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Wikiworld
Juha Suoranta
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Description for Wikiworld
paperback. A historical and political analysis of the future of education in today's digital world of technological transformation and revolution. Num Pages: 208 pages, 4 tables. BIC Classification: GTC; JNV; U. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 207 x 117 x 13. Weight in Grams: 258.
Wikiworld explores a revolution in the world of education. The way we learn is changing: institutionalised learning is transforming into new forms of critical learning and open collaboration. This book offers a historical and political framework to think about the future of learning and educational media.
The authors provide an overview of the use of new technologies and learning practices, and assess how the changing nature of education can lead to a more socially just future. At the same time, they place their analysis of education within a wider social and economic framework of contemporary capitalism. ... Read more
Wikiworld explores a revolution in the world of education. The way we learn is changing: institutionalised learning is transforming into new forms of critical learning and open collaboration. This book offers a historical and political framework to think about the future of learning and educational media.
The authors provide an overview of the use of new technologies and learning practices, and assess how the changing nature of education can lead to a more socially just future. At the same time, they place their analysis of education within a wider social and economic framework of contemporary capitalism. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745328911
SKU
V9780745328911
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About Juha Suoranta
Juha Suoranta is a Finnish social scientist, and public intellectual and Professor of Adult Education at the University of Tampere, Finland. He is the author of Wikiworld (Pluto, 2009). Tere Vaden is Adjunct Professor in Hypermedia and Philosophy at the University of Tampere, Finland. He is the author of Wikiworld (Pluto, 2009).
Reviews for Wikiworld
'Provides the kind of theoretical grounding many of us have been missing. The tension between technology and society is presented with reference to Marx, Heidegger, Nietzsche and Marcuse'
Nick Jankowski, Associate Professor, Department of Communication, University of Nijmegen
Nick Jankowski, Associate Professor, Department of Communication, University of Nijmegen