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Emerging Technologies What the 21st Century will bring
Gerry WhiteCEO, education.au
National ICT agency in education and training
Emerging Technologies What the 21st Century will bring
• Digital divide• Multi-media in classroom• Classroom of tomorrow• Professional development• Use by teachers• Assessment• ICT caution• Emerging national services• Emerging technologies
PerspectiveInformation and communications
1969 1983
TCP/IP
Internet
1989 1991 1997 2005
Information and communications
1969 1983
TCP/IP
Internetwww
1989 1991
Austn
education
1997 2005
• Brochures
• Pages
Information
Communications
Information and communications
1969 1983
TCP/IP
Internetwww
1989 1991
Austn
education
1997 2005
• eBay
• Wikipedia
• Amazon.com
• Brochures
• Pages
Information Services
Communications
Mass media
Information and communications
1969 1983
TCP/IP
Internetwww
1989 1991
Austn
education
1997 2005
• eBay
• Wikipedia
• Amazon.com
• Brochures
• Pages
Information Services
Communications
Interactive
Publishing
Multimedia
Sharing
Mass media
IPN
New media platform
Web 2.0
Information and communications
1969 1983
TCP/IP
Internetwww
1989 1991
Austn
education
1997 2005
• eBay
• Wikipedia
• Amazon.com
• Brochures
• Pages
Information
Communications
Mass media
IPNNew media
platform
Interactive
Publishing
Multimedia
Sharing
Services
So whathas changed
$0 talk
Personalised
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Why use Information Communication Technologies
Real cost benefits:
1% increase in skilled workers = 0.65% increase in gross domestic product
Benefit-to-cost value of at least $10 for every dollar invested =
Digital divide
Broadband• Access• Equity (teachers, students, areas …)• Firewalls• Digital literacy• Home and school
Professor Benjamin Eggleton - Optical Logic and the Photonic Chip
Broadband
Comparison of OECD broadband markets
OECD May 2006 (data Dec 2005), Wairua Consulting
Digital divide
• South Africa – Ubuntu, ShuttleworthFoundation
• UNESCO Education for All• Chile – Enlaces • Philippines -ischoolwebboard
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• South Africa – Ubuntu
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• Chile - Enlaces
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Multi-media in classroomContent and services in a knowledge society• YouTube (video)• Flickr (graphics)• Podcasting (audio)• Skoool (services and resources)• Blogging (micro-publishing)• Books (publishing)• Television (broadcasting)
Classroom of tomorrow• Interactive eg Whiteboard, personal device …
• Learning environment
ICT use normalWhat works bestMajor changes
StudyVocationalResearchKnowledge
11-12+
ICT use normalMajor changes
GrowthEngagementLearningPersonalised
6-10
Selective use of ICT
SocialisationLiteracyNumeracy
K-5
ChangeFocusYear level
Five modes of eLearning
• classroom • independent• networked• community • managed
Australia’s Future Using Education Technology
Geoff Spring, DEST, 2004
Innovations with ICTs
TLF - national collaboration to develop learning objects @ 5c per learning object per student
Making movies
Innovations with ICTs
HotMaths – a new concept providing free basic arithmetic practice plus subscription services
HotMaths
FractionsAnglesActivities
Professional development• State responsibility/system requirements• Patchy programs and funding eg teachers, schools,
professional associations, regions, system-wide …• Methods
Personalised eg course study, research …Requirement eg registration, system …Credits eg days per year …Leadership eg champions, consultants, pilots/trials …Communities of practice eg share best practice, universities …
Use by teachers
• Innovatorscan become champions
• Is it worth it?productivity increase and learning outcome improvements
• Required skill levelsfor all teachers
Assessment
• Would I care to comment – not really• Teacher judgement vs accountability• Parents have right to know
LiteracyNumeracyScienceSocial Learning capacity
• ICT useful as a component of assessment
ICT caution
• LMSs … services, tools …LAMS & Moodle• Vendor packages not developed by
educators• New devices need to evaluated and
trialled –beware of harm• Copyright, privacy, safety• Web of trust, authentication, authorisation
Emerging national services
• Community spaces• Sharing content• News services• Eportfolios• Career services• Emerging technologies• Interoperability standards
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• myfuture
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Emerging technologies
• Openness eg content, services, networks, standards and applications
• Value/TCO (Australia, UK, USA)• Devices• Online services and tools (not content)
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Openness
• borderless global access• unlimited information• connected world• accessible anywhere
Openness
• web based• wireless• mobile • open • personalised
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Professor Albert Y. Zomaya - The Changing Face of ICT Research
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Futureeducation
Dr David Skellern -
Embedded Systems - the inside of smart
things
Conclusion
Individual learning
CustomisationPersonalisation
Class standards
QualityEducational soundness
Sourcing content Authenticating content
Fixed content
AvailableCheapDevices UbiquitiousDemand
Multimedia• blogs• graphics• audio• video
Engagement
Keeping clients informedAccess to information
home and school
Communication
Cost and access
WikiText books
WhyChange toChange from
Educational administration
• Quality
• Conformance
• Corporate
• Research
• Global Summit 2006
Robo PrincipalComing to a school near you
Thankyou
Gerry WhiteCEO, education.au
National ICT agency in education and training