Podcast
Abstract:
Designing and using new
media effectively in classrooms in ways that sustain, engage and transform
is challenging for everyone working in the field of educational media today.
Using experiences and contexts set in India, this paper posits a serious
need to move the designing and creating of these tools from being just
“stuff” that form part of what is being described today as the “Plentitude”.
Moving from just making and using digital “stuff” in classrooms to working
at creating vibrant and creative ways that foster deep learning is the
challenge of our times. This challenge is one that needs educators, policy
makers and designers to make a conscious shift from the philosophy of the
plentitude to a philosophy of slowness and connectedness.
Biographical
Information:
Geetha Narayanan is
the Principal Investigator of Project Vision and the Founder
Director of Srishti School of Art Design and Technology Bangalore.
Over the last few years Geetha has been writing and presenting a
series of papers on the theme of Crafting Change. Her interests lie
in building and creating capacity for sustained and critical social
change through the development of models at the primary, secondary
and tertiary areas of education. Geetha has a real interest in new
media arts and works actively at promoting this as an educator and
as a curator.
