This is horrible trend and a terrible way to use the technology. Education is more than the transmission of information. The trick is to not to think that the provision of a vidcast or audiocast can make lectrue material available for download and therefore perhaps eliminate the need to hire a lecturer for each session (we can just run the same material next year), for students to be present, etc. etc. but to think how we can use this technology to create a more participatory, dialogical culture of education that encourages students away from the 'economic' model of learning in which the institution is considered the 'provider' of a service and the student their 'customer' or 'client' - one delivering, the other receiving, a clear signal unadulterated by the noise of imagination, creative engagement, or for that matter any engagement whatsoever between student and teacher. Adrian Miles who was on this list has gone a long way in exploring the potential of dynamic networked media in tertiary education and his approach, and the approach of others working in this fairly radical field (currently a lot going on at UNSW where I work and study using wiki's,blogs and podcasts to ensure an active student engagement is an essential part of the course itself) far surpasses the approach that limits this new technology to 'distribution' and the perpetuation of a 'top down' model of education where economics only sees the potential for a pedagogical pyramid with a much wider base, wider distribution of material rather than seeing the potential for new ways of teaching and new ways of being taught.
Mat. On 29/9/05 11:09 AM, "galyon123" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> From today's edition of "Learning Trends"... > > Dentist Students Experience Extreme Learning: A TRENDS reader, > Melanie Abston from Detroit, sent this note to us about the Extreme > Learning underway in Dentistry School: > > "It started with a simple question -- first-year dental student Jared > Van Ittersum wanted to know why all the lectures he attended weren't > available electronically. Now, the University of Michigan School of > Dentistry and Apple Computer Inc. are collaborating on a project that > uses ITunes technology for academics. U-M Dentistry offers audio of > large lecture classes posted online for download by registered U-M > dental students, and uses RSS, a Web syndication method, to send > instructional content to students automatically. John Couch, Apple's > vice president for education, visited the School of Dentistry this > month for a celebration of the program. Lynn Johnson, director of > dentistry informatics and information technology, said the > partnership represents a major shift in how technology is used in > teaching. A demonstration showed a custom ITunes site for the dental > school, offering lectures in a "music store" listing. > > Students who log in using a U-M identity can preview audio of a > lecture, download an individual lecture or subscribe to the downloads > for automated delivery to their computers and MP3 players." > > So my question is, why not go all the way with Vblogging?? > > "gazza" > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/A77XvD/vlQLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
