cyborg learning theory: implications for the classroom
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Presentation given at eLearn 2009 in Vancouver, B.C. regarding a new view of technology in education.TRANSCRIPT
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Cyborg Learning Theoryby
Dallas [email protected]
www.dallasmcpheeters.com
This presentationhttp://issuu.com/dallas/docs/elearn2009
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
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The 2-Sided Debate...
Technofascists
control the Tool
Technophobes
control the Takeover
and the operative word is?...Tuesday, October 27, 2009
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Immigrant Commonalities...
Both want control
Both view tech as other
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Post Modern View...(Industrial view boxed the dots)
Can you connect the dots using only 4 straight lines crossing no more than one time?
most of us have seen this...Tuesday, October 27, 2009
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Post Modern View...
Thinking outside the box is SOOo last century
but Cyborgs can do it with only 1 line...Tuesday, October 27, 2009
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A Third View... (Post Human)
In Calculus, a straight line is a curve.
Can you break free of the old paradigm?Tuesday, October 27, 2009
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The Natives are Restless...
Mashup generation
Culture of uncertainty
Face unknowable future
Tradition disconnect
Boundaries irrelevant
Random preferred
Predictable is stressor
Hint: they know we don’t know.Tuesday, October 27, 2009
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Cyborg Learning Theory...
Post Human
Blurred boundaries
Nomadic
Embrace ephemeral
Indefinable by nature
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How to Engage a Cyborg...
Present a future of fascination not fear
Flex boundaries collectively
Explore
Remove the pedestal
Visionize
Foster social networks
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References
This presentation: http://issuu.com/dallas/docs/elearn2009
References for this presentation may be located online here: http://greenbananablog.org/2008/11/09/cyborg-learning-theory-and-the-blurring-of-boundaries
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Thank you! Your comments?Tuesday, October 27, 2009