Digital Learning & Technology – The
Good, The Bad and the Ugly [image from the New York
Institute of Technology at https://www.nyit.edu/box/features/nyit_introduced_teaching_machines_in_1950s]
1. Landscape	of	digital	learning
2. Discussing	our	good,	bad	and	ugly
3. Near	Futures
Structure
Technology enhanced learning (CIPD 2012)
Blended	learning	[36%]
Webinars	&	virtual	classrooms	[20%]
Learning	libraries	&	wikis	[17%]
Audio	learning	&	podcasts	[14%]
Rapid	authoring	software	[13%]
E-books	[11%]
Through	social	media,	eg,	Facebook,	
Twitter,	etc.	[5%]
Mobile	learning	using	smartphones	[3%]
… the adjacent possible
Image	from	New	Media	Consortium	2007:		http://www.flickr.com/photos/nmc-campus/2090945217/
Interactional
Learner Content
Learner
Learner
Learner
Instructor/ expert
Learner
Context
Typology
Learner to content
SOP	instructions/	
how	to/	
compliance
Learner to content (& context?)
SOP	instructions/	
how	to/	
compliance
Scenarios/	simulations/	games
Virtubio [http://www.virtub.io/en/]
Learner to learner, expert, content &
context
SOP	instructions/	
how	to/	
compliance
Scenarios/	simulations/	games
Enterprise	Social	
Media
PersonalSocial
Media
Diag from	CIPD	L&D	survey
Not	unreasonable	to	
propose	that	by	2020	many	
organisations	will	be	wholly	
reliant	on	their	internal	
social	network	…	[becoming]	
as	essential	as	telephones	
and	email	are	today	(CIPD	2013)
Twitter chats
FOAMed
Social Tech in the workplace
CIPD	2013;	IBM	2013
1. Access	to	Expertise
2. Knowledge	sharing
3. Insight	&	intelligence
4. Co-creation	&	collaboration
SOP	instructions/	
how	to/	
compliance
Scenarios/	simulations/	games
Enterprise	Social	
Media
PersonalSocial
Media
Learner to learner, expert, content &
context
Learner to ?
SOP	instructions/	
how	to/	
compliance
Scenarios/	simulations/	games
Enterprise	Social	
Media
PersonalSocial
Media
Credentials &
Open Badges
Discussion
In	groups	use	the	typology	to	discuss:
What	e-learning	does	your	organisation currently	deliver
In	what	ways	is	this	effective?
What	are	the	main	challenges	for	e-learning?
What	opportunities/	demands	are	there	to	expand	e-
learning?
What	else	worries	of	interests	you	about	delivering	e-
learning?
Near futures?
BIG Data
Augmentation - Learner to context?
Image by Kai Kowalewski (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzlsvFN_5HI
Thanks
Pete Evans
peter.evans@ed.ac.uk
Tweets at: @eksploratore

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