CMNS 2228 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Knowledge Worker, Johannes Gutenberg, Flickr
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The major stages in human development are referred to as paradigmatic shifts: major changes in society, learning, technology and knowledge. Four major paradigmatic shifts/ socio-technological shifts: speech (40,000bc) The communal history of knowledge, beliefs, culture and skills could be passed from one generation to the next. Enabled oral histories" to be pass from one person to another/generation to generation. Important tool for sharing, archiving and transmitting information and knowledge: writing (10,000bc) Numeracy and literacy developed as result of the surplus of food and goods (from trade) Storage and trade of goods required a form of recording- writing solved that need. Formalized learning focused on skills of writing, reading and counting. Only people from privileged backgrounds were allowed to learn the skills: printing (1600a. d) Enabled books such as bibles to be printed in large numbers for less cost than handwritten which were only available to the church and elite. Motivated people to learn to read/ seek formal education: internet (2000a. d)
