Now is not the time for post-secondary educators, researchers, and self-proclaimed 'innovators' to draw grandiose & unwarranted conclusions about the 'future of education'. We simply don't have the data and we cannot know.

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Most post-sec educators continue to be engaged in emergency remote teaching during an ongoing crisis. This cannot provide the basis for an informed, well-founded vision of the future of education, and it is irresponsible to suggest that it can.

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What we can and must do is strive to provide a quality learning experience now, accepting the limitations of the current teaching context while prioritizing the well-being of our students, who we know are struggling in so many ways.
#onpse #onted

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29 Nov
One of the problems (and there are many) with tying post-secondary education funding to the ‘needs of the labour market’ is that it’s question-begging to invoke labour market ‘needs’. The labour market isn’t some naturally evolving ecosystem:

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Policy & legislative decisions are made that (along with a myriad of other variables), shape the labour market, which determines what training is in demand, which in turn reinforces labour conditions.

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E.g., if a govt passes legislation removing paid sick days & blocking a fair min. wage, favours corporate interests, & makes it more difficult for workers to gain fair representation, this shapes the labour market, making the ‘gig economy’ & precarious work look inevitable.

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