Vision talk at Digital Learning in the Pandemic and Beyond Event, 24 February, 2021

1. A T I M E T O
E M B R A C E
R A D I C A L
U N C E R TA I N T Y ?
D I G I T A L L E A R N I N G I N T H E P A N D E M I C A N D
B E Y O N D , 2 4 F E B R U A R Y 2 0 2 1
S H E I L A M A C N E I L L

2. This Photo by Sheila MacNeill, is licensed under CC_ BY-SA-NC

3. 1 Y E A R O N – L I V I N G T H E U N T H I N K A B L E
This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY

4. R E I M A G I N I N G
Time
Space
Place
People
Gourlay, L. Quarantined, Sequestered, Closed: Theorising Academic Bodies Under Covid-19 Lockdown. Postdigit Sci Educ 2, 791–811 (2020).
https://doi.org/10.1007/s42438-020-00193-6

5. R U N N I N G T O S TA N D S T I L L ?
This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA-NC

6. This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA
Access to: wifi, data, (appropriate)
devices
F2f contact, care, kindness
Safe, accessible, affordable, equitable
spaces & places
Collective actualization
Self regulated learning,
sharing & open educational
practice

7. W H AT H O P E ?
“the context for hope is radical uncertainty”
McKinnon, C. (2014). Climate Change: Against Despair. Ethics and the Environment, 19(1), 31-48.
doi:10.2979/ethicsenviro.19.1.31

8. R A D I C A L
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/radical

9. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-
55800043
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-
56029030
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/feb/13/call
-for-summer-of-play-to-help-english-pupils-recover-
from-covid-stress?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

10. A S P I R I N G T O M O R E T H A N “ B A C K T O
N O R M A L ”
Radical critique of
formal and informal
educational
structures
Rethinking the
curriculum
Rethinking
assessment
Rethinking time
(not just “catch up”)
Focus on self
regulated learning
& agency
Public pedagogy &
open education

15. T H A N K Y O U A N D
A N Y Q U E S T I O N S ?
Sheila MacNeill, @sheilmcn, https://howsheilaseesit.net