More »Beyond Explicit Knowledge: What Ed Tech History Teaches Us About Human Learning
Reflection on 25 Years of Ed Tech
Before reading Weller’s 25 Years of Ed Tech, I tended to think of educational technology as a story of continuous […]
First Friday update – Loving the Introductions – and moving onto Activity 2
by Elizabeth Childs. Hi Everyone, It is always wonderful to teach a vibrant class of people from so many different backgrounds! I loved seeing your… Read More »First Friday update – Loving the Introductions – and moving onto Activity 2