FYI. This is what a lot of us have been talking about with the XO laptop, Open Digital Villages, and so on.
On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 6:10 PM, Frederick Noronha [फ़रेदरिक नोरोनया] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > WIKIWORLD > Political Economy and the Promise of Participatory Media > > Juha Suoranta & Tere Vadén > University of Tampere, Finland > > In the digital world of learning there is a progressive transformation from > the institutionalized and individualized forms of learning to open learning > and collaboration. The book provides a critical view on the use of new > technologies and learning practices in furthering socially just futures, > while at the same time paying critical attention to the constants, or > "unmoved movers" of the information society development; the West and > Capitalism. The essential issue in the Wikiworld is one of freedom – levels > and kinds of freedom. Our message is clear: we write for the radical > openness of education for all. > > DOWNLOAD THE PDF > > Contents > > Introduction > > 1. A Critical Paradigm of Education > > 2. Digital Literacy and Political Economy > > 3. Radical Monopolies: Schools, Computer Softwares and Social Media > > 4. The World Divided in Two > > 5. Edutopias and the Promise of Active Citizenship > > 6. From Social Media to Socialist Media > > Conclusion > > References > http://wikiworld.wordpress.com/ > -- > ---------------------------------------------------------- > Frederick 'FN' Noronha | Ym/Gmailtalk: fredericknoronha > http://fn.goa-india.org | [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Independent Journalist | +91(832)2409490 Cell 9970157402 > ---------------------------------------------------------- > __._,_.___ > > > Your email settings: Individual Email|Traditional > Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) > Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch to > Fully Featured > Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe > > __,_._,___ -- Edward Cherlin End Poverty at a Profit by teaching children business http://www.EarthTreasury.org/ "The best way to predict the future is to invent it."--Alan Kay _______________________________________________ Olpc-open mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-open
