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A possible future for learning and teaching?

Starting the
conversation

Think!
Take a few minutes to
• Recall one of your own most valuable
learning experiences.
• Recall one of your own most satisfying
teaching experiences.

Pair!
• Find a new friend and take in turns to talk
about both situations
• Visit http://bit.ly/mqltceptc and sign in.
• (you need to grab a laptop)

Share!
• Share a brief summary of one of those
most valuable learning experiences.
• Share a brief summary one of those
satisfying teaching experiences.

Feedback
• In your pairs - say which of the statements
you’ve made sticks in your mind - and why.

The past and present

What are 1 or 2 important gains that
have already resulted from
educational uses of information
technology in your experiences?
1. For your students?
2. For your colleagues?
3. For your institution?
4. For yourself?

What are 1 or 2 important losses
that have already resulted from
educational uses of information
technology in your experience?
1. For your students?
2. For your colleagues?
3. For your institution?
4. For yourself?

The future
Form 2 Tribes
the technocrats
the technophobes

Q1
What do you most want to gain [Regain?]
What are 1 or 2 important results that you most
want to gain in the future from educational uses of
information technology? [If it is easier, ask yourself
“What do I most want to regain?]
1. For your students?
2. For your colleagues?
3. For your institution?
4. For yourself?

Q2
If we are going to add a new
technology into the University ...
What do you most cherish and want not to lose?
1. For your students?
2. For your colleagues?
3. For your institution?
4. For yourself?

Q3
What do you most want to avoid?

Q4
What are you willing to sacrifice in order
in order to gain or keep something you
identified in questions 1 or 2 above?