Epic show report
BAOL Conference 2003
De Lange stares into the abyss
All this realism was countered by Mathew de Lange from PricewaterhouseCoopers,
who stared into the abyss and saw a future of unstructured
learning, learning agents and a generation who know how to
find out things for themselves, with just a little guidance.
He saw knowledge as essentially unstructured and anarchic,
requiring a looser and less structured approach to its dissemination.
This new world was not the world which Paul was seeing, but
a new generation of computer savvy, flexible and resourceful
adults who were internet ready. Generations X &Y would sweep
the old Big Brother structures away leaving emergent structures,
more 'fit for purpose' because they grow and adapt to real
people in real environments.
An important and fundamental point was that 'Sociology will
always shape technology'. In may ways I agree, and Mathew
rolled out the standard 'No one predicted text messaging'
argument. However, technology has always played a more powerful
causal role than this argument suggests. Writing, printing,
broadcast media, recordable media, computers and the internet
have all led to advances in learning delivery. The internet
is still a major driver in e-learning.
'Sociology always shapes technology'? Well, sometimes.
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