FSU EME-6414 Course Blog JNSU26

(a whole lot of garbage in this graphic!) Never wanted to join Reddit before.  I created my account and read through an interesting discussion in that community about whether or not AI will just dispense with all the IDers out there.  And there seems to be a strong consensus that upper management, without much understanding of the work of IDers, as well as not much respect for what they do, and in an effort to increase profits, AI will be thought of as a way to reduce staff, especially Instructional Designers.  There is also a pretty strong consensus that even if the instructional design workforce gets downsized, AI can't really ever replace the work of good instructional designers.  And right now, the AI needs someone good to ask it questions, create the gem, and spin the proverbial plate.   There is no question that upper, upper management sees AI as a way to cut labor costs in several knowledge-based industries.  Lots of layouts as of late.  Bu...

 (In keeping with my theme of AI-generated images, I had to work on this one to ask AI to add in the benefits of digital native tech use.  It does, however, illustrate my worry about growing up too fast.  And the images from the pre-Internet age make us look like simpletons.)  Kids and Social Media Usage:   After reading the very first article in our list of readings (Bagdy, 2018) I had a bit of a sense of dread.  If I recall back to high school, I was focused on doing well in school, playing volleyball and running track, musical rehearsals and jazz choir, hanging with my friend group, being active away from my home, planning for my future after high school, and most certainly not in front of a phone or a computer.  I'll admit that right now, when I spend too much time in front of my computer, I get twitchy.  Certain online activities remind me of how I felt about doing my expense reports in corporate America--it was necessary and certainly w...

Gotta love using Gemini to create graphics and images.  This is so foreboding.   Digital natives' actual" skills and algorhythmic resistance behaviors.  These were good reads.  I especially appreciated Professor Dennen and colleagues' article that investigated, with a good sample size, the actual social networking skills that students have.  I was surprised to see what I would think of as lower usage of bookmarking and content tagging.  And the results around sharing opinions and responding or initiating conversations surprised me, but perhaps that is because I'm in the generation of people who like to be keyboard warriors on social media around political topics.  I also assumed that digital natives were just a bunch of content creators all endeavoring to become the next big influencer.  Clearly, I have a lot of assumptions in my own head as well, so this article was quite interesting in terms of setting the record straight, or at least givin...

😂 No ageism in that graphic at all!!! (Image created by Gemini) Digital Natives vs. Digital Immigrants:  Perhaps in 2001, when we were first beginning to really investigate learning and education in the 21st century vs. previously, this article seemed thoughtful and prescient.  25 years later, it seems off the mark.  I also really dislike arguments that set up false dichotomies like this.  There are several in this article where the author sets up straw men to be provocative — natives vs. immigrants is one.  Another would be "legacy content" vs. "future content," where the author then puts things into these boxes that aren't even remotely similar.  And it's always the case that the younger generation thinks we oldy-oldsters are out of touch, in every venue of life, and "rages against the machine," thinking they know better.  The advent of new technology has always been disruptive, and this article endeavors to catalog some of those disruptions, an...

Musings on the readings:  First, the concept of a network vs. a community.  At first, I initially thought they were largely interchangeable, but some key distinctions can be made after doing some basic research on this.  Communities are often more about caring and providing support.  They also likely involve more time to create and care for the connection within the community.  Often they are smaller.  Communities can link to networks, and people within a community can provide those connections.  Networks are more transactional in nature, and as a result, people can come and go, get what they need, make a contribution, and then disconnect.  A community suggests a longer-term presence.  Professionally, networks sound more appealing to me.  I'm happy to make contributions and gain knowledge from a network within my professional setting, but I'm less likely to want to join a "work community".  I'm involved in several communities person...

General musings as I read:  Two readings so far, one from 2008, one from 2011.  Certainly, some foundational concepts here, but in some ways, this content seems quaint given the digital contexts in which most of us participate in our daily lives.  Even our phones tell us how much time we spend online and in communities in the Web 2.0 environment.  The Kietzman et al "Get Serious" article seems really out of date, even if foundational.  I just left an edtech where our marketing arm sucked up so many resources it seemed sometimes that the product development was a bit of an afterthought.  I don't think any executive now doesn't embed some deep strategy in their operations to engage with social media and marketing, to build market share, brand awareness, and get actionable customer feedback and analytics.  AI is definitely making this sort of community-building around a brand far more compelling with personalized interactions.  It is also interesting...