Tag Archives: digital literacy
Algorithms in the news–why digital media literacy matters
Ben Williamson Much of our work on Code Acts in Education over the past few years has focused on the work that algorithms do (and what they are made to do and by who) in relation to learning, policy and … Continue reading
Educating smart cities
Ben Williamson Computer code and digital data have become powerful influences in the social organization and governance of education. At the same time, cities are being reconceived as composed of code, driven by data, and made ‘smart’, ‘programmable’ or even … Continue reading
The laboratory life of innovation labs
Ben Williamson New ‘labs’ for public, social, government and policy innovation have proliferated widely in recent years. Many of them seek to apply new technological solutions to identified problems. To date, though, little research has traced the ‘laboratory life’ inside … Continue reading
Coding as socio-digital practice(s): The example of data visualization
By Sarah Doyle At the second Code Acts in Education seminar, only a handful of participants declared themselves able to code. The gathered researchers hailed from fields such as education, sociology, science and technology, and geography. Some of our roundtable … Continue reading
