after gutenberg: the tradition of authenticity in a new age
DESCRIPTION
The shift from an oral to a written tradition also created a shift from the synchronous to the asynchronous. What if our reliance on the reproduction of written (and recorded) communication really was just a technologically-informed meander—the "Gutenberg Parenthesis"—a necessary diversion on the way to a whole new tradition that demands a new kind of literacy? The popularity and availability of cell phones, iPods, and internet access, combined with social tools like facebook, mySpace, and YouTube have resulted in a Renaissance…full of opportunity and danger that make it more critical than ever that we not forget the past while we forge this new future.TRANSCRIPT
After GutenbergT h e t r a d i t i o n o f
a u t h e n t i c i t y i n a n e w a g e
Chris Lott and Carol Gering, Center for Distance Education
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what is literacy in
2009?
specialized literacy
Aural Literacy
seatbelt
alarm clock
emergency broadcast
elevator doors
train is approaching
fax machine
Data Visualization
literacy is plural
Partnership for 21st Century Skills
U.S. Department of Education
National Education Association
Nationally recognized businesses, such as:AOL Time Warner Foundation
Apple Computer
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Dell Computer Corp.
Microsoft Corporation
key elements of 21st century learning
life skills
21st century content
core subjects
learning and thinking skills
information and communications technology literacy
authentic assessments
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it’s easy to recognize changes
in technology…
it’s more difficult to recognize changes in:
communication patterns
basic life skills
learning and thinking skills
information processing
economy of words
E = mc2
we live in a global village
ubiquitous connectivity
pervasive proximity
Life Skillsconsuming
producing
communicating
consuming information
producing and communicating
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Walter Ongorality – literacy – 2nd orality
literacy
orality 2ndorality
Oral Tradition Literacy A Second Orality
Collective Individual Connective
A Live Wire A Closed Circuit A Power Station
Personally experienced 'Objective' (distanced, reflected) Consensus and contingency
Synchronous Asynchronous Distributed presence
Persuasion through presence (intrinsic and peer authority)
Persuasion through logic and scientific method (external authority)
Persuasion through resilience and resonance (collective authority)
Authority through relationship Authority through citation Authority through continuing interaction and resilience
Improvisational Presentation/Performance "Complete" Authorship Improvisational Content (mixed media, re-purposing, expansion)
Originality Through the Telling Originality through Precise Description Originality in Presentation and Participation
Stewardship Ownership Collaborative sense-making
Associative Hierarchical (Taxonomic) Folksonomic
Shared Narrative Analysis Discovery and Personal Narrative
Clustered Linear Hypertextual
Permutative Unified, Codified, Static ('Complete' and Reproducible) Connected and Generative
Accumulation and Layering Replication and Reproduction Accretion and Organic Growth
Knowing what you can Knowing what you need Knowing enough
At the Time Ahead of Time Just in Time
Memorizing Stories Preparing Reproducible Stories Improvising Stories
Transmission Manipulation (identification and categorization) Participation (process and production)
Immediate Memory Local Storage Network Storage (access)
Technology as Necessity Technology as Application Technology as Environment
Proximal Local Global
orality – literacy – 2nd orality
orality – literacy – 2nd orality
orality – literacy – 2nd orality
orality – literacy – 2nd orality
domainknowledge
criticalthinking
INFORMATIONFLUENCY
presentation
insight
rhetoric
reportage
presentationw/ feedback
domainknowledge
criticalthinking
reevaluate
explore
create (original product)
contribute
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