What role should universities play in the digital public sphere?

In my latest blog post, I explore how digital platforms are reshaping the visibility, legitimacy, and public voice of higher education. As teaching, research, and institutional presence increasingly depend on metrics and commercial infrastructures, we must ask how these changes affect the democratic and participatory ideals that underpin public education.

Can we reimagine the digital university in ways that support dialogue, inclusion, and critical engagement?

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#DigitalUniversity #CriticalPedagogy #PublicSphere #HigherEducation #EdTech #OnlineLearning #DigitalEducation #AcademicFreedom

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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?

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#edtech #elearning #digitalpedagogy #criticalpedagogy #education #philosophy #fediverse

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What if educational autonomy was not about self-managing learning tasks, but about becoming a subject capable of critical thought, reflection, and agency?

Too often, online education reduces autonomy to individualised control over pace and content. My latest blog post argues for reclaiming autonomy as a central educational aim - not a system feature.

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#CriticalPedagogy #OnlineLearning #DigitalEducation #HigherEd #Assessment #learningdesign

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What if the challenge in digital education is not about the technology, but about our failure to imagine education differently?

In this new post, I explore how Cornelius Castoriadis’ concept of radical imagination helps us question the institutional forms we often take for granted. Platforms, data, and automation are not neutral. They reflect and reinforce particular logics. Education can be otherwise.

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#elearning #criticalpedagogy #digitaleducation #educationfutures #instructionaldesign #radicalimagination

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Have educational platforms begun to shape teaching more than pedagogy itself?

In my latest post, I explore how Learning Management Systems and platformed environments quietly configure what is possible in teaching and learning. Rather than rejecting technology, I argue for reclaiming pedagogical space within it – prioritising care, agency, and purpose over system logic.

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#CriticalPedagogy #DigitalEducation #PlatformedLearning #OnlineTeaching #InstructionalDesign #EdTech

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What happens when the tools we use to teach quietly shape what and how we are able to teach?

In this blog post, I explore how platformed learning environments like Canvas constrain pedagogical possibilities—and how educators can resist the logic of the interface to reclaim space for critical, purposeful teaching.

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