Without a doubt the handout introduction was very nice and glad to hear you time there was worth it.

There is something I am missing or I haven’t finish to understand or I am confuse about when I hear comments in TEL, educational technologies, or similar regarding its use. Let me explain:

For me our “digital technology” is a tool. I consider it a second order tool, because for its existence a complex set of knowledge in hardware and software needs to be present. That is independent of the knowledge that an individual (user) should have in order to use the tool. In addition, is worth to say, this tool is evolving in “real time” thanks to the effort of “n” individuals (this is more evident when we talk about internet for example). In brief, a digital tool is not a simple tool, even if it is a tool.

Now, I wonder what do you mean with “systems and technologies that learners can themselves adapt to their own purposes and learning.”

I have on clear that we, humans, adapt to anything (except to be hungry). But are we assuming that a part of a world population has to adapt to a tool which actually is produced and defined by a population sector that has the “know how”. Then some individuals should adapt while “few” individuals define the tool where they will adapt to. This part is a bit tricky….

Then, who has to adapt to what? users to the technology? the technology to users? a bit ambiguous for me, especially because neither the users nor the technology are static, both are in constant evolution, then… what are we actually seeking?

As another topic, of course that observe how people is using the technology is KEY, but actually we are at the time where we should go beyond that. To understand why are they using it I found it more relevant. For my short experience in this field, I have realized that each individual presents different reasons and motives that make him/her adopt a digital technology. That reasons can be fundamental in the adoption of the tool and how they use it.

If I am saying this is because I am a lover of technology. But literary scares me when the technology is put in the center of everything. Technology is just a tool.

As I said I am confuse at the moment.
Keep us posted!

- Carolina