27. “ He who receives ideas from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine receives light without darkening me.” Thomas Jefferson
37. (Education Involves More) (It turns out the Internet is pretty good at facilitating these other things as well.)
38. Sharing the Stage Technology always plays opposite it’s nemesis, policy
39. 15 th Century Perhaps the greatest technological advance ever
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41. 15 th Century Also the most draconian restrictions on information dissemination ever
42. The Bible Huge demand for vernacular editions, but illegal (and expensive)
43. Instead of Obliging… Ramped up production of “indulgences” and stricter laws against vernacular editions
44. “ Whosoever reads the Scriptures in the mother tongue, shall forfeit land, cattle, life, and goods from their heirs forever, and so be condemned for heretics to God, enemies to the crown, and most arrant traitors to the land.” English Law, 15 th Century
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Take education as another example. The way we educate one another is also based on scarcity thinking for historical reasons. The lecture format dates back to at least 1000 years before Christ. Lecture as format – old. Deuteronomy 31 – gather every 7 years. There was a limit to how many people could get within earshot. Books (scrolls and codices) were prohibitively expensive to make, so attending lecture was your only choice. historically been a time-bound broadcast medium, Like radio or television.
As paper became more affordable, dictations became the common form in early universities, and students hand wrote their own copies of texts.
Gutenberg’s metallic movable type might have changed everything. CC By NC SA Photo from http://www.flickr.com/photos/troymccluresf/3544183807/
Revise their pedagogy? No. Dictate annotations instead.
And this is still our primary mode of instruction, 3000 years later.
Massive hyperlinking; 300,000 person communities of interest; etc.
Podcasting, blogs, independent films
Stock and weather data
Classroom experience versus using Google and online groups
Classroom experience versus using Google and online groups
Imagine Sci Fi section only open from 6-7. http://www.flickr.com/photos/umjanedoan/497374910/
Can you remember a time when you had to be somewhere at a certain time to watch a TV show. My kids can’t. An important question for education is, Why is the lecture different?
No. We’re not talking about just putting more classes on the internet.
Not just experiences that take four, six, or eight years
