Emergence, divergence and polarity

1. Set historical, theoretical context, ideas around binary synthesis, freedom etc
Education (5 mins)
2. Evaluation of e-learning in UK tertiary education
Work we have been doing (5 mins)
3. Schillerian construct used to view the modern world, things that have emerged, diverged from our research
Where we have taken work and made it into play - our work turned on its head and played with in a way not
commissioned to do. (10 mins)
4. Conclusion - new insights to inform developments in the real world. Real world and systems world/logic world.
References - Goethe & Schiller, grounded theory etc, our work
Binary synthesis - we had thought MLEs etc was taking us somewhere new (false premise, false promise). It does
take us somewhere new and different, but we can only make use of this in the context of where we were before, so
must not forget where we came from. e-learning first hit the scene, everything was going to be e-enabled, early
adopters went down that road, whole e-learning thing. Seething masses were not enthused by this and did not adopt.
So e-learning people went away and came up with a blended approach, do something using technology - that will be
better. A synthesis - but the point is that we initially through we had to ditch everything, change it all. Wound people
up, out of a job. UKeU. What people want is a blend.
Goethe and Schiller and technology - history professor and physicist.