CCT109H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: New Literacies, Connectivism, Digital Divide

• School: UTM
• Department: Communication, Culture and Technology
• Course: CCT109H5
• Professor: Brett Caraway

Document Summary

Push to go to university: tuition: in 1990 and today: . Increasing because of government deregulation, and so is expectation that everyone gets a degree. 2002: mit: opencourseware: connectivism knowledge approach to learning (i. e. de-centralized model based on engagement with knowledge over simple transmission) Learning is based on notion of engagement and participation: very large range of classes and subject, typically extremely high enrolment but with significant attrition, can grant certificates of complete, but not degrees, popular perceptions: accessibility (esp. To third world); opportunity to enhance knowledge/skills; networking; do it yourself approach to learning; free (for now) Educational apps for children: market in new media, kids learning. Context matters: knowledge economy, creative economy, etc; all place heavy emphasis on constant education and training; also globalization, competition, capitalism all place new demands on families and children. New styles of parenting and authority (e. g. helicopter parents) where kids must constantly success (and are not allowed to fail)