The article “Technology, knowing and learning” was authored by
G. Anthony Gorry who is affiliated with Rice University. The author has a splendid writing style and
starts his article by writing about the industrial age, in particular the
train. Which he is using as a metaphor
compared with the technology age; “with this shift in perspective, a new mental
geography emerged: what had been far was now close; what had been fast, was now
slow.”(Gorry, 2009)
He basically runs though a list of times that humanity changed;
when developed alphabets were more wide spread, then to the printing press, and
telegraph lines. These were all great
advancements in sharing information for their time. Now we are in the age of the greatest
knowledge sharing of all time a sort of a warning to this:
“We will accede to technology's
demands, paying its price for the benefits it bestows. Companies will accept
the loss of certain kinds of knowledge and ways of knowing, viewing the cost as
amply repaid by the new ease of sharing they have gained.”(Gorry, 2009)
He bestows this observation upon us because, he noticed a
growing trend of management students wanting bullet points to sum up a 90
minute presentation, he has also observed that in the real world too. Managers
wanting a quick presentation of summed up bullet points and he feels that
society may loose something as a whole if we all get sucked into this method of
learning and working.
Reference:
Gorry, G. A. (2009). Technology, knowing and learning.
Knowledge Management Research & Practice, 7(2), 178-180.
doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/kmrp.2009.7
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