{"id":245,"date":"2010-11-24T15:54:50","date_gmt":"2010-11-24T20:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/cteachr565b\/"},"modified":"2010-11-24T16:02:59","modified_gmt":"2010-11-24T21:02:59","slug":"the-history-of-et","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/cteachr565b\/etec-511\/the-history-of-et\/","title":{"rendered":"The History of ET"},"content":{"rendered":"

Is Technology neutral?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Having read some of the comments in the previous discussions, especially on the role of TV in changing the way we live and learn, I cannot see technology as neutral.\u00a0 Clearly our society has changed (not sure it\u2019s evolved) in the years most of us can remember.\u00a0 I might be tempted to say we have changed more especially in recent years with web 2.0, but then I think of watching the first lunar landing, or seeing a videophone prototype at Expo 67.\u00a0 I could not have imagined my life would be so interconnected to the tools I use.\u00a0 Did my mother define her daily life by the stainless steel oven my dad installed in the 1960s?\u00a0 Was her free time improved by the latest Electrolux vacuum cleaner?\u00a0 It seems silly when I put it in those terms, yet I cannot deny that my lifestyle, my learning practices, my entertainment choices and of course, my teaching practices are all affected by the technological advances that have occurred in my time.<\/p>\n

What disturbs me is whether we are questioning the effects of technology on our society or whether we are living at the pace that technology seems to now be dictating for us.\u00a0 Shades of Heidegger??<\/p>\n

How has TV changed our society and teaching practices?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I read about Plato\u2019s concerns regarding the use of technology (writing) in Etec 540 and thought they seemed a little ridiculous.\u00a0 Of course, it is difficult to us to imagine a fully oral society as existed then.\u00a0 I am now ready to reconsider, having looked at Moody\u2019s perspective.\u00a0 What I think is affected is not the role of books but how we approach education and entertainment in general.\u00a0 TV, when first introduced, was used as a gathering point for families to watch a show in the evening.\u00a0 Later on, parents started to use this technology to entertain their children while they attended to other tasks.\u00a0 This whole evolution seems to have isolated us more and more.\u00a0 So although we might continue to find ways to communicate more easily, rapidly and globally through our new technologies, we seem to be doing this in an isolated fashion where each person pursues their own interests at their own pace.<\/p>\n

These are considerations we must look into when designing curriculum, whether it be f2f or distance.\u00a0 Technology has truly changed our society in terms of roles, communication and even values.\u00a0 Therefore we must respond to this shift in our educational practices.<\/p>\n

History of ET – First perspectives<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I was very interested to read the first resources for this module.\u00a0 I\u2019ve taught computer history to my students before but it was from a business perspective.\u00a0 One very interesting resources that outlines the competition between Apple and Microsoft is PBS\u2019s Triumph of the Nerds video set.\u00a0 I was also one of the many business educators that tried to reach and prepare students for the work world by teaching some of the most common applications.\u00a0 I really saw computers as having that role in education, primarily.\u00a0 Of course we have evolved along with the technology and now use computers in all our subjects (except English, where they seem to only see computers as word processors\u2026 a little sarcasm there).<\/p>\n

Are major companies still trying to get a share of the education market?\u00a0 Yes, but my Business teacher background tells me that more often the world outside education drives technological innovation and we just happen to stumble upon its possible uses in education.\u00a0 But perhaps I am naive and old fashioned.\u00a0 Let\u2019s see what the rest of the module brings.<\/p>\n

One final remark \u2013 I am sitting at my laptop, earphones on, looking and listening to the resources that are provided.\u00a0 How different my learning experience is from when I was an undergrad student in the late 1970s.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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