Wikiworld

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. The Way We Learn Has Changed: Institutionalised Learning Has Transformed 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. It Offers An Overview Of The Use Of New Technologies And Learning Practices. A Critical Paradigm Of Education -- Digital Literacy And Political Economy -- Radical Monopolies -- The World Divided In Two -- Edutopias And Active Citizenship -- Stages Of Freedom: From Social To Socialist Media. Juha Suoranta And Tere Vadén. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Contents......Page 8 List of Tables......Page 9 Acknowledgements......Page 10 Introduction......Page 12 1. A Critical Paradigm of Education......Page 18 2. Digital Literacy and Political Economy......Page 40 3. Radical Monopolies......Page 61 4. The World Divided in Two......Page 83 5. Edutopias and Active Citizenship......Page 121 6. Stages of Freedom: From Social to Socialist Media......Page 147 Conclusion, or Towards Educational Superabundance......Page 179 References......Page 190 Index......Page 204 The future of education in today's revolutionary digital world