The More We Change, The More We Remain the Same: The Electracy Model of Teaching and Learning

Throughout time, humans have utilized different technological tools to enhance both basic communication and learning. For instance, humans have gone from cave drawings to web sites; from petroglyphics to blogging; from conversations to instant messaging; and from story telling to e-books. As such, technology has played a key role in shaping how humans communicate and understand one another. While technology has cycled through novel methods of teaching and learning, so too does the learning process cycle through on an individual level. It is important to note the coinciding patterns of cycles, a larger global pattern within a reoccurring internal cycle of teaching and learning, which includes many of the philosophical orientations to learning. Therefore we should be aware of the cycles and more effectively communicate to an audience that resembles a moving target.