The Scary Monsters of Ed Tech: Future Proof or Future Shock?
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The document discusses future predictions about education technology and outlines different perspectives on its role. It begins by reviewing past predictions that did not fully materialize. It then examines competing worldviews around education's role in either a knowledge economy or knowledge society. The document concludes by considering what types of education futures should be envisioned to promote critical thinking skills and active citizenship.
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The Scary Monsters of Ed Tech: Future Proof or Future Shock?
- 1. Photo by Daniel Jensen on Unsplash The Scary Monsters of Ed Tech: Future Proof or Future Shock? Professor Mark Brown Dublin City University Jyvaskyla, Finland 25th August 2018
- 2. 1. Monster predictions 2. Revealing the monsters 3. Reimaging monstrous futures Outline….
- 3. Photo by Daniel Jensen on Unsplash
- 4. Photo by Daniel Jensen on Unsplash
- 5. Photo by Daniel Jensen on Unsplash “All generalizations are dangerous, even this one” (Alexandre Dumas)
- 8. “With the coming of the New Media, the need for print on paper will rapidly diminish. The day will soon arrive when the world’s literature will be available from The Automatic Library at the mere pressing of a button” (Uzanne, 1994; cited in McFarlane, 1997, p.173).
- 9. (Uzanne, 1894; cited in McFarlane, 1997, p.173). “With the coming of the New Media, the need for print on paper will rapidly diminish. The day will soon arrive when the world’s literature will be available from The Automatic Library at the mere pressing of a button”
- 10. “I believe that the motion picture is destined to revolutionize our educational system and that in a few years it will supplant largely, if not entirely, the use of textbooks,” (Thomas Edison, 1922)
- 11. “We will undoubtedly have lectures of every conceivable kind presented to us right in our homes, when practical television arrives, possibly a year or two off.” Short Wave Craft, 1935
- 13. Cuban, L. (1986). Teachers and machines: The classroom use of technology since 1920. New York: Teachers’ College Press. Subsided Enthusiasm Growing Support Bold Predictions Technology Expectation Cycle (1986)
- 14. Teachers’ mindsets play a key role in shaping the future
- 15. Social Determinism Technocratic Nightmare Technocratic Dream Technological Determinism Techno-centric Perspective Human-centric Perspective Demon Perspective Libertarian Perspective Critics
- 16. Learning by sharing (Connectivist) “Learning by listening” (Instructionist) Learning by doing (Constructivist) Learning by making (Constructionist) Pedagogical Compass
- 17. Learning by sharing (Connectivist) “Teaching by telling” (Instructionist) Learning by doing (Constructivist) Learning by making (Constructionist) Pedagogical Compass
- 18. “Technology-enhanced learning involves an ongoing cycle of hype, hope and disappointment” (Gouseti, 2010).
- 20. “Resilience requires adaptation and evolution to new environmental conditions, but retains core identity” (Weller & Anderson, 2013, p.55).
- 21. Off-campus in Class Off-campus out of Class On-campus in Class Formal On-campus out of Class Physical Virtual Digital Leakage Informal
- 25. 2. Revealing the monsters
- 26. Photo by Daniel Jensen on Unsplash
- 31. “UK MOOC snatches world record for sign-ups. UK quality beating US $$?”
- 35. May 2018
- 39. Different interest groups and stakeholders are borrowing the same ‘languages of persuasion’ to legitimize very different agenda
- 41. “It is theory that decides what we can observe”
- 43. Knowledge Economy TWO MAJOR WORLDVIEWS COMPETING DIGITAL FUTURES • Threat • Unbundling • Re-imagination Crisis • Disruption • Democratization •
- 44. “And we’ve got to bring on the competition — open the schoolhouse doors and let parents choose the best school for their children. Education reformers call this school choice, charter schools, vouchers, even opportunity scholarships. I call it competition — the American way.” Donald Trump, in his book “The America We Deserve”
- 45. Knowledge Economy TWO MAJOR WORLDVIEWS Knowledge Society COMPETING DIGITAL FUTURES • Threat • Unbundling • Re-imagination Crisis • Disruption • Democratization •
- 46. “Education has a crucial role to play in laying the foundations of a society that is more inclusive, participatory and equal...” The President said “…the role of the university in enabling citizens to develop the tools to address the great challenges of our time – global poverty, climate change and sustainability – was vital.
- 47. Knowledge Economy • Threat • Unbundling • Re-imagination Crisis • Disruption • Democratization • TWO MAJOR WORLDVIEWS Knowledge Society COMPETING DIGITAL FUTURES • Democratic • Opening access • Micro credentials • Personalized learning • Competencies • Entrepreneurship • Technology as progress • Increased market competition • Just society • Lifelong learning • Pillars of learning • Education for citizenry • Sifting agent • Human capital • Social cohension • Cultural heritage ReconceptualizingDeschooling ReschoolingReproducing
- 51. 3. Reimaging monstrous futures
- 52. Photo by Daniel Jensen on Unsplash
- 53. What types of education futures do we want CALL to serve?
- 54. Critical Consumers Critical Citizens RECONCEPTUALIST FRAMEWORK (Delors Report, 1972) LEARNING TO BE LEARNING TO KNOW LEARNING TO DO LEARNING TO LIVE TOGETHER Critical Thinkers
- 55. Critical Consumers Critical Citizens (Delors Report, 1972) LEARNING TO BE LEARNING TO KNOW LEARNING TO DO LEARNING TO LIVE TOGETHER Critical Thinkers
- 58. 2017 Carretero, S., Vuorikari, R., & Punie, Y. (2017). Available from http://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repo sitory/bitstream/JRC106281/web- digcomp2.1pdf_(online).pdf
- 61. • Who is telling the story? • What is the story they are telling? • What story isn’t being told? • What’s missing from the story? Future-proofing…
- 63. ‘You can’t just take something off the shelf and expect it to work just because it looks good’ (Belshaw, 2017)
- 64. Photo by Daniel Jensen on Unsplash Final remarks…
- 65. Photo by Daniel Jensen on Unsplash Final remarks… • Risks of future-proofing • Not on independent trajectory • Promote citizenry for better futures
- 66. Photo by Daniel Jensen on Unsplash
- 67. Go raibh maith agaibh! Thank you
- 68. “A prudent question is one-half of wisdom” Francis Bacon
Editor's Notes
- MB: The concept of digital literacy was first introduced back in 1997 and as this seminal book illustrates there are many and varied interpretations of this concept.
- This framework illustrates that there are two overarching perspectives influencing the debate: the tradition of the Learning Society and the influence of the Knowledge Economy. It is fair to say that a strong Knowledge Economy discourse is imbued in the languages of persuasion surrounding the unbundling movement.
- This framework illustrates that there are two overarching perspectives influencing the debate: the tradition of the Learning Society and the influence of the Knowledge Economy. It is fair to say that a strong Knowledge Economy discourse is imbued in the languages of persuasion surrounding the unbundling movement.
- Borrowing the words of President Michael Higgins, from this perspective higher education has a role in promoting more inclusive, participatory, equitable and sustainable futures for all.
- This framework illustrates that there are two overarching perspectives influencing the debate: the tradition of the Learning Society and the influence of the Knowledge Economy. It is fair to say that a strong Knowledge Economy discourse is imbued in the languages of persuasion surrounding the unbundling movement.
- Around the Table