Book chapter
Creating Experimenting Communities in the Future University
The University Becoming, pp 185-200
01 Jan 2021
Abstract
The connected global world brings groups of people together, who are otherwise separated by geographical distances, time and economic constraints to play, learn, experiment and work together. The potential of the internet and digital technologies are enormous regarding informal learning. Digital technologies provide a myriad of platforms and formats for informal learning to take place in a range of communities where common interests are held and outcomes are not predetermined. Given the connectedness of everything around us and the potential for a global learning environment where anything is possible, we are interested in exploring what kinds of pedagogies could harness the enormous potential of digital technology in order to equip students to take a critical stance and take action in an uncertain future. Harnessing the potential of the digital in meaningful and creative ways and integrating these into formal modes of learning at the university, however, have not been particularly successful. Often strong institutional practices, led by neoliberal discourses, bend and manipulate digital learning technologies into particular kinds of managerial and performative strategies.
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- Title
- Creating Experimenting Communities in the Future University
- Creators
- Sarah Robinson - Aarhus UniversityKlaus Thestrup - Aarhus UniversityWesley Shumar - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- The University Becoming, pp 185-200
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Communication
- Other Identifier
- 991021863974304721