Keynote given at the 21st International Conference on Computers in Education, Bali 2013. Summarizes Trends in Technology relevant for Education and Learning as also their potential impact and application for awareness, curiosity

1. Mindful Learning Technologies
P R O F. D R . M A R C U S S P E C H T
CENTRE FOR LEARNING SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES
OPEN UNIVERSITEIT NEDERLAND
MARCUS.SPECHT@OU.NL
T W I T T E R , F L I C K R , FA C E B O O K : M A R C U S P E C H T

2. #1 ARE WE MINDFUL
TECHNOLOGY USERS?

3. APP IDEA OUT OF EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOP WITH WORDS …
L O C AT I O N , L E A R N , F I LT E R
CHOOSE 3 PLACES
IN WHICH YOU LEARN
WITH THIS MOBILE APP

4. mindful |ˈmīndfəәl|
adjective [ predic. ]
conscious or aware of something: we can
be more mindful of the energy we use to heat
our homes.

5. BUT …

6. “The most profound technologies are those that
disappear. They weave themselves into the fabric
of everyday life until they are indistinguishable
from it.”
–MARC WEISER
6

9. Technologies
Enhancement
Learning
9
!

10. Mobile, Seamless, Ubiquitous
Technologies
Personalised and Collaborative
Sensors and Context-Aware
BigData, and Analytics
Enhancement
Learning
Awareness
Curiosity
...
Knowledge Reflection
1
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11. !11

12. #2 CHANGES IN KEY
TECHNOLOGIES

13. multifunction personal hubs...
13
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14. sensing and augmenting...
14
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15. networked ...
15
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16. fb
twitter
...
data logging learning analytics ...
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17. #4 SEAMLESS AND
UBIQUITOUS TECHNOLOGIES

18. SEAMS IN LEARNING SUPPORT
(WONG ET AL, 2011)
• Formal and informal learning;
• Personalized and social learning;
• Across time; locations, social contexts
• Combined use of multiple device types;
• Physical and digital worlds
• Multiple learning tasks knowledge synthesis
Wong, L.-H., & Looi, C.-K. (2011). What Seams Do We Remove in Mobile Assisted Seamless Learning? A Critical
Review of the Literature. Computers & Education, 57(4), 2364–2381. doi:10.1016/j.compedu.2011.06.007
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19. distributed synced data ...
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20. M U LT I - D E V I C E O U T P U T
personal and social views ...

21. embedded in real world …

22. real world mashups ...
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23. building instruments ?
!23

24. #3 HUMAN LEARNING …

25. HUMANS STRUCTURE AND …
CONNECT EPISODES ...

26. LEARNING IS EMBEDDED …
… IN A CONTEXT ...

27. H U M A N S D O N O T A LW A Y S L I K E T O D O …
REFLECTION
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28. #6 AWARENESS

29. measuring power consumption on campus with standard facility
management, plus sensors on workplaces and public devices,
personal registration of power consuming activities.
Energy consumption ...
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32. M A I N R E S U LT S E N E R G Y A W A R E N E S S
• Situated displays have a generic effect of raising
awareness and energy consumption on a mid to long
term
• Badge and social incentive systems must be
embedded with social media to have an effect
• Real world action foster curiosity, discussion, and
reflection about the topic when combined with public
displays

33. attention-aware displays ...
• raise and retain attention significantly
better.
• lead not to higher cognitive load but to a
significant higher knowledge gain.
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34. #7 CURIOSITY

35. !35

36. Enhancement
inquiry engine,
mobile data collection,
learning analytics
Inquiry process, authentic data, formal to informal
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weSPOT...

39. :-o ... curiosity ...
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40. OPENSOURCE FRAMEWORK FOR MIXED REALITY GAMES
ARLEARN

41. LANGUAGE
LEARNING
• http://www.elena-
learning.eu

42. #8 REFLECTION

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44. context indicators ...
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45. reflection amplifiers ...
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46. Personal Context Notifications
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47. M E TA L O G U E
REFLECTION
IN A
M U LT I M O D A L
DIALOGUE
Metalogue - FP7 ICT
Grant Agreement 611073

48. #9 SUMMARY

49. SO …
• #1 There are seams between the different learning
contexts, locations, times, social contexts, …
• #2 There are opportunities with new technologies
that are open, ubiquitous, context-aware, and
personalized.
• #3 look at the aimed effects on awareness,
curiosity, creativity, knowledge, latent variables, …

50. MINDFUL AND SEAMLESS LEARNING …
• ubiquitous open content access,
• flexible sensor data aggregation,
• synchronisation of channels (to context
and person),
• and dynamic visualization and output
indicators (ambient displays).

51. APP IDEA OUT OF EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOP WITH WORDS …
P R E S E N TAT I O N , L E A R N , F I LT E R
CHOOSE 3 THINGS
Y O U TA K E W I T H Y O U
F R O M T H I S TA L K

52. M.M. SPECHT
THANK YOU !