The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). (2005). Towards knowledge societies. Retrieved February 27, 2008, from http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001418/141843e.pdf
Towards knowledge societies is a document produced by UNESCO. It is surprisingly readable. I usually expect such documents to be dry and more "academic." In any case, there are some interesting observations and statistics offered. Below are some quotes and ideas (from the first chapter) that I wanted to keep track of.
Tom Brown (2005) also recognized this phenomenon when he introduced the paradigm shift in education from that of "knowledge production" to "knowledge navigation." I, too, have discussed how mobile learning can provide a variety of methods for learners to navigate through the ever-increasing amount of information out in the world (Koole, 2006).
I see in my notes in the margin of the paper, I wrote the word "utopian." I think that was my initial reaction to this paragraph. There are some companies and countries in the world that may benefit from the private ownership of information. Therefore, I cannot see that the world, as a whole, will share all information—even with peoples in dire need of economic relief.
The paragraph is also interesting in that it sees government as playing a role in guaranteeing access to information. Greenspan (2007), in his recently published book, suggests that the protection of property is one of the most important factors in promoting capitalism. Without protection of property (i.e., "ownership"), economic relationships would break down. Are these two viewpoints (UNESCO vs. capitalism) in opposition? It would appear that information must become a "human right."
I would suggest that this partially alludes to the task-artifact cycle. Technologies are introduced, but through use, their purposes and actual use is modified according to needs (Kukulska-Hulme, 2003). The technologies, in turn, may be modified to better suit the new practices, and on through the cycle.
This UNESCO article also suggests that we are, possibly, in a trend of "'hyper-industrialization' because knowledge itself has become 'commoditized' in the form of exchangeable, and codifiable information" (p. 22). The fear is that this may threaten "cognitive cultures." Because so much importance is placed on technical and scientific information, local, traditional, and indigenous ways of knowing may be inappropriately devalued.
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