Publish at September 18 2024 Updated September 18 2024
The unlimited access to knowledge made possible by digital technology is an incredible opportunity, but also a challenge. Faced with a deluge of information, how can we avoid a cognitive overdose and stay on course for a patient, enlightened construction of knowledge? This article explores the challenges of the new relationship with knowledge in the digital age.
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The library, our space for cultural transmission
The cultural transmission strategies of museums serve as an inspiration and many university and school libraries are taking the same path. They evolve into cultural spaces and assume in the best way the role of cultural transmission. An imposed culture wears like a scar, a favored culture shows itself as a pride.
What if goals are a disservice to performance and learning?
Excessive focus on results can paradoxically undermine performance by generating anxiety and paralyzing action. Examples from sport and companies show that there are effective management and pedagogical alternatives.
At the end of the nineteenth century, hundreds of painters attended prestigious and demanding workshops that provided academic knowledge. It was difficult to enter, they worked hard, and they left with an impressive knowledge. No mistake in drapery, anatomy, perspective, composition. Teachers go in search of 150 year old teaching methods.
The effects of bodily practices in the classroom on students' attention [Thesis].
Does body-based pedagogy enable students to invest more fully in their learning?
AI is revolutionizing our relationship with knowledge. Beyond fantasies, thoughtful and proactive use of AI can make it a powerful lever for "learning to learn". This involves developing specific meta-skills (questioning, checking, exploring, alternating) and key attitudes (AI as a partner, reflexivity, frustration tolerance). The challenge is to build a human-machine cognitive ecology in which AI enhances our intelligence without replacing it.
