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What is Luddism

Handbook of Research on Student-Centered Strategies in Online Adult Learning Environments
A nineteenth century movement against the implementation of certain technologies in manufacturing industries due to the fear that this might render skilled people jobless.
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Arguments Against Online Learning
Dan Patroc (University of Oradea, Romania)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-5085-3.ch006
Abstract
This chapter details some arguments against online learning both from the literature dealing with such problems and from the personal experience of the author. There are eight arguments rendered in detail, as well as some other arguments briefly mentioned. Even if the order of the arguments is random, they all point in the same direction: that online learning should be accepted with much caution. In spite of these arguments (and although most of them should really create some doubts for the defenders of online learning), in the end we must admit that such a choice (teaching or being a student in an online environment) is a purely personal one.
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A Run for your [Techno]Self
Historically, luddism refers to the basic ideas held by the followers of Ned Ludd who opposed the use of textile machinery in early 19th century England. A modern luddite maintains a critical stance on any new technology and opposes any technological change that violates human nature and needs.
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