A look at where we are currently with learning environments and what is likely to happen over the next few years.

1. Future learning environments and what they tell us Martin Weller

4. Democrats vs revolutionaries staff development academic staff innovation tradition critical mass cottage industry mainstream Robustness Reliability Ease of use Flexibility Excitement Technological flair Rigour Usabilty New tools New approaches

7. Plant succession

8. Technology succession “ technological environments are not merely passive containers of people but are active processes that reshape people and other technologies alike” (McLuhan 1962)

10. Students inhabit the online world

11. Possible dimensions Future LE Open content iTunesU Openlearn Slideshare Social Network Facebook LastFM 43Things PLE Stringle Blog Pageflakes Learning design LAMS Compendium Virtual worlds SecondLife World of Warcraft Virtual Presence Gabbly Medium User generated content Wikiversity YouTube Flickr Devices Mobile tech MS Surface Nintendo Wii