Re-Schooloing Society in the Digital Age

Download or read book Re-Schooloing Society in the Digital Age written by Mohamed Ziad Hamdan and published by Al Manhal. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What future is there for formal schools and schooling in an increasingly digital age? Are educational technologists justified in arguing for the re-construction of school processes and practices along digital lines? Do contemporary digital technologies simply render the educational institution entirely obsolete? This paper outlines – and then critiques - the radical forms of digital ‘re-schooling’ and ‘de-schooling’ that are often argued for within current academic debates over educational technology community. Instead the paper explores a number of opportunities for using digital technologies to work with schools as they currently are, rather than against them. In particular an ‘agenda for adjustment’ is presented that, if implemented, could see schools revitalised as sites of innovative, imaginative and empowering digital technology use. Descriptor(s): EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY | COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION | DIGITAL COMMUNICATION | EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT | STUDENTS