Delving into the Prensky article regarding digital immigrants vs digital natives, I can't get past a quote in the opening paragraph: Today’s students are no longer the people our educational system was designed to teach. Even beyond the concept of comparing learners in a designer's target population based on their entry into Web 2.0, how learners approach life from their variable cultural contexts and dimensions of diversity must inform how technology works in design. What is the point of designing learning within a social media or relflexive content if there are significant barriers to learners accessing the platform? The digital divide is real and separates learners still based on racial and economic terms worldwide. In the corporate context, while companies have an obligation to stratify the equipment and platform access, the time and investment to allows learners access can also vary on the same lines. It's about diversity! Does design get people in, protect th...
When we consider Web 2.0, the biggest draw is the global reach. The premise of the World Wide Web is to share information (originally a library system) quickly across the miles. All you need is a connection. Wireless Internet and smartphones means that getting connected should be easier. So imagine my surprise when reviewing the Pew Research study from this week's reading that this overview is based on 37 countries. Notably, there are only six sub-Saharan African countries and zero data from Central America and the Caribbean. While DataReportal reports a significant gap in penetration in these areas, these three gaps represent roughly 10% of Internet users. This makes me challenge even the conclusions about sub-Saharan Africa. Worse by erasing such a significant part of the developing world, we miss the high penetration of social media use in the Global South. Global Means Global. If we are truly learning to engage learners a...
I use two Instagram accounts regularly. For #eme6414, I use my public account, dedicated to my holistic health journey @fitby40orelse . Therefore, a Instagram challenge was right up my street. Imagine my surprise when I was playing catch up. Monday, I shared the advice (and pet peeve) of people using their video calling out in public. This is the problem with the use of "intuitive technology" that requires no training...nobody told you that it was rude, did they? Required netiquette classes for all! https://www.instagram.com/p/CfDV7sVD5UU/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Tuesday, I recalled the days of early pandemic when churches were closed and we worshipped at home. I was smart enough to capture on my personal account one communion Sunday when I had no bread or grape juice. With Ritz crackers and orange juice I remembered Christ. As we look at how tech changes our life, I was proud of that moment. https://www.instagram.com/p/CfIiRFcs-MF/?igshid=YmM...
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