digital learning futures: mind the gap! - steve wheeler
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Digital Learning Futures
Steve WheelerPlymouth Institute of EducationPlymouth University
http://sellyourstoryuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Old-and-Young-Computer.jpg
“The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed” – William Gibson
http://intergalacticrobot.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/helen-oloy.html
Photo by Steve Wheeler
New York, c 2013
http://daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.co.uk/2010_03_01_archive.html
New York, c 1913
Image: http://www.astrobio.net
“Any sufficiently advanced
technology is indistinguishable
from magic”.
- Arthur C. Clarke
Stev
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Photo by Steve Wheeler
“I truly believe that one day, there will be a telephone in every town in
America.”
- Alexander Graham Bell
The First Mobile Phone
Photo by Steve Wheeler
http://www.sabotagetimes.com/life/a-vision-of-the-future-from-1910/
Learning 2000
Villemard
http://www.sabotagetimes.com/life/a-vision-of-the-future-from-1910/
Learning 2000
Villemard
Disruptive Technology
The Future...?
• 1989: ‘The future is multi-media’• 1999: ‘The future is the Web’• 2009: ‘The future is smart mobile’• 2014: ‘Pervasive technology’hof.povray.org
http://www.nasa.com
The goal of education
http://www.dailymail.co.uk
“The goal of education is to enrich the lives of students while producing articulate, expressive thinkers and lifelong learners that are socially responsible, resilient, and active citizens of the world. Education is about teaching students, not subjects.”
– Dave Truss
3 biggest fears of a teacher using technology
How do I make this work?
How do I avoid looking like an idiot?
{They will know more about this than I do}
3 biggest fears of a student using technology
Flipping the classroom?
http://i.dailymail.co.uk
Objections from teachers
...they are distracting and disruptive. The phone becomes
the focus of attention,inappropriate images/videos can
be taken and sent, leading to invasion of privacy and loss of
teacher control!
When mobile phones are banned it’s because...
Competition to write the Lord’s Prayer in <160 characters
r pa in evan, respect 2 u, may u rain ear as in evan. giv us r needs, 4giv r sin as we 4giv r nmes. resq us from the evil 1. 4 ur always the most xlent dude. yo
Students taking notesPhoto: Lori Cullen
‘New’ learners are...• more self-directed• better equipped to capture information• more reliant on feedback from peers• more inclined to collaborate• more oriented toward being their own “nodes of production”.
Education Trends | Featured NewsJohn K. Waters—13 December 2011
http://coolshots.blogspot.com/2007_02_01_archive.html
But they need much more...
“60% of all Internet pages contain
misleading information.”
- Thomas Edison
Learners need ‘digital wisdom’
http://thesocietypages.org/cyborgology
“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him an iPhone.”
- Abraham Lincoln (on the ‘selfie’)
Learners will need new ‘literacies’
• Social networking• Privacy maintenance• Identity management• Creating content• Organising content• Reusing and repurposing• Filtering and selecting• Self presentation• Transliteracy
https://www.flickr.com/photos/makelessnoise/195088755/
Leaning 2.0 – Digital Literacies
Mastery
Literacies
Competencies
Skills
Graphic by Steve Wheeler (2013)
Future Learning Topology
Distributed (Cloud) Computing
3D Visualisation and Interaction
Smart Mobile Technology
CollaborativeIntelligent
Filtering
Graphic by Steve Wheeler
Future Learning Topology
Distributed (Cloud) Computing
3D Visualisation and Interaction
Smart Mobile Technology
CollaborativeIntelligent
Filtering
Infrastructure
Interface
Tools
Interaction
Graphic by Steve Wheeler
Degree of Social Connectivity
Deg
ree
of In
form
ation
Con
necti
vity
Adapted from : Nova Spivak
Degree of Social Connectivity
Deg
ree
of In
form
ation
Con
necti
vity
Adapted from : Nova Spivak
Web 1.0The Web
Web 2.0Social Web
Degree of Social Connectivity
Deg
ree
of In
form
ation
Con
necti
vity
Adapted from : Nova Spivak
Web 3.0Semantic Web
Web 1.0The Web
Web 2.0Social Web
Degree of Social Connectivity
Deg
ree
of In
form
ation
Con
necti
vity
Adapted from : Nova Spivak
Web 3.0Semantic Web
Web 1.0The Web
Web x.0Meta Web
Web 2.0Social Web
Degree of Social Connectivity
Deg
ree
of In
form
ation
Con
necti
vity
Adapted from : Nova Spivak
Web 3.0Semantic Web
Web 1.0The Web
Web x.0Meta Web
Web 2.0Social Web
Degree of Social Connectivity
Deg
ree
of In
form
ation
Con
necti
vity
Connects information Connects people
Connects knowledge Connects intelligence
The (Smart) eXtended Web
We are already seeing early evidence of the Smart eXtended Web
http://chemistscorner.com
Intelligent Filtering Recommender SystemsSentiment Trackingand….
Concept and Graphic by Steve Wheeler
“Knowledge that is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.”
- SocratesPlato
http://www.fotopedia.com/items/flickr-713124904
Darwikianism
Thank youW: http://steve-wheeler.netE: swheeler@plymouth.ac.ukB: http://steve-wheeler.blogspot.comT: @timbuckteeth
Photo by Steve Wheeler
With thanks to my students:Tyla ElworthyAaron FisherAlex Druce
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