madlat 2008

Walking Uncertain Paths: Technologies and Models of

Learning for TomorrowPeter Tittenberger

George SiemensMADLaT

May 9, 2008

Learning Technologies Centrewww.umanitoba.ca/learning_technologies

3. Technological developments4. Societal impact?5. Next wave of change

Dual pressures

Conceptual (social learning theory, situated/contextual learning)

Technological (web, participative technologies)

Infrequent duality – last time: 1750-1850 (social/technological upheaval)

Recent developments in Educational Technology

Web 2.0

Millenials

Open Education Resources

Blogs

Wikis

Second Life

Virtual Worlds

Twitter

Wikipedia

YouTube

uStream Podcasts

flickr

Skype

Diigo

Blogger

Google Docs

LMS

Learning 2.0

Distributed learning

Learner-centered

Authentic Teaching

Accountability

Standards

Online learning

Hybrid learning

Blended learning

Globalization

Digital literacy

Digital divide

Tag clouds User generated

Mashups

Impact?

Where have we seen change?

Systems level: ERP, HRM, LMS

What about at classroom level?

What is the adoption rate?

JISC LXP

ECAR

EDU Research

Network Learning (Dissertation: de Laat, Journal of Computer Assisted Learning)

Web 2.0 (whatever that means)

Not yet familiar with LMS...

And now here we are

Distributed

Networked

Social networks

Mobile learning

Microlearning

Immersive worlds

Single functionality tools

Discussion...(maybe a bit of argument)

Adopt, Adapt, or Ignore?

2. Technological developments

3. Social impact?

4. Next wave of change

Social impact

Identity

Ethics

Morality

What’s permissible?

MyLifeBits

Justin.tv

Transparency...capturing everything...expressing anything (Wikileaks)

(but who has time to review??)

...the drift towards a narrowing down of the “function” of a university in the traditional, constantly self-renewing sense, towards an institution which merely serves the needs of the community as determined by current economic and social needs, by focusing mainly on the training of “professionals”.

Bert Oliver

Emerging tension points

Education vs. business

Accreditation vs. reputation

Transformation vs. utility

Research vs. responding

Formal vs. informal

Conceptual and technological developments require:– New process of education (y/n?)

– New view of literacy

– New skills

Instructional design

Faculty concerns with online teaching

Social impact of technology

PLAR – learning outside of formal institutions

Implications?

Mixed

Hype

Systemic change?

Challenge

Retain transformative character of traditional education

Adjust to reflect new tools, new needs, new society (?)

Impact?

End of certainty

Adjustment to notion of expertise– Reputation is accreditation

Policy

Mixed signals

Systemization (ID)

Corporatization of education

Business-like view of research/commercialization

Utilitarian view of education

Declining professorship/faculty...(NCES)

Discussion...(maybe a bit of argument)

Adopt, Adapt, or Ignore?

2. Technological developments

3. Societal impact?

4. Next wave of change

The future isn’t only about us.

Education’s future will be shaped in developing

countries

China: HE enrolment doubled, 2000 – 2003 16 million. Exceeds US

India: by 2010, 40% of all

HE education will be distance

Carnegie Foundation (2006)

China: 800 new institutions in higher education since late 90’s

China: doubled scientific article output between 1997-2004 (rest of world declined %)

1800: 3% of population in large cities

2050: 75%

http://www.192021.org/

Trends

Haptic devices

Open educational resources

Globalization

New devices for internet access (diminishing role of computers)

New, continuous access to web

GPS...location awareness

Trends

Visualization to assist in sensemaking

Neuroscience – remaking of our understanding of learning, will, humanity

Embeddedness – diminished volition of pursuing learning. Learning as breathing

Overlay

Trends

Mashups: multiple, unanticipated connections

Distributed labs

Cloud computing

Web OS

Collaboration/co-creation

Collective/Connective intelligence

Networks are changing:

Teaching

Learning

Social

Self-organizing

Loosely-planned targets

Mediated by artifacts of invention

Global, connected, collaborative, distributed

“I’ll take buzzword for 200, please Alex”

Society

Science...

Collaborative

Open

Evolving

Engaged with society

PLOSOne

Discussion...(maybe a bit of argument)

Adopt, Adapt, or Ignore?

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