Comments on: The attention economy and the future of education http://punya.educ.msu.edu/2012/08/08/the-attention-economy-and-the-future-of-education/ Punya Mishra's Web Wed, 22 May 2013 09:49:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Punya Mishra http://punya.educ.msu.edu/2012/08/08/the-attention-economy-and-the-future-of-education/comment-page-1/#comment-1768097 Punya Mishra Fri, 10 Aug 2012 18:02:56 +0000 http://punya.educ.msu.edu/?p=2012#comment-1768097 @Dan McGuire Thanks for the comment. Well now that the library is the world, or the world is the library, issues of access change in interesting ways.

]]> By: Dan McGuire http://punya.educ.msu.edu/2012/08/08/the-attention-economy-and-the-future-of-education/comment-page-1/#comment-1768091 Dan McGuire Fri, 10 Aug 2012 13:31:33 +0000 http://punya.educ.msu.edu/?p=2012#comment-1768091 I like the idea of an attention economy, and I know my wife would, too. The economizing feature of this economy will be the records that are kept and the process for sharing those records. Libraries have been thought ledgers that allowed access to those who behaved well in the library and the systems that managed the libraries.

]]> By: Punya Mishra http://punya.educ.msu.edu/2012/08/08/the-attention-economy-and-the-future-of-education/comment-page-1/#comment-1768047 Punya Mishra Thu, 09 Aug 2012 17:13:07 +0000 http://punya.educ.msu.edu/?p=2012#comment-1768047 @Stephen Vassallo, Actually I would say yes. The more I think about it, the more important issues like motivation, self-directed learning becoming.

@ Justin M. Thanks for the Douglas Adams reference. I am am huge fan… for instance see this.

Speaking to your broader point, I would agree that we need to rethink what we mean by courses. I am not sure that we need to totally dump syllabi, objectives, assessments – but rather that we need to rethink them and align them with this new “non-racetrack” world we are entering into. Syllabi / assessments are not the problem per se, just how they are structured and what their goals are.

]]> By: Justin M. http://punya.educ.msu.edu/2012/08/08/the-attention-economy-and-the-future-of-education/comment-page-1/#comment-1767981 Justin M. Thu, 09 Aug 2012 05:11:49 +0000 http://punya.educ.msu.edu/?p=2012#comment-1767981 The sentence “The root of the word “curriculum” on which all of our formal educational systems are now based, the root meaning of the term is a circular racetrack for chariots.” This is true for so many reasons because essentially that’s where all of our courses are coming from…curriculum. The world today is more often than not, very unlike a racetrack. It’s more like a trip upon a spacecraft like the “heart of gold” from hitchhikers guide to the galaxy (sorry, it’s my summer read). You never know where you’re going to end up or what types of skills you are going to need to survive in this universe. The challenge therein lies with not being able then to create “traditional” courses with syllabi, objectives, assessments then doesn’t it? Curious to hear your thoughts…

]]> By: Stephen Vassallo http://punya.educ.msu.edu/2012/08/08/the-attention-economy-and-the-future-of-education/comment-page-1/#comment-1767960 Stephen Vassallo Wed, 08 Aug 2012 21:49:26 +0000 http://punya.educ.msu.edu/?p=2012#comment-1767960 So, we need to teach people to be self-regulating learners?

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