Digital to REAL
Digital culture has clarified and better articulated information sharing and communication, composition, calculation, publishing and more. This has provided numerous opportunities for creativity and inventiveness that are being applied in nearly every field. Mixed with the global networks of cyberspace, it is has transformed and rewired many business, corporations and their practices. There is little that is just virtual about its effects for it has contributed mightily to the movement of factories and other places of employment, erasing careers and creating new ones. The impact of these rapid changes has been gut wrenching for many people and communities. Digital cultures one significant failure is that it has not clearly articulated how to create jobs, businesses, places of employment and the wealth or income to survive and thrive within this digital environment. Where is that software program or set on online processes? Even more striking is the almost covert nature of this economic knowledge within public school and university curriculum. For a capitalist democracy, this hidden agenda seems most peculiar. This blog site considers how one might go about fixing this.How does one build the curriculum to move the digital culture towards better support for the entrepreneurship that can deal with this?
posted by Bob Houghton @ 8:31 AM
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Ah, I think I see the problem. When "distance education" created his/her blog, real names were not used. Register again at blogger.com and use real identification, as your user profile is used to identify who is posting.
I would agree that support would grow tremendously from the increase in partnerships. I believe that educators and educational institutions try to meet the needs of the community, but sometimes miss the boat on a need. As teachers we don't have our students guess what they need to do, we tell them. Businesses who are in need of support from educational institutions in the digital age are going to have to step up and make sure these institutions are aware of what is needed. At the same time, educational institutions are going to have to engage in dialogue with businesses concerning the effectiveness of the programs they have in place. It does no good for Western Carolina University to have a degree in entrepreneurship if that degree is not meeting the needs of the students as well as the business industry. I believe that it is going to take open dialogue to between all the parties involved to give direction to the needs of the digital age.
One thing we must also consider is the fact that the public education system needs to catch up with the digital culture and needs to implement more experiential learning so that these students can see and explore how thier learning is used in the real world. Hopefully more funding and support from outside of the public education system can be garnished in an attempt to catch up to the business world.
Schools and teachers need to develop more partnerships with the business and industrial communities. State governments and universities need to closely work with business in order to determine eexactly WHAT skill sets are required to be a productive citizen in society.
Finally, digital learning MUST be required in all aspects of our current curriculum. Yes their are technology competencies that all educators and students must meet but the truth of the matter is that most are not even incorporating these into their curriculums.
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