Rethinking the role of young people in a rapidly changing world
e21 Symposium, e21 Consortium, Ottawa, via Zoom, Panel, Oct 29, 2021.
Panel at the e21 conference. I participated as a commentator; you can see my contribution beginning at 28:54 after the main speaker. Mostly what I talk about here is how to think about young people (specifically, not as defined by age, but as defined by experiences, which vary a lot across people). I argue in favour of autonomy for young people - and identify programs which focus on innovation and entrepreneurship as just another way of telling them what to do. And I argue that if we want to support young people, we should make sure they have the resoruces they need to bring their ideas to fruition.
Stephen Downes, Casselman, Canada
stephen@downes.ca
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