Learning With Digital Technologies: Privileging Persons Over Machines

While education in the United States continues to strike a more utilitarian path, the telos of this such education is still debated, with many a loud voice proclaiming the need for creativity. Indeed, creative activity is asserted as an integral component of human life. This debate raises bigger que...

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Main Author: Mary E. Hess
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Journal of Moral Theology, Inc. 2015-01-01
Series:Journal of Moral Theology
Online Access:https://jmt.scholasticahq.com/article/11285-learning-with-digital-technologies-privileging-persons-over-machines
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description While education in the United States continues to strike a more utilitarian path, the telos of this such education is still debated, with many a loud voice proclaiming the need for creativity. Indeed, creative activity is asserted as an integral component of human life. This debate raises bigger questions; specifically, what does it mean “to know”? And, in an increasingly digitized world, what are the ethical guidelines for utilizing technology in the classroom (and beyond)? A fundamentally relational telos rooted in the fact that “we know even as we are known” acknowledges that accountability is demanded of those who have been given much.
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