Institution, Technology, and the Reproduction of Society
Education is not only the transmission of knowledge. It is always involved in the reproduction of society. Institutions decide what counts as knowledge and how it is valued. Technology extends this process, reinforcing institutional logics but also opening new possibilities for change.
In my latest blog post, I draw on the work of Cornelius Castoriadis to explore how digital learning technologies mediate between reproduction and transformation. The key question is whether these technologies serve mainly to reproduce existing institutional patterns, or whether they can also create genuine spaces for collective imagination.
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e-learning-rules.com/blog/0049…
Hashtags: #Education #eLearning #DigitalPedagogy #CriticalPedagogy #EducationalTechnology
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Education as Polis – Reclaiming the Public Dimension of Learning
What if we treated education as a public practice that builds a shared world, rather than reducing it to skills, metrics, or efficiency?
In my latest blog post I explore the idea of education as polis. This perspective sees learning as a collective act of world making, where classrooms, courses, and digital spaces can nurture the common good. Yet when platforms are structured around surveillance, competition, and control, the public dimension of education is put at risk.
I develop these ideas further here:
e-learning-rules.com/blog/0046…
How can we reclaim digital learning spaces so they truly serve the public good? What practices or examples have you seen that embody this vision?
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#education #elearning #pedagogy #digitallearning #edtech
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Merit, Measurement, and Moral Order: The Market Imaginary in Education
What if the metrics we use in education are not just tools but moral arguments?
Dashboards, rankings, and engagement scores are often framed as neutral measures of learning. But these systems reflect a deeper imaginary shaped by the logic of markets - where efficiency, performance, and competition dominate.
In this post, I explore how educational technologies encode and reproduce a market-based moral order, and consider what it might mean to challenge that framing.
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e-learning-rules.com/blog/0042…
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#Education #DigitalLearning #CriticalPedagogy #Assessment #EdTech #HigherEducation #Imaginaries #LearningDesign #PlatformPolitics
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Institution and Imaginary – How Educational Technology Reproduces the Social-Historical
Educational institutions are not static structures. They are created and sustained by the social imaginaries that shape them. In my latest blog post, I explore how educational technologies are not neutral tools, but active participants in reproducing these institutional logics.
If we want to reimagine education, we also need to rethink the role technology plays in shaping what education is and could become.
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e-learning-rules.com/blog/0036…
#edtech #criticalpedagogy #digitallearning #elearning #highereducation #sociologyofeducation
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AI, Assessment, and the Automation of Judgement
If AI can write essays, mark them, and generate feedback, what does that say about the way we assess learning?
In this post, I explore how the use of AI in education does not just disrupt assessment - it reveals how mechanised our judgement already is. What happens when machines are better at performing the tasks we use to define student achievement?
Is this a crisis, or an invitation to reimagine assessment altogether?
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e-learning-rules.com/blog/0030…
#AI #Assessment #Education #CriticalPedagogy #DigitalLearning #AuthenticAssessment #EdTech #Automation #Friendica
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Reclaiming Society - How Progressive Education Can Resist the Rise of Extremism
New blog post now live.
What role can education - especially in its online and digital forms - play in resisting the rise of extremism and reclaiming democratic values?
In this piece, I explore how progressive, participatory learning can help counter polarisation, challenge market-driven narratives, and build civic agency. This isn’t just a curriculum question - it’s a question of what kind of society we want education to support.
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e-learning-rules.com/blog/0025…
#Education #CriticalPedagogy #ProgressiveEducation #DigitalLearning #OpenEducation #FriendicaEdu
Designing AI-Resilient Assessment: Reclaiming Human Learning in an Age of Automation
In my latest blog post, I explore how educators can design assessments that maintain their integrity and authenticity in an era increasingly dominated by artificial intelligence. How can we ensure assessment genuinely reflects human learning rather than AI-generated answers? I provide practical strategies and insights to keep learning human-centred and meaningful.
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e-learning-rules.com/blog/0024…
#Assessment #AI #HigherEducation #Pedagogy #DigitalLearning #CriticalEdTech #OnlineLearning #AcademicIntegrity
