EdTech, Critical Pedagogy, Digital Education, Philosophy of Education

What kind of person does EdTech imagine when it speaks of the "autonomous learner"?

This post explores how the dominant model of autonomy in digital education often reflects an individualised, self-managing ideal rooted in what Charles Taylor calls the "buffered self." It questions what is lost when we strip autonomy of its relational and ethical dimensions.

Can we imagine a richer form of autonomy - one that foregrounds co-creation, dialogue, and critical agency?

Read the full post here:
e-learning-rules.com/blog/0041…

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A retro-futuristic figure sits at a glowing control panel surrounded by abstract data screens and holographic profiles, evoking themes of autonomy, surveillance, and digital identity in education.