Thursday, August 21, 2008

Defining “Creepy Treehouse” | Flexknowlogy

Still processing this concept. It certainly describes a lot of online education initiatives that I have observed.

The implied pedophilia reference might be a little over the top. Or maybe not.

Description certainly fits ed institutions that use walled gardens and proprietary LMS. Agents of social control. I always thought that the expression "scratch a teacher, find a cop" was a bit harsh too but I think schools might be getting to be more of an extended hostage taking incident than ever.

Defining “Creepy Treehouse” | Flexknowlogy

Somebody has come up with a counter to Creepy treehouse as posted on Stephen's Web.
http://www.edumorphology.com/?p=42

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