I hadn’t given too much thought to the interaction between spirituality and educational technology before encountering it in this course. One of the thought questions provided is “is there a difference between spirituality in today’s technology-driven world and the spirituality of 500 years ago?”. I think that because technology has made the world a smaller place in the sense of communication, travel and being able to “know” about other people and places, much of an individual’s spirituality is based on the idea of knowing about something. What I mean by that is that because there are less unknowns, many people base their spirituality in facts and tangibles rather than “what ifs” and intangibles. For many, spirituality comes from a deep connection between the individual and a belief system and 500 years ago, there were less options for belief systems and in many ways, spirituality was prescribed. Nowadays, people are able to chose to be spiritual around many non-traditional ideas…. there are those than say rock n’ roll is their religion and as mentioned in DLG 11’s presentation, there are those who feel a spiritual connection to all things Mac. The technology driven world has definitely redefined spirituality and has forced individuals to clarify their own spiritual beliefs in relation to this world.
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