For now, I still don’t know what exactly I want to research for the project. But I also really want to know how I can post to pages rather than making one long post!
Some of the questions I was thinking of were:
How have libraries adapted to the recent technology to stay useful?
How has teaching changed over the years with the introduction of the Internet?
Loss and gain of the Kindle? What are its effects?
Feedback?
One thought that jumps to mind regarding how teaching has changed is how the design of classrooms has changed. I mean, of course, there are virtual classrooms. But even physical classrooms are transforming around features like internet access, moveable tables and chairs to allow for easier collaboration around computer-connected work stations, etc. The very architecture of learning is changing. Also interesting are the ways learning and education so actively resist the changes, clinging to forms of assessment that seem quite wedded to traditional notions of what it means to know something, or of what it means to document your knowledge–I mean, why do we still make students write the kinds of essays they have to write on most high-stakes tests (regents, SAT, and so on)?
Teaching and libraries are interesting topics to look into. Online assignments now exist, and sometimes I question how effective they are. Technology is too hard to ignore for teaching in today’s time. What will be the future for libraries? I think they are underfunded and still struggling. The links are good, and it’s worth exploring the influences of technology and whether or not they are desirable or what could be changed.
I think you have very interesting ideas to focus on but although all seem to be somehow related to education it still seems very different fields and I think you could either try to incorporate all these different thoughts to come up with an original idea or pick one and focus on that idea. Personally, I think library idea seems pretty unique. A lot of times people just take it for granted rather than trying to focusing on how the library changed itself to adapt to the digital era. I think there could be something more than the fact it became very efficient due to technology.