I love this idea. It holds so much potential. For my assignments in this course, I have been following online communities that focus on debates and logical assessments of theist and atheist arguments. I learned so much from this community. It is a testament to how you can use social media to teach even abstract and seemingly technical things. It would be incredible to see more of this in other subjects and areas of knowledge.
In the classroom, however, I am not sure. In fact, I think I am still against it. When learning about formal logic from videos from Matt Dillahunty, all I can think about is how I would love to have an academic class with him. Social media can complement academic classroom instruction and format community of practice rather than substitute it, or even be a major part of the class.
For work, that would be annoying. It would be distracting and cumbersome. However, it is a trap. Companies will try to argue that an employee should always be available because, as we have seen this week, we are always on our phones.
Social media has its place and is a wonderful thing, but balance is necessary.
No comments:
Post a Comment