Module 5: Digital Futures for Education (Nov. 9th – Nov. 29th)
Over the next week, you will start thinking about the future of education in light of digital innovations and many of the concepts we’ve explored throughout the course.
Read Selwyn, N. (2021) “Facing up to the dilemma of sustainable digital futures” DigiGen.eu. https://www.digigen.eu/digigenblog/facing-up-to-the-dilemma-of-sustainable-digital-futures/
Read pages 53-62 and 3-4 of the speculative stories of Bozkurt, A., Xiao, J., Lambert, S., Pazurek, A., Crompton, H., Koseoglu, S., Farrow, R., Bond, M., Nerantzi, C., Honeychurch, S., Bali, M., Dron, J., Mir, K., Stewart, B., Costello, E., Mason, J., Stracke, C. M., Romero-Hall, E., Koutropoulos, A., Toquero, C. M., Singh, L., Tlili, A., Lee, K., Nichols, M., Ossiannilsson, E., Brown, M., Irvine, V., Raffaghelli, J. E., Santos-Hermosa, G., Farrell, O., Adam, T., Thong, Y. L., Sani-Bozkurt, S., Sharma, R. C., Hrastinski, S., & Jandrić, P. (2023). Speculative Futures on ChatGPT and Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI): A Collective Reflection from the Educational Landscape. Asian Journal of Distance Education, 18(1). https://www.asianjde.com/ojs/index.php/AsianJDE/article/view/709
Read 2 of the following
- Selwyn, N., Hillman, T., Eynon, R., Ferreira, G., Knox, J., Macgilchrist, F., & Sancho-Gil, J. M. (2019). What’s next for Ed-Tech? Critical hopes and concerns for the 2020s. Learning, Media and Technology, 1–6. https://edtechuvic.ca/edci339/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/03/What-s-next-for-Ed-Tech-Critical-hopes-and-concerns-for-the-2020s.pdf
- Macgilchrist,F. Allert, H. & Bruch, A. (2020) Students and society in the 2020s. Three future ‘histories’ of education and technology, Learning, Media and Technology, 45:1, 76-89. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/ref/10.1080/17439884.2019.1656235?scroll=top
- Watters, A. (2014) “The Future of Ed Tech is a Reclamation Project” in The Monsters of Education Technology. https://s3.amazonaws.com/audreywatters/the-monsters-of-education-technology.pdf
- Rheingold, H. (2014) “Technology 101: What Do We Need To Know About The Future We’re Creating?” from Critical Digital Pedagogy https://cdpcollection.pressbooks.com/chapter/technology-101-what-do-we-need-to-know-about-the-future-were-creating/
Complete at least 1 Module 5 Learning Activity. (NOTE: these are all created by your peers! Please do not complete the activity that you authored).
Participate in your final Critical Inquiry Group discussion.
Finalize your final Learning Portfolio by December 11th.
Post your speculative future assignment in our Class Gallery by November 28th.
Provide peer feedback on at least 8 other speculative futures by December 4th.
