On Monday I was back at LSE for "The Flaw". I'm glad that I'm not limited by the straight jacket of accreditation, so I can let my studies take me in what ever direction seems appropriate.
I'm interested in 21st century systems
- Many systems are interwoven
- Many systems are in transition
- Economic systems are in transition
It's not surprising that ecomomics keeps cropping up in events that interest me and blogs that I read
- Response to "Shared Intent & Purpose for Action - Bridging the Gap between Micro & Macro - The next economic paradigm" http://dadamac.posterous.com/response-to-shared-intent-purpose-for-action
- Response to "Open Collaboration – The Next Economic Paradigm" http://dadamac.posterous.com/response-to-open-collaboration-the-next-econo
Education
Education is my main study area (see earlier diary Dadamacadamy learner's diary–Pamela: May 2011) and it is featuring again this week, in various links I have posted to dadamac's posterous and the comments I have made.
There are criticisms of the relevance and methods in the traditional school system - from two contrasting continents, but very similar criticisms.
- Fwd - The Changing Role of the Teacher in the 21st Century http://dadamac.posterous.com/fwd-the-changing-role-of-the-teacher-in-the-2
- Fwd - youtube - Education system needs rethinking: Sam Pitroda http://dadamac.posterous.com/fwd-youtube-education-system-needs-rethinking
There is also criticism of PhD studies related to Community Informatics, and the lack of relevance to students they get back home to "Less Developed Countries" and need to apply what they have learned.
- Response to - The Dead Hand of (Western) Academe: Community Informatics in a Less Developed Country Context http://dadamac.posterous.com/response-to-the-dead-hand-of-western-academe
Not unconnected to the theme of that criticism is the blog about technology - which also emphasises the need for things to actually work in practice.
- Why technology is only 10 percent of ICT solution success http://dadamac.posterous.com/why-technology-is-only-10-percent-of-ict-solu
In my responses I'm cautiously optimistic that we may be starting to see a recognition of the need for developers to work on the "people" side fo things - not just "the tech" - and for academics to work more closely with people who are active at the grass roots.