Heidegger and E-Learning: Overthrowing the Traditions of Pedagogy. (April 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Shaw, Robert
• Is Part Of: E-Learning and digital media. Volume 11:Number 2(2014)
• Page Start: 123
• Page End: 134
• Publication Date: 2014-04
• Subjects: Internet in education -- Periodicals; Computer-assisted instruction -- Periodicals; Education -- Computer network resources -- Periodicals; Educational technology -- Periodicals; Distance education -- Periodicals; 371.33405
• DOI: 10.2304/elea.2014.11.2.123
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2042-7530

Abstract

The practice of teaching online and the experience of learning with e-media raise issues about time. Taking a historical approach, this article introduces three concepts of time – which physics, psychology and phenomenology characterize – and it questions their adequacy in theories of e-learning. The article argues that Heidegger's phenomenological account of time produces insights into the ontological character of students, which may ground and inform a new theory of e-learning, one that privileges the student and indicates the limitations inherent in experiencing technology.