technopoly – D’Arcy Norman dot net https://darcynorman.net no more band-aids Wed, 24 Aug 2016 23:21:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://darcynorman.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/crankforpeace3-552f33a1v1_site_icon-32x32.png technopoly – D’Arcy Norman dot net https://darcynorman.net 32 32 1067019 courses are fraudulent technologies https://darcynorman.net/2008/10/08/courses-are-fraudulent-technologies/ Thu, 09 Oct 2008 03:07:38 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/?p=2359

…a course is a fraudulent technology. It is put forward as a desirable structure for learning when in fact it is only a structure for allocating space, for convenient record-keeping, and for control of faculty time.

Neil Postman, Technopoly, 1993. pg 138

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