This document discusses emerging trends in education including increased use of social media, virtual worlds, personal learning networks, visual learning, and mobile devices. It notes that learners are becoming more self-directed, collaborative, and oriented toward peer feedback. New technologies like augmented reality, games, and wearable devices are changing the learning landscape. The future of learning will be more social, collaborative, visual, and integrated across virtual and real worlds. For tools to be effective, it is important to select the right tool for the job and support instructors through professional development.

1. A Vision of Learning
Carol
Skyring
http://opensimulator.org/wiki/File:Oscc13_001_002_grady_booch.png
AIM NSW 10 October 2013

2. Where are we now?
Where are we heading?
•
Social media
•
Virtual worlds
•
PLNs
•
Visual learning
•
LMS

3. Who are you?
1. I have a smart device
2. I would have a smart device if someone
would buy me one
3. I m happy with my dumb device
4. I have a number of mobile devices with me
and they re all turned on
5. I tweet therefore I am
6. My PLN is very important to me
7. I d have a PLN if I knew what it was

4. I m not promoting any of these tools as being better
than others - just sharing some I know.

5. Don’t just sit there:
Download:
Aurasma
Layar
#AIMlearning
eg: @carolskyring just told
us to tweet #AIMlearning
http://twubs.com/AIMlearning
Spacecraft
3D
i-nigma

6. A new type of learner
google.com registered Sept 15, 1997
http://www.flickr.com/photos/56155476@N08/5667864872

7. Learners are:
• more self-directed
• better equipped to capture information
• more reliant on feedback from peers
• more inclined to collaborate
• more oriented toward being their own nodes of production
Pew report as quoted by John K. Waters, 13 December 2011
http://thejournal.com/articles/2011/12/13/broadband-social-networks-and-mobility.aspx

8. New tools devices
Mobile

9. 84%
Couldn t go a single
day without their
mobile devices in
hand
Source: TIME Mobility Poll Aug 2012

10. Social
Collaborative
Everyone has a voice
Sharing media: video, audio, images
The wisdom of crowds
Harnessing the collective intelligence
Future learning will be MORE social collaborative
http://www.thenailasaurus.com/2011/07/week-of-geek-day-6-social-media-nails.html

11. Virtual Worlds
SUN MPK20
http://www.flickr.com/photos/25095603@N07/4548192925
Second Life
Open Sim
Quest Atlantis
Minecraft
WOW

12. Meetings in SecondLife
See video: http://youtu.be/m8F66mZdsHw

13. Games
Google, Microsoft, Cisco, Deloitte, Sun Microsystems,
IBM, L Oreal, Canon, Lexus, FedEx, UPS, Wells Fargo and
countless others have embraced games to make workers
more satisfied, better-trained and focused on their jobs,
as well as to improve products and services.
Source: Adam Penenberg author of Play at Work: How Games Inspire Breakthrough Thinking

14. Games example
See video:
McDonald's Japan Teaches Burger Making With Nintendo DS

15. More....
Gamification:
game elements
that drive
engagement and
interaction.
Augmented reality:
view of a real-world
environment augmented by
computer-generated
sensory input eg sound,
video, graphics.
Wearable technology:
devices that can be worn by
users, taking the form of an
accessory such as jewellery,
sunglasses, a backpack, or
even actual items of clothing
such as shoes or a jacket.

16. Aurasma
Open the app and point it at the picture below
(if nothing happens go to the website below try)
http://www.aurasma.com/aura

17. It s not hard to make
Use Aurasma

19. See video: http://youtu.be/EUmNbNa3RYY
Future learning will merge virtual and real worlds

20. Use Spacecraft 3D App

21. QR Codes
Use i-nigma or Layar

22. Opportunities
• New employee orientation
• Leadership development
• Mandatory training
• Language training

23. Google glass
See video: Google Glass A First Real Life Look

24. 2013
NMC Horizon
Report - HE
1 Year or Less:
Massively Open Online Courses
Tablet Computing
2-3 Years:
Games Gamification
Learning Analytics
4-5 Years:
3D Printing
Wearable Technology
http://www.nmc.org/publications/2013-horizon-report-higher-ed

25. PLNs
Collecon
of
people
who
contribute
to
your
learning
Connected
virtually
A
global
network
Available
anyme,
anywhere
Social
Collaborative
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26. Value of a PLN
• Stay current
• Continuous learning
• Answers/help/resources/advice
when you need it

27. Top 10 reasons*
• Access timely information
• Make diverse and global connections
• Access valuable resources, advice and support
• Access key learnings from conferences, workshops or seminars
without having to attend
• Engage in conversations and discussions
• Access experts
• Keep up with current trends
• Extend professional networks beyond their local area
• Reciprocity
• Learning
*From my doctoral research

28. Top 10 Professional Learning Activities on Twitter*
• Sharing or on-sharing a resource eg website, book, video
• Following a link tweeted by someone in their network
• Reading activity updates of others in their network
• Saving a resource tweeted by someone in their network
• Acting on something they have read in a tweet
• Engaging in a conversation with someone in their network
• Going back to a saved resource tweeted by someone
• Using hashtags (#) to share information on a specific topic
or from a conference, workshop or seminar
• Searching for content
• Asking for a resource on a specific topic
*From my doctoral research

29. Some PLN Tools
It’s important to help people set up their PLN

30. Visual Learning
The future of learning is visual:
video
pictures
animations
infographics
Many of these are social
collaborative:
video: eg YouTube
pictures: eg Flickr
animations: eg Animoto
infographics: eg Visual.ly

31. http://visual.ly/how-learning-organisation-differentiated

32. Videoconferencing/Telepresence

33. VC from real world to virtual world

34. LMS
Rich media
Social
Collaborative
SECURE ENVIRONMENT

35. The New Learning Centre
Source: http://www.slideshare.net/worklearnmobile/m-learncon2013-public

36. Themes
Social
Collaborative
Networks
Media rich
Mobile

37. Key factors for
success
Appropriate and effective use:
- Is this the RIGHT tool?
- A combination
Pedagogical issues:
- Learning design
Support for instructors:
- Professional development
Provide learning solutions NOT
technological ones

38. @carolskyring