Social and Cultural Implications of Educational Technology.

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This course is focused on the social, cultural, economic, and educational implications of modern learning technologies. Participants will be analyzing current theoretical and empirical research for a broader understanding of the dynamic influences of learning technologies on the prospect of personal and collective transformation. The positive and negative effects of technology upon formal and informal learning spaces will be explored, as well as global issues, such as the impact of the online education industry, as well as aspects of learning technologies that might either improve or exasperate existing systems of inequality, privilege and oppression (i.e., the digital divide; who has and who does not have access to technology, why, and what can be done?).