Edupunk
Edupunk is a do it yourself (DIY) attitude to teaching and learning practices.[1][2] Tom Kuntz described edupunk as "an approach to teaching that avoids mainstream tools like PowerPoint and Blackboard, and instead aims to bring the rebellious attitude and DIY ethos of ’70s bands like The Clash to the classroom."[3] Many instructional applications can be described as DIY education or edupunk.
The term was first used on May 25, 2008, by Jim Groom in his blog,[4] and covered less than a week later in the Chronicle of Higher Education.[1] Stephen Downes, an online education theorist and an editor for the International Journal of Instructional Technology and Distance Learning, noted that "the concept of edupunk has totally caught wind, spreading through the blogosphere like wildfire".[5]
Aspects
Edupunk has risen from an objection to the efforts of government and corporate interests in reframing and bundling emerging technologies into cookie-cutter products with pre-defined application—somewhat similar to traditional punk ideologies.[6]
The reaction to corporate influence on education is only one part of edupunk, though. Stephen Downes has identified three aspects to this approach:
- Reaction against commercialization of learning
- Do-it-yourself attitude
- Thinking and learning for yourself[7]
Examples
An example of edupunk was the University of British Columbia's course "Wikipedia:WikiProject Murder Madness and Mayhem" experiment of creating articles on Wikipedia in spring 2008, "(having) one’s students as partners and peers."[8] A video clip illustrating an edupunk approach, produced by Tony Hirst at the Open University in the UK, on 8 June 2008, illustrated how quickly the edupunk concept has been adopted outside North America.[9] A website set up by Australian educators illustrates how edupunk spread,[10] and a presentation by Norm Friesen of Thompson Rivers University identifies a number of possible intellectual precursors for the movement.[citation needed]
Hampshire College, Evergreen State College, Marlboro College, New College of Florida, and Warren Wilson College are collegiate institutions imbued with edupunk ideology.[11][12]
See also
- Democratic education
- Self-directed learning
- Student-centered education
- Unschooling
- Anarchistic free school
- Critical pedagogy
- Autodidacticism
- Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)
Notes
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Keats, Jonathon (2008-09-22). "Jargon Watch: Green Crude, Popcorning, Edupunk". Wired Magazine. Retrieved 2008-10-17.
- ^ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Groom, Jim (2008-05-25). "The Glass Bees". Weblog bavatuesdays. Retrieved 2008-05-30.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Stephen Downes (2008-05-28). "Introducing Edupunk". Retrieved 2008-06-06.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Cohen, David (2008-06-16). "Nevermind the pedagogues, here's edupunk". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on June 19, 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-16.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Rowell, Laurie (2008-07-08). ""Edupunk" Rocks the (Virtual) House". eLearn Magazine.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Groom, Jim (2008-05-28). "Murder, Madness, Mayhem is so EDUPUNK". Weblog bavatuesdays. Retrieved 2008-06-06.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Hirst, A. (2008-06-08). "Changing Expectations". YouTube. Retrieved 2008-06-21.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."edupunk". Archived from the original on 2008-08-27.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Norm Friesen (2009-02-06). "The Edupunk Heritage: Precursors of Open Learning". Blip.tv. Retrieved 2009-02-23.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Norm Friesen; et al. (2009-02-22). "Open Education: Precursors". WikiEducator. Retrieved 2009-02-23.
References
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Technologist Who Coined 'Edupunk' Defends the Term in a Video Debate". Chronicle of Higher Education. March 3, 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-03..
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kuntz, Tom (October 17, 2008). "The Buzz for 'Edupunk'". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-10-17..
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Young, Jeffrey R. (May 30, 2008). "Frustrated With Corporate Course-Management Systems, Some Professors Go 'Edupunk'". Chronicle of Higher Education. Archived from the original on 2008-06-01. Retrieved 2008-06-01..
External links
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- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Anya Kamenetz (September 2009). "How Web-Savvy Edupunks Are Transforming American Higher Education". Fast Company.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Dolors Reig (June 2008). "¿Movimiento edupunk, socialismo educativo o educación 2.0?". El caparazon.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Catedra Datos y Digicom (July 2010). "An Edupunk Manifest made in Argentina". [Manifiesto Edupunk]. Archived from the original on 2012-07-23.
