Matt’s Notes
It’s a funny thing. We recorded episode 39 last weekend, but as sometimes happens due to quality control issues, we felt compelled to have a re-do. That’s not the funny thing. The funny thing is that in so doing, we’ve set up a veritable quartet of thematically— and indeed seasonally— related episodes, before we land back on the original topic for which this episode is a do-over in early January. An anticipated return to the past, even though such return is forecast into the future… which, ultimately is in keeping with this episode’s topic: namely, the Ghosts of Ed Tech Past! Please click below as suits your inclinations!
Let it never be said that we have not avoided double negatives! #ednontech
By now, I’ve come to really enjoy diving into my emails-to-self! It takes something that was somewhat neurotic and less purposeful and turns it to something somewhat less neurotic, and somewhat more purposeful. That’s what I call a win-win-win!
Athabasca University Press
The email to myself in this case isn’t a link! Which is unusual. In this case, the email has no text whatsoever… which, for me, is in no ways unusual. What qualifies here as significant memoranda is that it is their Book Proposal Form!
Why include it in the Ghosts of Past notes? Early during my time at TRU, I put forward a proposal for a book which was well-received by AUP, but ultimately did not come to fruition. Through their editorial office, I reviewed a book by a significant author as part of their process for getting that book ready for publication. It was awesome! A very rewarding experience!
Anyway, you can’t talk about distance education in Canada without talking about AU, for many, many reasons. I like to think that somehow my work in the ed tech and/or ed non-tech fields might someday lead to the opportunity to work with them again. And so… a copy of their book proposal form for whenever I get sufficient bottle to fill it out!
Viva the (online) Writing Centre!
I’ve yet to describe my abiding love for writing centres, at least not to the extent that they deserve!
I count myself as profoundly lucky to have spent the first 6.5 years of my career as an educator working as a Communications Instructor at the College of the North Atlantic-Qatar… AKA CNA-Q. There’s nowhere close to the space or the time right now to talk about the CNA-Q years… BUT, for the purposes of this episode… as part of that time, I worked as a Mentor with the Advanced Writing Centre (AWC), and had, professionally, the time of my life.
Somehow, in another parallel life trajectory, I am working my entire career as a college-level language teacher and loving the shit out of it. I would go back to that kind of work again in a heartbeat under the right circumstances…
ANYWAY
Despite my EXTREMELY AMBIVALENT FEELINGS about my previous role, one consistent high point was working as a volunteer tutor with the TRU Writing Centre. I began around the middle of my uh… pre-un-tenure-track… time there, and it was a real highlight in a pretty turbulent time in my personal and professional life! One of the staff members there is a very accomplished writer and has shared their work for me to look at & comment on… and that is always a cool thing for me!
ANYWAY X2
After stepping away at the end of last year due to various factors, I’m going to be back! One hour per week of asynchronous tutoring. I get to feel like I’m still somehow an English teacher, cause that’s really something I valued and enjoyed!
The AI Issue: The New Yorker
I’ve had the link sitting in my email for many weeks. I still haven’t read it! But uh… I did have the Bing AI generate a bunch of images of a sharks being jumped so as to render these in H5P! So… bring on the AI-Generated Future! Etc.!
Highlights from NSIRA’s 2022 Annual Report
AKA: National Security and Intelligence Review Agency Annual Report 2022
As I’m spending more time in the security / law enforcement / defense space(s) online for various aspects of my role, I’m finding that links such as these are appearing in my (shudder) LinkedIn feed.
Ultimately, this is a high-level overview of very specific administrative procedures of intelligence organizations in this country… which… falls broadly under things that are professionally interesting to me lately!
Your 2023 Replay (Apple Music)
Besides the various fancy-schmancy-creepy personalized analytics that go along with the presentation of the Apple Wrapped and/or Spotify Replay… I find it really amazing and also completely unsurprising that I reached a certain point this year of having listened to a single band on a single device for nearly three weeks straight… speaking of ghosts and sharks being jumped!
Doug’s Notes
Ghosts of EdTech Past
The slate is beginning to disappear, there is no doubt about it…. And what are the educational gains?
Paper versus Slate. (1901, July). The Education Circular: Western Australia, IV(1), 172.
Early in the history of radio, educators recognized its possibilities as an educational tool. In 1922 seventy three stations (in the USA) were broadcasting from educational institutions.
Meserve, G. H. (1940). The radio as an effective means of adult civic education (Doctoral dissertation, Boston University).
An annotated bibliography
A growing awareness of the potential importance to education of media such as radio, television, and motion pictures, is reflected in the notable increase in published literature on the subject.
Hamill, P. B. (1960). Radio and Television: A Selected Bibliography. Bulletin, 1960, No. 25. OE-34004. Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.
The list of reasons why educational radio declined in the 1930s.
… grave need for a study in depth the use of radio in aiding the practical application and propagation of the ideals of community education with especial attention to so-called underdeveloped countries.
Inquai, S. (1963). The application of radio in community education in Ethiopia. The Ohio State University.
… the current definition relates those activities or practices to processes and resources for learning.
… most individuals outside of the profession, as well as many inside it, when asked to define the term instructional technology mention computers, videos, CD ROMs, overhead and slide projectors, and other types of hardware and software typically associated with the term instructional media.
Reiser, R. A. (2001). A history of instructional design and technology: Part I: A history of instructional media. Educational technology research and development, 49(1), 53-64.
With educational technology defined as any systematic approach to instruction …
Johann Comenius (1592-1670), whom he calls “the first true forerunner of modern educational technology”.
Saettler, P. (2004). The evolution of American educational technology. IAP.
Found in the pages of an old #ednontech handout!
Word of the Podcast
Past Edtech
Phrase of the Podcast
We have joined a tradition of service to help people.
Question of the Podcast
What have we learned from the past of Ed Tech?
Thanks for joining us! We hope your New Year is one for the books!
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