1. South of Amman, June 25th, 2011

3. THINKING DEEPLY ABOUT THE SHALLOWS..... Michael Coghlan Mobilizethis 22/10/21010

7. Individual Knowledge in the Internet Age – Larry SangerMemorisation unnecessary Collaboration v Individual Learning Books (Deep Reading) v Network Constructed Knowledge

8. NEW TECHNOLOGY ROUTINELY INSPIRES FEAR OF CHANGE

9. THE MEDIEVAL HELPDESK http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQHX-SjgQvQ

11. Bishop of Milan (380): silent reading considered unnatural

12. Samuel Johnson (18th c) – 2 kinds of knowledge:

13. The knowledge you keep in your head

16. Internet: “a culture of distraction”

17. Multitasking

18. Hypertext

20. Horizontal Learning (multitasking) SMS Surfing iPod Assignment Watching video/TV

21. HORIZONTAL V VERTICAL LEARNING

22. Vertical Learning (single focus) Assignment: What were the principal factors that led to the Indonesian coup in 1965 and the eventual downfall of President Sukarno? (5000 words)

24. Are you finding it harder to concentrate on one thing for long periods? Are you seeing evidence of this in others? Does this matter?

26. MEMORISATION http://www.flickr.com/photos/tanpopo-himawari/2487759975/

27. Collaboration

28. THE INDIVIDUAL WITHOUT A NETWORK CC Licensed Image by Courosa - http://www.flickr.com/photos/courosa/3863055058/

29. THE FUTURE OF THE BOOK? AND THEREFORE OF READING?

31. http://flickr.com/photos/32912387@N00/171506548/

32. SLOW LEARNING "It is going to become very fashionable at some point to be disconnected," Silicon Valley futurist Paul Saffo predicts. "There are going to be people who wear their disconnectivity like a badge.“ http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20070111/1a_tech-noxx.art.htm

34. culture of immediacy values fast knowledge which in turn runs counter to the development of both the self and the mind.

35. The thoughtless and widespread use of technology as the universal solution to the rising need for fast knowledge is wrong and must be questioned. Often in developing countries, such as India, the term ‘digital divide’ is used to support the argument that the use of new technologies, alone, will create conditions of learning … That is not true

36. the new digital technologies are tools that allow for learners to develop their imaginations, to be able to play and to have fun, to be able to tell stories in different and exciting ways. But in order to generate value they need to be integrated into new forms and structures in an invisible and contextual manner - one where new media arts can sustain social change.

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