A narrative of learning for a world without boundaries eLearning Africa May 29, 2008 George Siemens

Innovation Blended learning Teacher development ICT Mobile learning Development Networking Collaboration Partnership Innovation Resource constraints Diffusion Adoption Learner success OERs Web 2.0 Pedagogy Infrastructure Open source Digitization eLibraries Empowering women ICT in health care Copyright Quality management Policy Inclusivity Research

History of educational technology

Perez, C. 2004 Technological revolution Year Industrial from 1771 Steam/Railways from 1829 Steel/Electricity from 1875 Oil/Automobile/Mass production from 1908 Information/telecommunications from 1971

Looking within Humanity

Humanity

Increased opportunities

Goals of learners Life of learners

Goals of learners

Life of learners

Changing societal needs

Not content, but interaction, connections, socialization

Principles of openness To people, to places, to methods, to ideas Lord Geoffrey Crowther, 1969

To people, to places, to methods, to ideas

Lord Geoffrey Crowther, 1969

Looking forward Respect of history Mobile technologies OERs Socialization A narrative of inclusion Resolution (acknowledgement) of tension points

Respect of history

Mobile technologies

OERs

Socialization

A narrative of inclusion

Resolution (acknowledgement) of tension points

Not knowing in advance Complicated vs Complex

Complicated

vs

Complex

“ New technologies take hold only in the context of accompanying cultural innovation as their latent possibilities are explored.” Joe Karaganis in Structures of Participation in Digital Culture

“ New technologies take hold only in the context of accompanying cultural innovation as their latent possibilities are explored.”

Joe Karaganis in Structures of Participation in Digital Culture

What is learning in a world without boundaries?

Belonging

A new narrative? On returning… On participating…

On returning…

On participating…

Participating In content creation In learning network formation In socialization In owning our participation

In content creation

In learning network formation

In socialization

In owning our participation

Taking the “whole view” Learning (cognitive, social, situational, emotive) Learner needs, context Diversity Access Technology Variability of information quality International/global relations/partnerships

Learning (cognitive, social, situational, emotive)

Learner needs, context

Diversity

Access

Technology

Variability of information quality

International/global relations/partnerships

STAKEHOLDERS

Achieving “whole view” Build capacity: System (policy) Faculty (skills) Learner (skills, access, and opportunity) Stakeholders: society, government, employers Perils of building a development model too soon, or too rigidly

Build capacity:

System (policy)

Faculty (skills)

Learner (skills, access, and opportunity)

Stakeholders: society, government, employers

Perils of building a development model too soon, or too rigidly

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