Madlat 2008

Walking Uncertain Paths: Technologies and Models of Learning for Tomorrow Peter Tittenberger George Siemens MADLaT May 9, 2008 Learning Technologies Centre www.umanitoba.ca/learning_technologies

Technological developments
Societal impact?
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?

Social impact?
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)

Societal impact?
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

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