Coded curriculum: The new architectures of learning

Citation

Williamson B (2012) Coded curriculum: The new architectures of learning. DML Central, 16.10.2012. http://dmlcentral.net/blog/ben-williamson/coded-curriculum-new-architectures-learning

Abstract
First paragraph: How should we understand the part played by code in digital media and learning? We are accustomed to arguments that digital media are affecting our existing practices of reading, looking, seeing and hearing, yet relatively little is said of how the underlying code and algorithmic architectures of software actually exert those effects. The work done by code and algorithmic architectures in remediating learning through digital technologies, however, should be treated extremely seriously. Code increasingly affects our notions of agency (who does what), and sociality (how we form attachments and collective belonging). Code is woven into the substrate of contemporary society, as a layer of our perceptions, sensations and transactions, and it crystallizes new social formations, publics and groups. Code is both hidden yet insistent, and for that reason the way it is interwoven with learning through digital media is a crucial contemporary concern for us all.

Keywords
Agency; Digital Media and Learning; Identity; Networked Society; New Media Literacies; Technology and Society

Notes
Output Type: Blog post