The technology is changing fast. The role of tecaher needs to be examined in this context, especially in view of disruptive technologies.

1. Future role of teachers
S G Deshmukh
ABV-Indian Institute of Information Technology &
Management Gwalior
FDP on Promoting Quality in Higher Technical Education
18 Jan 2016

2. Speaking points..
Imperatives
About teaching & teacher
Various trends
– Collaboration
– Open Learn
– Social Media
– Implications
Closing remarks..
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3. Opening ..
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Information: Facts, comments, opinions,
expressed through words, images, sounds...
It can be stored, circulated...
Knowledge: The output of the reconstruction of
information by a person, according to his/her history
and context.
It depends on the person.
Information can be transmitted,
Knowledge must be acquired, constructed and
applied.
That is where TEACHER comes into picture

4. Interesting trends ..1..
• World is flat
• Communication is anytime,
anywhere, anyone !
• Sharing and collaboration
• Urge and desire for recognition !

5. Interesting trends ..2..
Most popular media owner creates no content Facebook
Worlds largest taxi company owns no taxis Uber
Accommodation provider owns no real estate Oyo
Largest phone companies own no telco
infrastructure
Skype
Worlds most valuable retailer has no inventory Alibaba
Worlds largest movie house owns no cinemas NetFlix
Largest software vendors don't write the apps Apple, Google
Source : https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/digital-disruption-has-already-
happened-konstantinos-christodoulakis

6. • You may find the following talk by Salman
Khan of Khan Academy interesting :
• http://www.ted.com/talks/salman_khan_let_s
_use_video_to_reinvent_education?%a0
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Some aspects of boundary
• Discipline Boundary
• Time or Resource Boundary
• Information or Data Boundary
• Contextual boundary

8. Digital disruption..
• “Today, almost in every field, there is a
disruptive digital innovation which has helped
collapse the distribution and delivery
channel”:examples:
Flipkart,/Snapdeal/Amazon, Netflix etc.
– Vinayak Garg (Entrepreneur, at a session Infotsav,
IIITMG, Oct 2015)
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9. Basic assumptions challenged?
• Teacher to student ratio;
• Space?
• Sacrosanct class room teaching, and restricted
class room interaction; and
• Emphasis on single medium (such as black
board): Today the medium is laced with multi-
media based content!!
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10. Forces responsible for digital disruption
• Social media
• Mobile
• AI & Robotics
• Cloud computing
• Knowledge
• Implication: Teacher to assume digital
competency !!
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11. Is he/she a teacher?
• Fundamental assumptions being challenged
• Are we better than Google?
• If yes, how? If no, why?
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12. Comment..
• “Everything is connected to everything else “
• Connected world view
– Enabled by intrinsic desire to be “connected”
– Enabled by teaching ?
– Enabled by IT

13. Roles of a teacher
1. Resource provider
2. Instructional specialist
3. Curriculum specialist
4. Classroom supporter
5. Learning facilitator
6. Mentor
7. Leader
8. Data coach
9. Catalysts for change
10. Learner
• Source
http://www.slideshare.net/alexlegara
1/ten-roles-for-teacher-leaders
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14. Two views..
• Classical view
– Teaching in isolation
– Teaching is
compartmentalized
– No sharing
– Student need to be taught !
• Contemporary view
– Teacher is connected
– Teaching cannot be
done in isolation
– Student as co-producer
– Teaching Vs learning
– Teacher be connected
to society?

15. Connecting with oneself
• Identify your strengths
• Leverage these strengths
• Develop your teaching philosophy
• Develop your glossary
• Develop/use appropriate methodology
• Internalize teaching (one must absorb deeply
into the process so that the topic becomes
part of his genetic code or DNA )

16. Future teacher as a Connected
Teacher
Various trends..

17. Trend 1: Collaboration !
• Sharing of information
• Institutional
collaboration
• Professional networks
• Social networks

18. Implications
• Sharing of information/Knowledge made easy
• “Open source” paradigm
• You must collaborate
• Your collaborator may be anywhere in the
globe!
• Be comfortable with power & influence of
social media !
• “Teaching 2.0 “ ?

19. Trend 2: OpenLearn
• OpenLearn is funded by the William and Flora Hewlett
foundation.
• OpenLearn – supports sites:
- the LearningSpace – a supported open learning
site for learners; and
- the LabSpace – a supported community
building site for creators
http://www.open.edu/openlearn/
Mooc movment

20. Connected community
Amar Amik Garg
Bakshi
KVS Rao
Sharad
Tripta
Anandan Prof. Sastry
Venkie
Prof Ajit Verma
Prof. Brahma
Prrof Biswas
Prof. G Kaushik
Dr. A D Garg
Ravi
R S Dalu
Avneet
Vipul
Prof. Vargheese
Ramamoorthy
Murali
Prof. Nirmal
Prof. Prateek
Jyoti
Shankar Prof. Subramanyam
Prof. Veni

21. Trend 3: Social media
• Social media are tools for social interaction using
Web-based and mobile technologies (Wikipedia).
• These technologies, often referred to as Web 2.0
or social software, provide services that support
users in generating and publishing their own
content.
• The social interactions developed as a result of
this activity can support engagement with
communities of practice through networking and
other co-operative and collaborative practices.

22. Digital media..
• Formal dialogues : skype, google+
• Informal interactions: google chats, facebook
• Documentation: Dropbox, google drive ,
Mendeley, Zetero
• Space for reflection: 750words.com, blogs
• Engaging with community: researchgate,
academia, LinkedIn
• Keeping informed about
conferences/developments : RSS feeds, podcasts,
webinar

23. Example: Blogs
Blogs are a great way to share information
–Test your ideas out with a wide audience
–Learn from others
–Form new relationships
–Build / manage your online personal brand
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24. Characteristics of CT
• Connected teacher is IT savvy
• Connected teacher spend more time online
compared to an average teacher
• Connected teacher responds positively to
criticism
• Connected teacher is positively engaged with
the topic
• Connected teacher is also a Contended
teacher
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25. • https://www.imsglobal.org/article/what-
disruptive-innovation-education
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26. Insights..
• Education is a complex services paradigm in which quality is
difficult to define. Disruption in the education space requires
better service orientation and close contact with customer
• The next phase will be to come out of the current era of
massification into more real world relevant and personalized
educational pathways. , thanks to Mooc and other open
platforms available
• The “disruptive technology” will promote diversity. Diversity in
terms of delivery models and blending of high touch with
personalized self-service. , Flipped class rooms etc. will be in
vogue
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27. Models for transformation
• The integrity model: very similar to original,
as complete as possible, study as the
original;
• The essence model: source material cut
back, keep essential features, text into
shorter blocks;
• The remix model: source material is starting
point, redesigned for web delivery.
Lane (2006) ‘From Pillar to Post: …’
http://kn.open.ac.uk/public/document.cfm?documentid=9724

28. Multiple roles of future teacher..
• As a connected person
• As a facilitator
• As a mentor/coach
• As a co-producer of knowledge
• As a learner
• As a good citizen
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29. Closing remarks..
• To be effective teacher , one must be able
connect research with
• Oneself
• Institute
• Society
• In contemporary world, teacher must also be
connected . For this digital disruptive forces
offer an interesting scope
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31. Thank you
deshmukh.sg@gmail.com
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