Questioning Technology in the Development of a Resilient Higher Education |
RICHARD HALL, Directorate of Library and Learning Services, De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom
JOSS WINN, Centre for Educational Research and Development, University of Lincoln, United Kingdom |
pages 343-356
http://dx.doi.org/10.2304/elea.2011.8.4.343 |
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This article considers the impact that peak oil and climate change may have on the future of higher education. In particular, it questions the role of technology in supporting the provision of a higher education which is resilient to a scenario both of energy depletion and the need to adapt to the effects of global warming. One emerging area of interest from this future scenario might be the role of technology in addressing more complex learning futures, and more especially in facilitating individual and social resilience, or the ability to manage and overcome disruption. However, the extent to which higher education practitioners can utilise technology to this end is framed by their approaches to the curriculum, and the sociocultural practices within which they are located. The authors discuss how open education might enable learners to engage with uncertainty through social action within a form of higher education that is more resilient to economic, environmental and energy-related disruptions. It asks whether more open higher education can be (re)claimed by users and communities within specific contexts and curricula, in order to engage with an increasingly uncertain world. |
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RICHARD HALL, JOSS WINN (2011) Questioning Technology in the Development of a Resilient Higher Education, E-Learning and Digital Media, 8(4), 343-356. http://dx.doi.org/10.2304/elea.2011.8.4.343 |
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