Perceived Neutrality of Technology and its Potential Impact: Recontextualizing Technology into Adult Learning Settings Using a Cultural Studies Approach

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Author(s): Jim Berger (Western Kentucky University, USA)
Copyright: 2011
Pages: 14
Source title: Encyclopedia of Information Communication Technologies and Adult Education Integration
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Viktor Wang (California State University - Long Beach, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61692-906-0.ch049

Keywords: Adult Learning / Education / Educational Technologies / Information Science Reference

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This chapter seeks to define technology, explore various views of technology, including feminist and afro-centric perspectives, and to identify the cultural dimensions of technology and their impact on adults as learners. I explore the viewpoints of several philosophers and researchers in the field of science and technology studies and use these to show how technology is embedded with cultural values. I propose using a cultural studies model to define various ways to study technology and its impact on adult learners and draw from these to propose ways of examining technology and users, and a means of researching the many “moments of intersection” between technology, adult learners and facilitators.

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