Discussion Questions

  • Question 1:  Have you ever created meaningful relationships on cyberspace? What did you like (dislike) about it?
  • Question 2:  Does the frequent use of technology impair our ability to be self-aware and mindful? Does always having an easy distraction like phone, TV, facebook, prevent you from cultivating this awareness?
  • Question 3:  How do the issues of computer/technology discussed by Turkle influence education, or educational technology?
  • Question 4:  Do you agree with Dall’Alba & Barnacle on embodied knowing (the idea of knowledge being connected)?
  • Question 5:  Share your thoughts on disembodied knowledge (Cartesian idea) and the problems you find from it (if there is at all).
  • Question 6: In what ways can educators promote embodied knowing in online learning context?