Audrey Watters

This post first appeared on aud.life "To a student of educational radio, prowling through yellowed scripts, it seems almost incredible that teachers who presumably hoped to reach men’s minds elected to attempt it with anesthetics. Surely, secrets of audience psychology readily mastered by semi-literate movie stars and dance-band leaders are...

This post first appeared on aud.life Week 3 of #rhizo15: The Myth of Content Content: it’s what fills a container, whether that be a book, a film, a student’s head. Content: it’s what is contained. Word origins: Content: it’s what is delivered – by a book, an instructor, a video,...

I’d been meaning to sign up for Known since I first learned about it last year. And that means – I confess – I endorsed it as one of my “Top Ed-Tech Startups of 2014” before I’d really used it much. But since the startup launched its hosted “pro” version,...

Consider a future device for individual use, which is a sort of mechanized private file and library. It needs a name, and, to coin one at random, "memex" will do. A memex is a device in which an individual stores all his books, records, and communications, and which is mechanized...

This post first appeared on aud.life The analogy of the technical "evolution" can only go so far, however. Technological systems are not like biological systems in a number of important ways -- most obviously the fact that they are the products of conscious design. Unlike biological organisms, technical artefacts are...

This post first appeared on aud.life When nonviolence is preached as an attempt to evade the repercussions of political brutality, it betrays itself. When nonviolence begins halfway through the war with the aggressor calling time out, it exposes itself as a ruse. When nonviolence is preached by the representatives of...

I transcribed the part of Sal Khan and Michael Noer's "History of Education" video that was relevant to my recent post on "The Invented History of 'The Factory Model of Education.'" I didn't include it in the article (it added another thousand or so words to an already wordy piece)....

This post first appeared on aud.life Alternate title: Men Explain “The Factory Model of Education" to Me I published some 3400 words this past weekend on “The Invented History of ‘the Factory Model of Education.’” It’s part of my ongoing series on “The History of the Future of Education,” which...

Travel Hermosa Beach. Berlin (for Kin’s API Strategy conference). Upcoming week: Barcelona. Hack Education Hack Education Weekly News Hack Education Weekly Newsletter Raising (and Educating) “Free Range Kids” The Invented History of “The Factory Model of Education” Essays Elsewhere The Invented History of “The Factory Model of Education” on educationfuturism.com...

Finally, unless we capture control of the accelerative thrust -- and there are few signs yet that we will -- tomorrow's individual will have to cope with even more hectic change than we do today. For education the lesson is clear: its prime objective must be to increase the individual's...