Comments from atsui

That is a very interesting survey for the students. One thing that came to my mind was if I was an employer and a student told me he/she used technology in class and so forth, I would certainly delve into that. I would not necessarily be interested in what was being used, although that could be pertinent, but I would ask the student to explain in detail how the technology was being used. A follow-up question might be to ask the student to explain how their use of technology would actually benefit my company or organization, or how it may be improved. #mscedc

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Comments on atsui

That is a very interesting survey for the students. One thing that came to my mind was if I was an employer and a student told me he/she used technology in class and so forth, I would certainly delve into that. I would not necessarily be interested in what was being used, although that could be pertinent, but I would ask the student to explain in detail how the technology was being used. A follow-up question might be to ask the student to explain how their use of technology would actually benefit my company or organization, or how it may be improved. #mscedc

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Comments from cmiller

I’ll definitely get back to tying it back to the readings, and education too. I think I’d like to revisit all my posts to add more meta data/context to them before we get too far in to Block 2.

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Comment from Helen

Hi James,

Thanks for mentioning Matthew’s blog post to me: it was fascinating to hear his ‘prediction’ about the impact which Bayne’s paper might have on responses to BETT!

Your observation about results is a pertinent one. As well as the notion of technology being touted as a means of ‘improving outcomes’ (what does that even mean?!), there has been a rise in the use of technology to report on outcomes. Huge stands devoted to ‘data dashboards’ were present at the show. The rich, complex, creative bundle of emotions, ideas and responses that is the learner is channelled through a reductive algorithm and spewed out as a data set.

Thanks for your ideas as to how I might move forward with this space. I’ve spent a chunk of today revisiting my previous posts and adding more ‘metadata’ around them. This returning, reflecting and augmenting is an interesting experience and marks a shift away from the linearity of the blog experience in IDEL: we’re weaving complex fabrics using threads from a range of media, sources and thoughts.

Good to ‘meet’ you in the Hangout btw! And hope you’re having a great weekend.

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Comment from Helen

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Comment from Helen

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Comments from chills

Hi Myles, thanks for your comment. I think you have hit the nail on the head when you ask how it might have been interpreted without the words! I think it was very poorly executed and it does need the commentary although it shouldn’t. I would like to blame the technology but it was entirely down to this particular human/machine assemblage!
Cathy

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Comments from chills

Wow Cathy, what a wonderfully creative piece of stop action EDC mastery! Wish I had thought of something as good as this. Well done. I like your explanations too – I wonder how it would be interpreted without what you have written? It would be interesting to hear what other EDC’ers would make of it. For instance the comment about the item Ex is holding being a brush and not a gun(which I originally thought it was before reading your description) makes for a very different interpretation.Great work.

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Comments from smilligan

Hi Stuart,
I really admire the professional quality of your visual artefact. I like its clarity and the way that the message builds from technology as enabling the body to be medically restored to a suggestion of facilitating something more sinister. I still seem to talk about technology as “enabling” or “facilitating” when really what I’ve learned is that it is the human/technology assemblage that has the agency.
Cathy

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Comments from smilligan

This is a fascinating post and comment, thanks Stuart and Helen. George Orwell’s dystopian “thought police” immediately spring to mind. Regarding your points, Helen,

– I like to think that disclosing our feelings is the “natural” position as I like to think being truthful is the norm, but as we are social beings and therefore the “natural” is the social, we must have learned that withholding the truth and failing to disclose is sometimes in our best interest.

– It isn’t often that I have thoughts which aren’t common to most people, but they have been mediated through my brain and body and experience which does in that sense make them unique.

Cathy

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Comments from mthies

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Comments from smilligan

This is a really interesting evaluation of a very very complex topic. I agree that losing the ability to conceal our thoughts if we choose would lead to a very different situation than we’re in now. Though I wonder if we’re already on that road? There are definite issues surrounding privacy and surveillance and our ability to conceal what we think. However, I have two follow up questions:

– do you think that our ability to disclose (roughly) what we choose is actually connected to our mind and soul (which makes us unique)? is it innate, or a social construct? (I’m in two minds – no pun intended!)

– do you think that ‘thought’ in its natural form would make much sense to an onlooker? or is it our interpretation of that thought that makes it intelligible? I strongly suspect that if a robot were able to read my mind right now it would very quickly go into shutdown… 🙂

-Helen

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Comment from Helen

Hey, Helen, I’ve never had a ‘ping back’ before. Thank you! I thought you were spam for a moment. All part of my learning curve, and glad you liked the ‘Gumdrop’ thoughts. Go well on your Lifestream! Matthew

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Comments from chills

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