There’s a bit of a mini-rant following but before we get to my ejection of the toys from the pram, I want to set out a general principle. If you want to know what people really value then follow what they do with the small scale stuff. All of those Silicon Valley entrepreneurs who want to disrupt school, or recommend dropping out of college? Watch where they send their kids to be educated. It’ll probably be some Montessori type institution with lots of face to face interaction, and then i...| The Ed Techie
This piece by Beth Singler argues that much of the language of Artificial Intelligence has religious connotations. Audrey Watters also writes about myths and faith in Silicon Valley and ed tech. These pieces chimed with some thoughts I’d been having about how ed tech futures are pitched. There are some resonances with religious beliefs regarding cataclysm, and salvation I feel. This is not to criticise anyone’s religious beliefs, I should stress, but rather to offer some insight into the ...| The Ed Techie
In 2012, in a Wired article on "The Stanford Education Experiment [that] Could Change Higher Education Forever," Sebastian Thrun – then still a Stanford professor and a Google engineer – pronounced that, in fifty years time, there would only be ten universities left in the world and that his online education company| Second Breakfast
Listen to the audio version and accompanying podcast at 25years.opened.ca. In this lively and approachable volume based on his popular blog series, Martin Weller demonstrates a rich history of innovation...| Athabasca University Press
