A noteworthy op-ed in the New York Times, November 18th 2017, adds to the mounting awareness of how digital technologies steal time as much as they save it, erodes relations as much as they enable them; offering a sense of “global belonging” and at the same time a rush to “belong” – all the time. Dan Sax writes: Many of us bought into the fantasy that digital made everything better.
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Visual futures of education
How do students respond to the challenge of making stuff in class, rather than commenting on stuff in your usual group interactions? What happens when you ask them to express themselves differently, and together? Exploring new formats for student interaction – also known as collaborative learning? At our World Learning Summit in June 2016, WeVideo presented their tool for cloud-based, collaborative video production. They were with us at our Stanford
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