I developed learners.love in October 2020, when it became clear that SARS-CoV-2 pandemic would continue for a while and we had to proceed with the delivery of courses online. The name, using “learners” instead of “students” comes from Pearson’s Higher Nationals specifications. It does have a philosophical aspect. The activity is the essence, not the role of being a student – to learning. We continue learning long after the university years, building on what we have learned there.
The first objective of learners.love was to provide recorded sessions to learners for a week, to give an additional (asynchronous) learning opportunity so that those who could not attend real time (synchronous) meetings can follow recordings without any privacy issues.*
When the pandemic sanctions were lifted, I further designed the website to enhance active learning. Then I decided to include thoughts, about my understanding of knowledge generation, knowledge sharing and service to the society.
Why develop a website to stream videos from synchronous sessions?
Privacy laws are in progress. For legal precautions, many organizations require individuals, e.g., students, to give explicit consent at maximum levels. Add to that, these private-to-the-audience recordings are shared on a conglomerate platform, managed by an information technology (IT) department, open to artificial intelligence (AI). I find this context highly debatable in terms of privacy. The Internet, before the ubiquitous monetization of non-suspecting individuals’ online behaviors, had a more positive effect on human societies. Learners.love is inspired by that reading of digital technologies, aimed at offering more opportunities to interact and learn without second thoughts about their online safety.
* The screenshot below is from a company that offers a learning management system. I find the content somewhat complex and ambiguous.
