James Clay from Gloucestershire College gives a presentation on the future of learning at the MIMAS Mobile Learning event.

1. The future of learning...
James Clay
Gloucestershire College
Gloucestershire College
Gloucestershire College

2. So what is the future of
learning?

3. Before we look to the
future, we need to look
to the past...

4. Six weeks off so we can
get the harvest in...

5. Victorian classroom

6. Classroom in
Gloucestershire
College

7. Best of both?

8. Computer suite?

9. Teacher

10. Spending all day on
Facebook...

11. PAT Tested?

12. Using a computer

13. YouTube in the Dance
Studio

14. The future...

15. Immersive
technologies?

16. On the phone...

17. Multi-tasking

18. On the Nintendo DS

19. Talking on the phone

20. Laptop in the cafe

21. Using my computer, my
3G and my DVD
player!

22. Learning in the coffee
shop

23. Is this mobile learning?

24. Learning together with
technology

25. Collaboration

26. Boxes!

27. We need to blur the
boxes we put learning
in.

28. The future...

29. Microphone

30. Audio

31. HD Camera

32. PSP Camera

33. Camera on a mobile
phone

34. Video

35. GPS

36. GPS and location based
learning

37. Books

38. e-Books

39. Venice

40. We need to ensure
easy and cheap
connectivity, through
wifi or 3G

41. Batteries

42. We need to ensure
long battery life.

43. Penknife

44. Do you want one
device which does four
things badly or a device
which does one thing
well?

45. Change?

46. Management of
Change?

47. So you plan to take
small steps, one at a
time....

48. What do you do if a
step is missing?

49. What do you do if a
step is broken?

50. Isn’t it quicker to avoid
the steps and jump
down?

51. We need to be
responsive to changes
in technology and
society.

52. We need to focus on
activity and not
creating content.

53. We need to build in
flexibility.

54. We need to share
resources, context and
activities.

55. We need to
collaborate and work
together.

56. We need to reward
and ensure innovation.

57. We need to encourage
experimentation.

58. We need to change the
way we assess.

59. It’s all about changing
the culture.

60. Use technology as a
solution not just
because it is cool
technology.

61. The future?

62. The future is learners.

63. Learners choosing how
and where they learn.

64. Using a wide range of
resources and
technologies.

65. Mobile technologies are
not just for the young.

66. Not all young people
are “digital natives”.
The term is not helpful.

67. Learners want to learn
where they want to.

68. It’s all about the
learners, young old,
whoever.

69. Learners

70. Any questions?

71. The future...
James Clay
Gloucestershire College
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