tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184878.post7588437873760182664..comments2023-10-15T10:29:12.991+01:00Comments on Karyn's erratic learning journey: Corporate Learning at eLearning AfricaThe upsychohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06345558899662051670noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184878.post-2510238609255514542010-12-21T17:11:09.276+00:002010-12-21T17:11:09.276+00:00Hi Annie
I had a go, and come somewhat unstuck. L...Hi Annie<br /><br />I had a go, and come somewhat unstuck. Let me try again and see if I have more success this time. It might take a few days, though, what with the run up to Christmas and the fact that my family has a rule about gifts being home-made. I'm up to my elbows in knitting and baking and fudge-making....The upsychohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06345558899662051670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184878.post-39432578077546330442010-12-21T00:37:53.704+00:002010-12-21T00:37:53.704+00:00Hi Karyn,
I'm interested in your comments that...Hi Karyn,<br />I'm interested in your comments that go along with your Slideshare presentation, and this issue: "Corporate Learning at eLearning Africa." Any chance you could add them retrospectively? Enjoyed the post and would like to hear more.annieinthesunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06160797801085000156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184878.post-66015749398543854642010-06-01T21:18:52.708+01:002010-06-01T21:18:52.708+01:00As I read this, I think of the resistance Freire h...As I read this, I think of the resistance Freire had to making those of the "peasant" or working class literate. I think many of the issues you bring up are similar in that those who are "educated" (formally) might feel threatened without even knowing it. They have learned within an accepted social order, and if others learn outside of that order, might this not threaten the accepted social order?<br /><br />I also wonder what would happen if you discussed training in the context of mobile technology or ICT centers, if they might have been more open to what you were discussing? What is difficult is to get them to think outside of their western training and try to develop something that would be African (i.e. the use of mobile technology, a digital library as Virginia Tech has developed to record traditional agricultural practices as the "elders"-many of which are in their 30's and 40's--die out with the traditional practices along with them). I think to a certain extent the educated young have a greater disrespect for traditional methods, and want to throw out the baby with the bath water. I have seen the same happen in Central and South America. It is often foreign NGO's that are able to show how to develop a culturally relevant tool, technology or system that bridges both the traditional and new.V Yonkershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11910904367068063554noreply@blogger.com