This document discusses Jesuit education in a digital world. It covers topics like internationalization and growing diversity/interconnectedness, digitalization and different literacies, carrier technologies (old vs. new media), digital generations (analogues, natives, immigrants), challenges with rapid technology changes, characteristics of millennial students, Jesuit traditions of cura personalis and homines pro aliis, the Jesuit advantage of a holistic view, the need for faculty to be "bilingual" in digital and non-digital environments, possibilities for virtualization and outreach, and takeaways about technologies being means and not ends and tapping into strengths of Jesuit education.
18. Digital Generations
Digital
Analogues
born and raised in Natives
non-digital born and
environment raised in digital
environment
19. Digital Generations
Digital
Immigrants Digital
born and raised in non-
digital environment
Analogues working in digital Natives
environment now born and
born and raised in
raised in digital
non-digital
environment
environment
61. Takeaways
• Digital immigrants have lots to give to the
natives - and the natives have lots to learn
but also to teach
• Technologies are means, not ends → their
use depends on social/cultural context
62. Takeaways
• Digital immigrants have lots to give to the
natives - and the natives have lots to learn
but also to teach
• Technologies are means, not ends → their
use depends on social/cultural context
• Tapping into the strengths of Jesuit
education
- Growing diversity in both, student-body and faculty
- Example of interconnectedness: faculty using VoIP tools (e.g., Skype), students very active social online-networkers
- Growing importance of network tools supporting members of the university’s larger community (with associated problems)
- Growing diversity in both, student-body and faculty
- Example of interconnectedness: faculty using VoIP tools (e.g., Skype), students very active social online-networkers
- Growing importance of network tools supporting members of the university’s larger community (with associated problems)
Importance of information
- Different forms of access, evaluation, and use of sources
- As a result in different carrier technologies -> different formats & forms of information
- Old/traditional vs new information environments
- But reality now is: mixed environments
Analogues - born & raised in non-digital environment
Digital natives - born & raised in digital environment
Digital Immigrants - born and raised in non-digital environment, but living & working in digital one now
- Jesuits introduced modern printing presses to counter effective new communication tools of reformation movement
- Describe Kindle project
Men and women “for others” can take numerous forms that involve new technologies
Needs as teachers differ substantially from needs as researchers and administrators
Needs as teachers differ substantially from needs as researchers and administrators
Needs as teachers differ substantially from needs as researchers and administrators
- Virtualization example: “datalabs”
- Best practices: podcasting (e.g., this presentation)
- Outreach:
- Example: digital speakers
- global, tapping into Jesuit network (back to the roots ;-)
- Virtualization example: “datalabs”
- Best practices: podcasting (e.g., this presentation)
- Outreach:
- Example: digital speakers
- global, tapping into Jesuit network (back to the roots ;-)
- Virtualization example: “datalabs”
- Best practices: podcasting (e.g., this presentation)
- Outreach:
- Example: digital speakers
- global, tapping into Jesuit network (back to the roots ;-)