Ten Guidelines

for navigating the

Age of Technology-

Enhanced Learning

Maria H. Andersen, Ph.D.

Director of Learning & Innovation

Area9 Learning

Like it or not.

Willing participant or

not.

We are now in the

Age of Technology-

Enhanced Learning.

10 guidelines for

navigating your

decision-making

as an educator

(1) Learning that involves information

transfer will be replaced by

technology.

(2) Any repetitive assessment or

repetitive learning task that can

be replaced by a computer will

be.

(3) Any computerized course

that is cheaper and results in

equal or better learning

outcomes for students will be

delivered that way.

(4) The only technology that will

improve learning outcomes for

the majority of students is that

the technology that begins to

mimic a tutor-student

relationship.

(5) Learning becomes a team activity,

where learning technology is one of

the team members.

Good learning technology

Adaptive experience

Instant feedback

Competency tracking

Exploration spaces

Provides scaffolding

Alternate learning paths

(6) Teachers shift

from the role of an

instructor to the role

of a learning coach.

Good coaches do these

things…Communicating

Questioning

Challenging

Accountability

Encouraging

Showing new perspectives

Monitoring

(7) We solve the

mobile devices

and assessment

problem.

(8) Students will be able

to move seamlessly

between in-person and

digital experiences.

Seamless transitions

Absences

Sports conflicts

Extra help

Summer programs

Interventions

Online students

Help for parents

(9) Teachers spend

their prep time

examining analytics

and choosing

interventions.

(instead of grading

papers and prepping

lectures)

(10) Any educator that

can be replaced by a

computer will be.

(and we should all want this)

We don’t

want learning

to look like

this.

Create communities of learning.

Increase interactions around

learning.

Focus your in-person educational

activities on being a human.

Contact info:

maria@area9.dk

busynessgirl@gmail.com

Twitter: @busynessgirl

busynessgirl.com

Illustrations by Mat Moore.