en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/520609 Comments by kevindonovan https://edutechdebate.org/literacies-old-and-new/google-stupid-attention-thoughtfulness-literacy-networked-age/#IDComment90612268 Happening in a few moments is a good-looking event about mobile media and the effects on attention: <a href="http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2010/08/crawford" target="_blank">http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2010...</a> Tue, 3 Aug 2010 16:20:28 +0000 https://edutechdebate.org/literacies-old-and-new/google-stupid-attention-thoughtfulness-literacy-networked-age/#IDComment90612268 https://edutechdebate.org/ict-in-education/memories-of-icts-long-ago/#IDComment21768817 On the topic of evaluating ICT4E investments, a recent paper took a look at ODL investments in South Asia: <a href="http://tr.im/lG3c" target="_blank">http://tr.im/lG3c</a> Mon, 18 May 2009 17:19:26 +0000 https://edutechdebate.org/ict-in-education/memories-of-icts-long-ago/#IDComment21768817 https://edutechdebate.org/ict-in-education/not-quite-the-best-but-pretty-good/#IDComment21767727 It seems to me that two-way ICT is essential for driving innovation. The work of scholars like Eric von Hipple or Yochai Benkler shows that harnessing the feedback mechanisms inherent in technologies like the Internet are powerful catalysts for innovation. Certainly tech like the radio is more accessible and remains important to much of the world, but in our rush for &quot;appropriate&quot; technology, we shouldn&#039;t lose focus on the different capabilities of different technology. Mon, 18 May 2009 16:55:19 +0000 https://edutechdebate.org/ict-in-education/not-quite-the-best-but-pretty-good/#IDComment21767727 https://edutechdebate.org/ict-in-education/are-icts-the-best-educational-investment/#IDComment21767458 Eh... that seems rather teleological. I think &#039;appropriate&#039; is probably the right word, but its use often seems pejorative and not very constructive. Mon, 18 May 2009 16:49:31 +0000 https://edutechdebate.org/ict-in-education/are-icts-the-best-educational-investment/#IDComment21767458 https://edutechdebate.org/ict-in-education/are-icts-the-best-educational-investment/#IDComment21495679 Actually just tried to flesh out that idea a little more. Would be interested to hear everyone&#039;s thoughts: <a href="http://blurringborders.com/2009/05/15/a-quick-challenge-to-appropriate-technology/" target="_blank">http://blurringborders.com/2009/05/15/a-quick-cha...</a> Fri, 15 May 2009 04:07:54 +0000 https://edutechdebate.org/ict-in-education/are-icts-the-best-educational-investment/#IDComment21495679 https://edutechdebate.org/ict-in-education/are-icts-the-best-educational-investment/#IDComment21494643 How useful, really, is the term &quot;appropriate technology&quot;? I agree with the sentiment, and recognize the need to make it more widely understood, but to actual practitioners, it seems that the term can be used as an unchallengeable assertion. But, in reality, it is hard to tell, a priori, what is appropriate (obvious examples notwithstanding). Far more important, it seems, is taking one of many potentially appropriate technologies and making them work through a systemic approach. Fri, 15 May 2009 03:38:29 +0000 https://edutechdebate.org/ict-in-education/are-icts-the-best-educational-investment/#IDComment21494643 https://edutechdebate.org/ict-in-education/are-icts-the-best-educational-investment/#IDComment21392676 Hi Jon - you might be interested in what John Daly mentions about radio instruction outperforming teachers <a href="http://edutechdebate.org/ict-in-education/not-quite-the-best-but-pretty-good/#respond" target="_blank">http://edutechdebate.org/ict-in-education/not-qui...</a> Wed, 13 May 2009 18:32:45 +0000 https://edutechdebate.org/ict-in-education/are-icts-the-best-educational-investment/#IDComment21392676 https://edutechdebate.org/ict-in-education/not-quite-the-best-but-pretty-good/#IDComment21392547 The Dominican experiment is interesting - but how was radio _interactive_? Wed, 13 May 2009 18:30:11 +0000 https://edutechdebate.org/ict-in-education/not-quite-the-best-but-pretty-good/#IDComment21392547 https://edutechdebate.org/educational-vision/expanding-the-discussion-of-ict4e/#IDComment20033229 It reminds me of Karl Popper&#039;s distinction between problems as &quot;clouds&quot; and problems as &quot;clocks.&quot; Complex issues, in his reasoning, were somewhere between clouds - irregular and unpredictable - and clocks - regular and predictable. Though the technology is a clock, the mind seems much closer to a cloud. Here&#039;s his writing on the topic: <a href="http://tr.im/jRbd" target="_blank">http://tr.im/jRbd</a> Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:48:45 +0000 https://edutechdebate.org/educational-vision/expanding-the-discussion-of-ict4e/#IDComment20033229 https://edutechdebate.org/educational-vision/expanding-the-discussion-of-ict4e/#IDComment20032182 It reminds me of Karl Popper&#039;s distinction between problems as &quot;clouds&quot; and problems as &quot;clocks.&quot; Complex issues, in his reasoning, were somewhere between clouds - irregular and unpredictable - and clocks - regular and predictable. Though the technology is a clock, the mind seems much closer to a cloud. Here&#039;s his writing on the topic: <a href="http://tr.im/jRbd" target="_blank">http://tr.im/jRbd</a> Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:22:57 +0000 https://edutechdebate.org/educational-vision/expanding-the-discussion-of-ict4e/#IDComment20032182