Episode 6: Desiring Otherwise: Discussing the Near Future Teaching project for transforming Higher Education.

In this episode, Felipe Sánchez talks with Prof Siân Bayne, director of the Centre for Research in Digital Education at the University of Edinburgh. They discuss about the "Near Future Teaching" project, which aimed to develop a vision for the future of digital education at the university. The project took a values-based approach, focusing on diversity, justice, and the centrality of community. Bayne also highlights the importance of rethinking education beyond instrumentalization and emphasizes the need to educate the desire for better futures. The interview touches on topics such as critical anticipation, utopia, and the role of technology in education. The Near Futures Teaching project was seen as a provocation and a starting point for conversations about the future of education.

 

Web resource
Higher Education Futures: scenarios and provocations
https://www.de.ed.ac.uk/project/higher-education-futures

Publications
Bayne, S., & Gallagher, M. (2021). Near Future Teaching: Practice, policy and digital education futures. Policy Futures in Education, 19(5), 607–625. https://doi.org/10.1177/14782103211026446

Bayne et al (2020) The Manifesto for Teaching Online https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262539838/