The slides examines the future trends of education which include e-learning and the use of social media networks

2. This trend of increased mobile learning is
based on the transformation of society to
include the use of mobile tools on a large
scale.
These tools include wireless smart
phones, iPods, lap top computers, Tablet
PCs, iPads, personal digital assistants,
and other personal media players.

3. The wireless connectivity of these online
tools is moving towards more e-learning as
the way college courses are taught and
professional training is delivered to
integrate more web-based technology.

4. This trend has led to several advantages for
adult learners and includes:
 reduced time spent on learning and increased
retention
 on-demand availability of college courses or
professional training
 self-paced learning, a real benefit for faster or
slower learners
 increased interactivity for students with
instructors
 increased confidence for adult learners
 the ability to accommodate a varied learning
styles such as auditory, visual, and kinesthetic
learners

5. The increased trend of adults enrolling in
online professional networks is
transforming aspects of continuing
education.
This change is being driven by advances
in Web 2.0 technology as adults become
more tech savvy and increase their use of
free online tools to support their learning.

6. This trend in online professional networks
support e-learning for adults who:
want to learn new things from experts and
colleagues, along with keeping current with
the latest trends and processes in their
career field.
know there are many paths to learning or
finding out the latest information, instead of
the traditional methods of formal learning.
rely on a broad set of online information and
communications tools to keep current.

7. For the do-it-yourself learner, e-learning is
achieved through informal personal
learning networks.
This education trend is primarily due to
the immediacy to learn new information,
without the time or financial resources to
access formal learning.
To this end, college courses and
professional training programs are no
longer the main funnel for knowledge.

8.  This trend of do-it-yourself learning offers
several advantages and is based on the fact
information is:
 available in any format, anytime, and
anywhere on the Internet.
 customizable to meet the needs of most
adult learners.
 often interactive for adult learners whose
learning style is best suited for this time of
learning.
 user created content, allowing learners to
access the latest facts created by experts.
 available through open content resources.

9. These e-learning networks offer
opportunities for adults to improve their
professional career and personal live using
an informal network of colleagues,
professionals, and friends.

10. The advantage of e-learning or online
learning includes offering individualized
instruction, which traditional formal
education finds difficult to provide.

11. E-learning can also target specific needs and
individual learning preferences. This trend
offers advantages for adult learners by:
 recognizing the demand for quality education
when adults invest in time to learn.
 the ability to enroll in courses from anywhere
someone has Internet connectivity.
 enrolling in webinars, web-based courses, or
instructor led courses.
 providing ready access to records of program
completion for college work or continuing
education units.

12. These future trends are a call to action for
adult learners everywhere.
 Mobile learning, professional learning
networks, do-it-yourself learning, and E-
learning are transforming the way adults
learn.
 Continuing education is adapting to their
needs and they need to take advantage of
these educational opportunities to expand
their professional knowledge and personal
lifelong learning ventures.

14.  Educational Technology ,the incorporation of
information technology into the learning
experience, is a term that continues to evolve
alongside technological advancements in the
field.
 The issue of educational technology has
played a major part in improving the learning
outcomes of individuals by personalizing the
learning experience.
 The immediate responsiveness of computer
based programs, and the self-paced private
learning environment that educational
technology warrants seeks to promote higher
levels of motivation among students
worldwide.

15. It has also provided greater access to
education such as in the case of increased
accommodation for students with severe
physical disabilities and for students living
in remote locations.
Undoubtedly, without these recent
technologies (i.e. digital games, Web 2.0,
etc.) in the classroom, strong lessons
can still be achieved, but there’s a sharp
disconnect between the way students are
taught in school and the way the outside
world approaches socialization, meaning-
making, and accomplishment.

16. It is critical that education not only seek to
mitigate this disconnect in order to make
these two “worlds” more seamless, but of
course also to leverage the power of these
emerging technologies for instructional
gain.
They can become more interconnected,
instrumented and intelligent. In a word,
smarter. And it is already happening.

17.  Specific kind of learning experienced within the
domain of educational technology, which can be
used in or out of the classroom.
 Distance learning, computer-based training, and
social networking tools are just a few examples of
e-learning.
 Creates, fosters, delivers, and facilitates learning,
anytime and anywhere, with the use of interactive
network technologies.
 Implementing such tools in the classroom
addresses the pressing need for today’s youth to
be more aware of their global environment.

18.  Distance education is defined by Moore and
Kearsley (1996) as "the planned learning that
normally occurs in a different place from
teaching and as a result requires special
techniques of course design, special
instructional techniques, special methods of
communication by electronic and other
technology, as well as special organization
and administrative agreements".

20. Past Distance Learning Present e-Learning
Definition •Any approaches to
education delivery that
replace the same-time,
same-place, and face to-
face environment of a
traditional
classroom (i.e.,
correspondence teaching;
multimedia distance
teaching)
•The most recent evolution
of distance
learning that creates,
fosters, delivers, and
facilitates learning, anytime
and anywhere,
with the use of interactive
network
technologies (i.e., E-
learning)
Paradigm in Education •Focus on teaching: lesson
based
• Objectivist
model of learning in which
learners are
passive
• A series of lectures for
efficient transfer of
knowledge from instructor to
learner
•Focus on learning: learner
based
• Constructive, collaborative,
and cognitive
information processing of
learning
• Individual differences in the
learning process;
learning as a social process

21. Interaction •Lack of direct
interaction between the
teacher
and the learner
• Asynchronous
interaction
•Interactions between
instructor and learner,
and among learners
•Asynchronous/synchr
onous or real-time
(e.g.,
chat forum, instant
messaging, video
conferencing)
interaction
Technology •Written or printed
materials, broadcast
media,
audio/ videotapes,
telephone, and CAI/ CBT
with stand-alone
computers
•All electronic media,
especially, network
technologies such as the
Internet, intranets,
and extranets

22.  The rapid growth of web-based technologies
and the high usage of the Internet have made
teaching and learning via the Internet, or e-
learning, more viable in recent years.
 Many universities and educationally-based
industries have set up portals to offer an
e-learning environment either as teaching
aids to support conventional teaching
approach or as a teaching medium for long-
distance or off-campus programs

23.  Types of social media will widely use in education
 Social networking – Facebook, Twitter, MySpace,
LinkedIn, Ning
 Social bookmarking - Digg, Delicious
 Photo sharing - Flickr, Photo bucket
 Video sharing - YouTube, i-Memories
 Blogs – Wordpress, Type Pad, Blogger

24.  A recent report published by the National
School Board Association (2007) found that
96 percent of youth in this age range have
used social networking tools at some time,
with their average engagement with them
rivaling time spent watching TV at 9 hours a
week.
 Yet perhaps the most stunning statistic of
their study is that the topic of most
conversation at these sites is education— 60
percent of the students’ surveys said they use
the sites to talk about education topics and
more than 50 percent use it to talk about
specific schoolwork.

25. Gaming is already a widespread activity in
our culture —more than 45 million homes
have video-game consoles
(Feller, 2006).
Therefore, one of the most obvious
benefits to using these technologies for
learning is that students are often already
familiar with these interfaces and the
“language” of interacting with and utilizing
them.

26. Some have been used quite a bit in the
educational setting, while others have
mainly garnered popularity in pop culture.
Civilization
Can be a profoundly powerful way
for learning about history, and that through
game-play players can gained advanced
terminology and knowledge of geography,
principles of history, and generally increase
their interest in this
area of study.

27. Cost to keep up and current
Current budget woes
Teacher skills to integrate technology
seamlessly into the learning environment.
Teacher vs students skill

28. Transnational education is higher
education provision that is available in
more than one country.
Explanatory context
Transnational education is associated with
but not identical to internationalisation.

29. • Global Alliance for Transnational Education
(GATE, 1997) defined transnational education
as an export product:
• Transnational Education denotes any
teaching or learning activity in which the
students are in a different country (the host
country) to that in which the institution
providing the education is based (the home
country). This situation requires that national
boundaries be crossed by information about
the education, and by staff and/or educational
materials. (GATE, 1997, p. 1)

30. • As McBurnie and Pollock (1998) note, there
are a variety of ways in which education is
conducted transnationally, including via:
distance education (with or without local
support); twinning programmes; articulation
programmes; branch campuses; and
franchising arrangements.
• Transnational education is attractive to
students seeking to gain a foreign
qualification without moving from their country
of residence.

31. • It can also be attractive to employers and
governments looking at options for human
resource development (including
multinational or global corporations with a
geographically dispersed workforce).
• Education providers seeking ways to
expand their export markets are also
attracted to the possibilities opened up by
transnational education

32. • There are issues related to transnational
education, including cultural sensitivity,
impacting on local higher education systems,
and consumer protection, which have led
to codes of practice being drawn up.
•
• There is a need for review systems to
address the quality of the education available.
The operation of bogus or substandard
providers is an important “consumer
protection” concern.

33. • However, even where a qualification is provided
transnationally by a reputable university,
recognised or accredited by its home country, it is
still necessary to see whether the course content is
the same as that provided at the home institution,
whether there is appropriate cultural sensitivity to
the local requirements; whether the methods of
teaching are appropriate for achieving the
objectives of the course and taking account of local
cultures; whether the physical, administrative,
communication and other resources are adequate
to support successful learning?

34. Global Alliance for Transnational Education
(GATE) 1997, Certification Manual. GATE.
McBurnie, G. & Pollock, A, 1998,
‘Transnational Education: An Australian
Example’ International Higher Education,
Winter, http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/soe/
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