I think the phrase “creepy treehouse” needs more traction, which is why I’m blogging it.<\/p>\n
Read about it on Flexknowlogy<\/a>.\u00a0 Here’s a brief excerpt, but you must click through and read the whole entry by Jared Stein.\u00a0 It’s excellent!<\/p>\n Example: \u201cKids \u2026 can see a [creepy treehouse] a mile away and generally do a good job in avoiding them.\u201d John Krutsch<\/a> in Are You Building a Creepy Treehouse?\u201d<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/dd>\n Such institutional environments are often seen as more artificial in their construction and usage, and typically compete with pre-existing systems, environments, or applications. creepy treehouses also have an aspect of closed-ness, where activity within is hidden from the outside world, and may not be easily transferred from the environment by the participants.<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n With respect to education, Utah Valley University<\/a> student Tyrel Kelsey describes, \u201ccreepy treehouse is what a professor can create by requiring his students to interact with him on a medium other than the class room tools. [E.g.] requiring students to follow him\/her on peer networking sites such as Twitter or Facebook.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n Example: \u201cBlackboard Sync<\/a> is soooo creepy treehouse.\u201d Marc Hugentobler<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/dd>\n In the field of educational technology a creepy treehouse is an institutionally controlled technology\/tool that emulates or mimics pre-existing technologies or tools that may already be in use by the learners, or by learners\u2019 peer groups. Though such systems may be seen as innovative or problem-solving to the institution, they may repulse some users<\/strong> who see them as infringement on the sanctity of their peer groups, or as having the potential for institutional violations of their privacy, liberty, ownership, or creativity. Some users may simply object to the influence of the institution.<\/p>\n I\u2019ve been observing this phenomena increasingly, as instructors push down hot Web 2.0 technologies, while students push back with vocal objections or passive resistance. I call this the creepy treehouse effect<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/dl>\n<\/blockquote>\n I think the phrase “creepy treehouse” needs more traction, which is why I’m blogging it. Read about it on Flexknowlogy.\u00a0 Here’s a brief excerpt, but you must click through and read the whole entry by Jared Stein.\u00a0 It’s excellent! creepy treehouse see also creepy treehouse effect n. A place, physical or virtual (e.g. online), built […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":311,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1652,134,103],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-authenticity","category-education","category-media"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/yulelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/yulelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/yulelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/yulelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/311"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/yulelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/yulelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/975\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/yulelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/yulelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/yulelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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Oh, this is very very good.\u00a0 Do read the whole thing<\/a>.\u00a0 Hat-tip to Netwoman<\/a> for “creepy treehouse” — thanks!<\/p>\n<\/dl>\n
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