My goal is engage Biesta in a philosophical discussion (because his arguments are largely philosophical). Also, I would like to hone my skills in this form of writing. I’ve noticed that most of the compulsory readings are very philosophical and I’ve not done much of such writing. In essence, my argument is that there can […]

I’m returning to Week 4’s topic because of a conversation I had at work. Background In a communication course, we tasked our students to each share a meme and explain the context behind their choice. A colleague of mine got angry because a student of hers shared what she deemed to be an extremely offensive […]

My idea is to create a Singlish (Colloquial Singaporean English) bot that tweets Singlish expressions. An example of a tweet from the bot would be: “Wah! Raining again today lah!. No money so must still take bus to campus loh!” This bot could be used for a course in linguistics, literature or even cultural studies. […]

(Annotated Bibliography) for Selwyn (2011) Will Technology Displace the Teacher?, and to an extent, Bayne (2015) Teacherbot: interventions in automated learning.   Immediately after reading this chapter, I took a look at my student feedback scores over the last 3 years. Not out of panic… okay partly… but mainly out of curiosity. I wanted to […]

Summary: Bayne (2015) scrutinises the term “technology enhanced learning” (TEL) using three frameworks. “Technology” is unpacked using insights from science and technology studies. “Enhancement” is examined from a critical posthumanist position instead of a transhumanist one. “Learning” is subjected to critique with the use of Biesta’s (2005) work on “learnification”. Essentially, Bayne argues that the […]

Owston et. al. (2011) examined the effects lecture captures (i.e. recordings) on the grades of 439 undergraduate freshmen. The authors’ reported higher achieving students tend to view lecture captures less frequently and comprehensively than lower achieving students. Based on these findings, they suggest that lecture recordings “may benefit” low achievers more (Owston et al., 2011: […]

Stream of consciousness alert! I thought I’d make use of this blog post to consolidate what I’ve learnt in weeks 1 and 2 and the feedback from Huw. I believe the concepts I cover in this blog post will give me a better understanding of Sian’s (2015) article, which I’ve skimmed. Observations I thought I’d […]

  The authors admit that essentialism and instrumentalism are not theories of technology but “general orientations that typify many discourses on technology”. Hence, I will take the opportunity to use this post to check my understanding of the article and key concepts presented. Hamilton and Friesen (2013) highlight the overreliance of the philosophical approaches of […]