December 2007: Cyberinfrastructure and the Liberal Arts
We dedicate this issue to the memory of Roy Rosenzweig (1950-2007), an extraordinary historian who inspired a generation of fellow historians and others working at the intersection of the humanities and new technologies.
Technology as Epistemology
Posted December 12th, 2005 by Peter Schilling, Amherst College
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Peter Schilling acknowledges that "To say 'new
technology is changing the way we think' is as obvious as it is
ambiguous." But he also probes the
point and challenges our thinking: "Not only do our students possess
skills and experiences that previous generations do not, but the very
neurological structures and pathways they have developed as part of
their learning are based on the technologies they use to create, store,
and disseminate information." It's not just about skills
and experiences but "categories, taxonomies, and other tools they use
for thinking" that are "different from those used by their teachers."
