Emerging
technologies
Bac kg round, tools and
c hallenges for Higher
Education
Kathryn Greenhill
Emerging Technologies Specialist
Murdoch University July 2009

blogs.murdoch.edu.au/et

"The world is changing very fast.
Big will not beat small anymore.
It will be the fast beating the
slow.”

Murdoch

Rupert Murdoch

Today...
Background
Tools
Challenges/opportunities

Background

Background
online lives

Source: Forrester Nov 2008 Australian Adult Social Technographics® Report.

Background
K- 12 education

Using the SMARTBoard in Room 14 – 05 http://www.flickr.com/photos/technolote/3129042835/ Uploaded on December 23, 2008 by

 Smart boards, powerpoint,
Using the SMARTBoard in Room 14 – 05 http://www.flickr.com/photos/technolote/3129076237/ Uploaded on December 23, 2008 by

Background
student
expectations

Expectations of Higher Education
ICT were met
Had very low expectations

Background
workplace
expectations

Communication
Participation
Networking
Sharing
Teamwork

Background
norms of higher
education

Heirarchical
Substantially introvert
Guarded
Careful
Precise
Measured

Background
Graduate attributes

 Communication
 Critical and creative thinking
 Social Interaction
 Independent and lifelong learning
 Ethics
 Social Justice
 Global perspective
 Interdisciplinarity
 In-depth knowledge of a field of study

 Communication
 Critical and creative thinking
 Social Interaction
 Independent and lifelong learning
 Ethics
 Social Justice
 Global perspective
 Interdisciplinarity
 In-depth knowledge of a field of study

Tools

Blogs
Wikis
YouTube
Twitter
Flickr
Facebook
RSS / XML feeds

They have changed what we
do.
These tools will be constantly
replaced by something better.

Tools for
hyperconnectivity

Collaboration
Read/write
Co-creation
Produsage
24/7

Blog Image Twitter Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/vanmildert/3427996361/ Uploaded on April 10, 2009

Tools for
mobility

Tools for mobility
devices

The Menagerie http://www.flickr.com/photos/lhl/3611675787/ Uploaded to Flickr on June 10, 2009 by lhl

Tools for mobility
cloud

ngkok Uploaded to Flickr on June 17 2007 by sara y tzunky

 Monk at internet cafe
 Google docs
 Windows live
 Wikis
 Storage
 Social bookmarking

Tools for
input

Tools for
“me” space

Tools for
“we” space

Tools for
“see” space

Tools for
free

Tools for
free
as in
liberty

Tools for
free
as in
no initial cost

Costs same amount of money
Invest in people and skills instead
of software licenses
Gain flexibility and control
Gain a community to work with
 Blackboard – 2200 institutions worldwide
 Moodle 52,153 registered sites worldwide

Tools for
remix

Tools for
identity

Tools for
being green

Tools for
stability

Challenges

Opportunities?

 There is a growing need for formal instruction in key new skills,
including information literacy, visual literacy, and technological
literacy.
 Students are different, but a lot of educational material is not
 Significant shifts are taking place in the ways scholarship and
research are conducted, and there is a need for innovation and
leadership at all levels of the academy
 We are expected, especially in public education, to measure and
prove through formal assessment that our students are learning
 Higher education is facing a growing expectation to make use of
and to deliver services, content and media to mobile devices
Source: Educause The Horizon Report 2009 (January 2009)

Challenge/
opportunity
digital divide

Challenge/opportunity: digital
divide
students

Challenge/opportunity : digital
divide
gender

Source: Luckin et al, KS3 and KS4 learners' use of Web 2.0 technologies in and out of School – Summary
http://partners.becta.org.uk/upload-dir/downloads/page_documents/research/web2_technologies_ks3_4_summary.pd

Challenge/opportunity: digital
divide
staff

Challenge/opportunity: digital divide : staff
1. theoretical

Challenge/opportunity: digital divide : staff
2. technical

 14 Things

Challenge/opportunity: digital divide : staff
3. pedagogical

Challenge/opportunity : digital
divide
outside digital
life and
university

Challenge/opportunity
PLE vs
VLE/LMS

My PLE Diagram http://www.flickr.com/photos/nessman/2590572476/
Uploaded to Flickr on June 19, 2008 by nessman

Challenge /
opportunity
control

Challenge /
opportunity
constant
re-evaluation

Challenge /
opportunity
capture

Challenge /
opportunity
sharing

Challenge /
opportunity
engagement

Challenge /
opportunity
competition

Challenge /
opportunity
information
fluency

Challenge /
opportunity
making
informed
decisions

Keep
the baby
sequoia can sit up by himself in the bath now - _MG_5837 Uploaded to Flickr on May 28, 2007 by sean dreilinger

“The only education out of
which good can come is
the education which
teaches you to think for
yourself instead of
swallowing whatever the
fashion of the moment
may prescribe.”

Walter Murdoch