Stuart Blythe. Practitioners normally adopt either an instrumental, substantive or critical theory of technology. These are theories of technology that have been developed by Andrew Feenberg.
Ø The instrumental theory places emphasis on the way in which the technology is used. Technology is viewed as a tool that does not necessarily alter practice. Those who apply this theory to online tutoring may argue that it replicates f2f tutoring and may focus on how the technology is used and not on how it may alter the student-tutor relationship.
Ø The substantive theory, in contrast posits that the technology fundamentally alters practice. Those who apply it to writing center practice argue that online tutoring changes the nature of the student-tutor relationship.
Ø The critical theory of technology agrees that technology changes practice but maintains that technology users can determine what kind of practices they want and choose technology during the design phase that would support these practices. In so doing, they can use the technology in an instrumental way. After technologies are implemented, it is difficult to alter them or work against them, short of rejecting them outright. Hence it is essential that users of the technology influence its design.
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Quite interesting.
ReplyDeleteI agree that technology can change practice but users can design the technology to perhaps limit these changes. The introduction of technology inevitably changes the student-tutor relationship.
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