{"id":1018,"date":"2022-09-19T00:53:11","date_gmt":"2022-09-19T04:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0268\/?p=1018"},"modified":"2022-09-19T09:01:14","modified_gmt":"2022-09-19T13:01:14","slug":"people-in-the-field-taskeen-adam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0268\/people-in-the-field-taskeen-adam\/","title":{"rendered":"People in the Field: Taskeen Adam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Photo by Jon Tyson<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When considering important figures in ed tech, my thought process began with familiar concepts that I continue to revisit and re-interpret. Marshall McLuhan famously wrote “The Medium is the Message,” which suggests that media are \u201cextensions of man\u201d and as such, they shape (and are shaped by) how humans think. This powerful idea still has relevance today as new forms of digital media continue to evolve the way we think and interact with them in various contexts, including learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prompted by the brief for this assignment, I broadened my thinking to examine how the media we use (and how we use them) have been shaped and informed by the dominant voices of our culture. The process of re-examining these relationships and chipping away the bias of white Western European colonization is ongoing in many fields, including design and edtech. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kevin Gannon\u2019s post \u201cDecolonization and Education<\/a>\u201d acknowledges that while he occupies a position of privilege as a white cis-het male, he also considers the role he (and others like him) might play in amplifying the voices of others. Cameron White\u2019s \u201cDecolonizing Edtech<\/a>\u201d presents the complex issues of decolonization through an authentic voice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"TaskeenTaskeen Adam<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A name that is widely cited in work around the subject of diversity, equity, inclusion, and decolonization is Taskeen Adam.<\/a> Dr. Adam\u2019s research examines the role edtech (primarily Open Education Resources and MOOCs) can play in marginalized communities. As Associate Manager of Open Development & Education<\/a> based in Johannesburg, South Africa, and partnered with the EdTech Hub<\/a> at University of Cambridge, her projects seek to improve education in low- and middle-income countries, with a focus on sub-Saharan Africa. A co-authored guest blog post<\/a> at the OER19 conference confronts the issue of decolonization in OER (Adam et al., 2019).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her body of work<\/a> offers a wealth of knowledge around social justice, decolonization, and open educational resources, and I look forward to exploring her research in greater depth, as I begin to examine how both educators and learners can shape (and be shaped by) the digital media we use in our learning environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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References<\/h2>\n

Gannon, K. (2020). Decolonization and education. Digital Pedagogy Lab<\/i>. Retrieved September 17, 2022, from https:\/\/www.digitalpedagogylab.com\/decolonization-and-education-2020\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Adam, T., Bali, M., Hodgkinson-Williams, C., & Morgan, T. (2019). Can we decolonize OER\/Open? OER19: Recentering Open<\/em>. https:\/\/oer19.oerconf.org\/news\/blog-can-we-decolonize-oer-open-decolonizeopen\/<\/a><\/p>\n

McLuhan, M., & Lapham, L. H. (1994). Understanding media : the extensions of man<\/em> (First MIT Press edition, 1994). MIT Press.<\/p>\n

White, C. (2016). Decolonizing edtech: hunger, fear, and liberation<\/em>. http:\/\/decolonizingedtech.xyz\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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