Learning Technology

Innovations in Technology And What it Means to Learning and Training Karl M. Kapp, Ed.D.

Digital Immigrants Digital Natives Boomers Generation X Gamers Millennials Neo-Millennials Nexters Greatest Generation Gen-Y GAP

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Technological Innovations

What was the “killer app” for the Boomers/Gen-X generations?

Computers

Microwaves

Color Television

Which trait best describes you?

Individualistic

Driven

Loyal

Idealistic

Skeptical

Hierarchical

None of These

Individualistic

Driven

Loyal

Idealistic

Skeptical

Hierarchical

Formal Learners

Boomers Gen Xers

Lazy Wasting Time Rotting Brain Anti- Social

Kids ages 8-10 play video games for about one hour every day. Digital divisions. Report by the Pew /Internet: Pew Internet & American Life . US Department of Commerce 87% of 8- to 17-year old children play video games at home. Male teenagers play 13 hours of console video games a week .

70 percent of the players of The Sims are women under age 25 Unfortunately, this game highlights a sexist stereotype So does this game And this one Hottest selling kid’s PC game from May 2004 to July 2006 was Princess Fashion Boutique

Females play 5 hours a week of console games. They make up the majority of PC gamers at 63%. Almost 43% of the gamers are female and 26% of those females are over 18.

Gamer 1.0 4 2 3

Gamer 1.0 4 3 Where is my opponent going to go next? In what direction should I try to move the ball? How will the ball bounce off the wall?

Gamer 2.0

Gamer 2.0 Should I shoot the aliens on the end or in the middle or all the bottom aliens first? How long do I have to shoot before an alien shoots at me? What is the pattern these aliens are following?

What actions should I take based on this information?

Gamer 3.0

Gamer 3.0 Where do I explore first? What activities are of the most value? What must I do to achieve my goal?

What variables do I balance to keep my person happy? How should I manage my time?

Gamer 4.0

Gamer 4.0 What activities give me the most return for my efforts? Can I trust this person who wants to team with me to accomplish a goal?

What can we create together?

What leadership strategy should I use?

84%, of all teenagers own at least one personal media device:

Desktop/laptop Computer

Cell Phone

Personal Digital Assistant (PDA)

-Pew Internet Foundation

44% have two 15% of 2-5 Year olds have a Cell phone -NPD Group

32 MB 4 MB DRAM 333 MHz Increasing Power of Gadgets 2.048 MHz Clock Speed 2,048 words of RAM Storage 36,864 words of ROM Memory PlayStation Portable PSP Block II Apollo Guidance Computer AGC Capability

Got Game: John Beck and Mitchell Wade (2004) Problem Solvers Confident Resilient Multi- tasking Informal Learners Social

Training Manual (one of three)

New Approaches are Needed

Solutions

Provide a challenge

Tell a story

Provide Plenty of Feedback

Leverage Gadgets

Set up a community

Think about Virtual Worlds

Mix It Up in the Classroom

Think of Learning as a Process

Play Some Games

Solution #1: Provide a Challenge

Can this group solve the challenge? Do they know what tools to use?

Solution #2: Tell a Story Bourne Conspiracy Video Game

Defense Intelligent Agency Training

America’s Army

- Realistic simulators for contemporary

Leadership Training

- Integrate these games into leadership development

programs

- Attempt various leadership structures

Employees may make hundreds of leadership

decision an hour in a game

Leadership’s Online Labs Harvard Business Review, May 2008

PDG’s Sales Simulation Training

Solution # 3: Provide Feedback A lot of feedback.

Lenhart, Maddden, Hitlin (2005) Teens and Technology: Youth are Leading the Transition to a Fully Wired and Mobile Nation. Pew Internet and American Life Project. Snail mail: “something you use to talk to ‘old people,’ institutions, or to send complex instructions to large groups.” In other words “Email”

SOP Instructions

Following your planogram, assemble the columns of cubes on the floor by locking each cube in place

After each column is completed place the top plate on the top of each column

Continue until you have all the columns built

Solution #3: Leverage Gadgets

Solution #3: Leverage Gadgets Listen, for a steady rhythm

Solution #5: Set up a Community www.karlkapp.blogspot.com

www.blogger.com www.wikispaces.com

Real-time access to people Quick question Broadcasting Thoughts and Opinions Sending Yourself Reminders. Mentoring Reach across silos of information Answering one question leads to more questions

Clarification of Terms Tips and Techniques Advice from Veteran Employees Frequently Asked Questions Posting/Collection of of Valuable Resources Listing of Internal Experts

Solution #6: Virtual Worlds

Create Shared Working Spaces

Solution #7: Mix it up in the Classroom