SioC Speaker Series: One hundred (+) years of behaviorist technology in education: where it came from and why it persists

Monday, Oct. 30, 2023, 9:30 – 11 a.m.
Albertsons Library, Room 105

The Social Impacts of Computing group, supported by a grant from the Boise State Humanities and Social Sciences Initiative (also known as HSSI), presents “One hundred (+) years of behaviorist technology in education: where it came from and why it persists” with Leif Nelson from the Office of Information Technology, on Monday, Oct. 30, in Albertsons Library, Room 105.

Please RSVP for this event on the Sioc Speaker Series webpage.

About this event

Presenter: Leif Nelson, Executive Director of Learning Technology Solutions and Interim Director of Research Computing Services, Office of Information Technology

Abstract: “Behaviorism, as an approach to understanding human activity, has been applied to education, particularly in the form of technological devices, for over one hundred years. Behaviorist technology in education incorporates and advances assumptions about the nature and goals of “”learning.”” This talk explores some of the early influences of scientific measurement–and scientific management– on the field of education as well as contemporary analogues in consumer technology platforms (social media, search engines, etc.) that intend to monitor, manage, and manipulate behavior through mediated systems.”

About this series

Future events in the series include:

• Oct. 30 – Leif Nelson, Executive Director of Learning Technology Solutions
• Nov. 13 – Kimberly Gardner, Idaho Science and Technology Policy Fellow
• Nov. 27 – Michelle Gregory, Senior Vice President of Data Science and AI and Chief Data Scientist, [24]7.ai

For more information about this series, contact Ed Ferrier in the Department of Philosophy at edwardferrier@boisestate.edu.