Digital Technology Digital Technology Learns Faster Learns Faster than Educationthan Education

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by Deborah Danoby Deborah Dano

Dr. Randy Nordell - Business 310 class

25 years 25 years from now we will work with technologies from now we will work with technologies

not yet inventednot yet invented

EducationEducation

Dead-ucationDead-ucation

Digital Technologies help Digital Technologies help you learnyou learn

everything.everything.

How do How do we keep we keep

up?up?

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New New technologiestechnologies

Coming to Coming to educationeducation

How they will How they will change change education?education?

RecommendatioRecommendationsns

ProblemProblem

Changing technologies challenge Changing technologies challenge us to choose those for us to choose those for education that are:education that are: Long livedLong lived PracticalPractical UpdatableUpdatable

PurposePurpose

Evaluate how to prepare Evaluate how to prepare for updating technology for updating technology skills.skills.

Review new technologies Review new technologies and strategize over the and strategize over the best for education. best for education.

Suggest use scenarios.Suggest use scenarios.

AssumptionsAssumptions

Recommendations based on these Recommendations based on these assumptions:assumptions:

Education’s decisions are guided by Education’s decisions are guided by

budget limits.budget limits.Technologies evolve past Technologies evolve past

education’s adaptation parameters.education’s adaptation parameters.Education will offer classes based Education will offer classes based

on on

future needs of students.future needs of students.

CriteriaCriteria

TechnologyTechnology must satisfy must satisfy educational criteria:educational criteria:

High user profile in college High user profile in college population.population.

Implemented within budget Implemented within budget constraints.constraints.

Supportable in framework with Supportable in framework with backwards compatibility.backwards compatibility.

No short term obsolescence.No short term obsolescence.Overlaps other technologies, Overlaps other technologies,

interchanges with or is interchanges with or is substituted by them.substituted by them.

So what is out there?So what is out there?

Step your game upStep your game up

Asynchronous live webAsynchronous live web

User is in control with 100% accessUser is in control with 100% access

Personalized web experience - the Personalized web experience - the web knows youweb knows you

Open-Source (programming shared Open-Source (programming shared code)code)

The force of freeThe force of free

ConclusionsConclusions

Traditional class proposal processes may take a Traditional class proposal processes may take a year.year.

““Hybrid classes” may be offered immediately.Hybrid classes” may be offered immediately.

New evaluation methods for future class offerings.New evaluation methods for future class offerings.

Distance live webcast classes and online tutorialsDistance live webcast classes and online tutorials

Expert resources artificial or personalExpert resources artificial or personal

RecommendationsRecommendations

Keep abreast of the Keep abreast of the future future organizational organizational modelsmodels

Open Source wareOpen Source ware Free wareFree ware Mobile contentMobile content Virtualization Virtualization 24/7 access online24/7 access online

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Technology is...Technology is...

UNESCO, the United Nations Education, UNESCO, the United Nations Education, Social and Cultural Organization, defines Social and Cultural Organization, defines technology as:technology as:

"...the know-how and creative processes "...the know-how and creative processes that may assist people to utilize tools, that may assist people to utilize tools, resources and systems to solve problems resources and systems to solve problems and to enhance control over the natural and to enhance control over the natural and made environment in an endeavor to and made environment in an endeavor to improve the human condition.”improve the human condition.”

Technology becomes Technology becomes culture?culture?

Accepted ways of acting, feeling and thinking Accepted ways of acting, feeling and thinking defines culture. Technology is credible in defines culture. Technology is credible in defining defining what’s acceptable in culture.what’s acceptable in culture.

If we believe technology will solve our problems. If we believe technology will solve our problems. Life’s Life’s values will be seen throughvalues will be seen through technology.technology.

Technology is a tool we created, it didn’t create us Technology is a tool we created, it didn’t create us however.however.

Who we are guides us Who we are guides us to create who we to create who we

becomebecomeby what we makeby what we make

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from Ted.comPranav Mistry6th Sense Technology