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1. How do we overcome fear and alarmism around social media, and human/digital interaction in general?
2. What criteria do/should we apply to technologies or pedagogical applications of technologies in assessing their value? Rigorous consensus criteria would help the community of educators be clearer about what, why, and how we are applying particular technologies to best effect. Would also help in persuading the fearful/sceptical about the potential of using this stuff in an educationa environment or process.
3. Does one have to subscribe to a particular educational philosophy, or subset of philosophies, to successfully apply digital technologies in pedagogy? The whole teaching profession globally is not about to become Downes & Siemens acolyte connectivists. Does digital technology do anything for others?
4. How can one successfully manage privacy issues, and be seen to be doing so?
In a 50-minute seminar how does one convince higher-ed colleagues of how social media can enhance their diverse teaching styles?
There is a massively distributed wealth of knowledge about the challenges, opportunities and solutions facing education as a result of new technologies. This distribution is both a blessing (we can spread the load) and a curse (it's difficult to gain consensus and focus energies). So, this is an attempt to see if we can come up with some questions that we feel are worth addressing between us all over the coming year (and an excuse to play with MixedInk, I may try with a standard wiki too).
