DIY U: Edupunks, Edupreneurs, and the Coming Transformation of Higher EducationEdupunks, Edupreneurs, and the Coming Transformation of Higher Education eBook: Anya Kamenetz. DIY U. Introducing Edupunk. Jim Groom recently coined the term "edupunk" to refer to a scrappy, DIY spirit in some sectors of educational technology.
Edupunk, he writes, is opposed to capitalist co-optation of the labor of educators and progressive educational technologists. He highlights "a scary reality that often gets overlooked (or is it intentionally downplayed?) In educational technology," namely that the Utopian, blue sky ideas of technology as a singular harbinger of possibility and liberation ignores the cold and all-consuming role that capital plays in the shaping of technology as means of control. The Edupunks are coming … to an Edu-Factory near you! UnCollege - Hacking Your Education. How Web-Savvy Edupunks Are Transforming American Higher Education.