Together and Apart in the Time of Study: Teaching, Learning, Listening in Online Courses (An Application of the Technology of Difference)

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author Duarte, Eduardo
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contents <p class="p1"><em>This paper documents and explores an application of the technology of difference as a</em></p> <p class="p1"><em>pedagogy of Gelassenheit. The paper explores how Heideggerian ‘letting’ becomes</em></p> <p class="p1"><em>complicated in the distance learning environment. For Heidegger, “what teaching calls</em></p> <p class="p1"><em>for is this: to let learn” (Heidegger, 1968, p.15), and the pedagogy of Gelassenheit is a</em></p> <p class="p1"><em>teaching via ‘letting,’ happening through the practice of conscientious, mindful and</em></p> <p class="p1"><em>painstaking listening. The presumption of an embodied educator who is always ‘close at</em></p> <p class="p1"><em>hand’ is part of the Heidegger-inspired pedagogy. This paper focuses on the ontology of</em></p> <p class="p1"><em>the ‘virtual’ educator, which, curiously, unfolds in the manner of aletheia: the ‘virtual’</em></p> <p class="p1"><em>educator is simultaneously present and absent in the online seminar. Such ontology, the</em></p> <p class="p1"><em>play of presence/absence, gives rise to a peculiar kind of voyeuristic listening that is</em></p> <p class="p1"><em>unique to the distance learning environment, a listening that troubles the ethical force of</em></p> <p class="p1"><em>the pedagogy of Gelassenheit, or letting-be, which always presumes the full presence of</em></p> <p class="p1"><em>the teacher as listener. Here, the ‘virtual’ educator is neither the fully present ‘caring’</em></p> <p class="p1"><em>educator, nor the fully absent ‘ignorant schoolmaster,’ but a hidden attendant who is, in</em></p> <p class="p1"><em>effect, eavesdropping, or listening in, on the dialogic learning.</em></p>
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spellingShingle Together and Apart in the Time of Study: Teaching, Learning, Listening in Online Courses (An Application of the Technology of Difference)
Duarte, Eduardo
Heidegger, Gelassenheit, online learning, distance learning, listening, pedagogy
<p class="p1"><em>This paper documents and explores an application of the technology of difference as a</em></p> <p class="p1"><em>pedagogy of Gelassenheit. The paper explores how Heideggerian ‘letting’ becomes</em></p> <p class="p1"><em>complicated in the distance learning environment. For Heidegger, “what teaching calls</em></p> <p class="p1"><em>for is this: to let learn” (Heidegger, 1968, p.15), and the pedagogy of Gelassenheit is a</em></p> <p class="p1"><em>teaching via ‘letting,’ happening through the practice of conscientious, mindful and</em></p> <p class="p1"><em>painstaking listening. The presumption of an embodied educator who is always ‘close at</em></p> <p class="p1"><em>hand’ is part of the Heidegger-inspired pedagogy. This paper focuses on the ontology of</em></p> <p class="p1"><em>the ‘virtual’ educator, which, curiously, unfolds in the manner of aletheia: the ‘virtual’</em></p> <p class="p1"><em>educator is simultaneously present and absent in the online seminar. Such ontology, the</em></p> <p class="p1"><em>play of presence/absence, gives rise to a peculiar kind of voyeuristic listening that is</em></p> <p class="p1"><em>unique to the distance learning environment, a listening that troubles the ethical force of</em></p> <p class="p1"><em>the pedagogy of Gelassenheit, or letting-be, which always presumes the full presence of</em></p> <p class="p1"><em>the teacher as listener. Here, the ‘virtual’ educator is neither the fully present ‘caring’</em></p> <p class="p1"><em>educator, nor the fully absent ‘ignorant schoolmaster,’ but a hidden attendant who is, in</em></p> <p class="p1"><em>effect, eavesdropping, or listening in, on the dialogic learning.</em></p>
title Together and Apart in the Time of Study: Teaching, Learning, Listening in Online Courses (An Application of the Technology of Difference)
topic Heidegger, Gelassenheit, online learning, distance learning, listening, pedagogy
url https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20272444