HUMANISM IN THE DIGITAL AGE: READING "THE THEORY OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY" BY RUPERT WEGERIF AND LOUIS MAJOR

Sheng-Hsiang Lance Peng ； Chih-Ching Chang

《當代教育研究季刊》 32卷4期 (2024/12) Pp. 101+103-116

https://doi.org/10.6151/CERQ.202412_32(4).0004

摘要

This paper presents a critique-of-humanism reading of The Theory of Educational Technology (2023) by Rupert Wegerif and Louis Major, drawing on Paul B. Preciado's biopolitics and Jacques Derrida's hauntology. It explores how Wegerif and Major address the concept of future humans and their interaction with social structures, their use of Heidegger's Techné to frame technological engagement, and the knottiness of bio-socio-technical systems and agency. The paper also evaluates their proposed framework for designing educational technologies that foster productive dialogue. While this analysis serves as a book review in educational technology and dialogic space, it also offers a commentary for those interested in posthumanist analysis approaches.

關鍵字

technological engagement ； critique-of-humanism ； educational technology ； biopolitics ； hauntology ； dialogic space ； posthumanism

參考文獻

Wegerif, R., & Major, L. (2023). The theory of educational technology: Towards a dialogic foundation for design (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003198499

Derrida, J. (1994). Specters of Marx: The state of the debt, the work of mourning, and the new international. Routledge.

Hui, Y., & Halpin, H. (2013). Collective individuation: The future of the social web. In G. Lovink & M. Rasch (Eds.), Unlike us reader: Social media monopolies and their alternatives (pp. 103-116). (INC Reader; Vol. 8). Institute of Network Cultures. http://www.networkcultures.org/_uploads/%238UnlikeUs.pdf

Preciado, B. (2008). Testo yonqui. Espasa Calpe.