makers go to college - your digital future 2016

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Makers go to college – Your Digital Future 2016Martin Hamilton

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About Jisc

About Jisc:› Registered charity championing the use of digital

technologies in research, education and skills› Shared services, national deals, advice & guidance:

– Janet: reaches 18m in education & public sector + eduroam wireless roaming

– Digital capabilities programme, supporting next generation of digital leaders

– Embracing student ideas and using them to build new digital solutions

– Helping institutions to achieve efficiency gains through digital technology, e.g.sector deals for Microsoft Office365 and Azure cloud services

› My role:– Generating and channelling new ideas– Building partnerships to bring them to fruition

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Next gen

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Next gen

So much has changed:› Anyone with children or

grandchildren under ten will know that smartphones and tablets have had a massive influence over the next generation

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Next gen



› With the introduction of the new Computing curriculum in schools, today’s children are learning to be what Nesta calls “young digital makers”

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Next gen



› With the introduction of the new Computing curriculum in schools, today’s children are learning to be what Nesta calls “young digital makers”

› We all have memories of our own school days, and being put off subjects by being forced to study them– Hopefully our children will be so

captivated by the possibilities that technology now offers that they won’t mind being forced to learn about it!

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Transition

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Transition

Transition:› How will our children make the

transition from primary to secondary school, college & university?

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Transition



› When we think about HE, FE and skills - what will the institutions of tomorrow have to do in order to remain relevant & continue to attract students?

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Transition



› When we think about HE, FE and skills - what will the institutions of tomorrow have to do in order to remain relevant & continue to attract students?

› The issue here is that we grew up in an environment where knowledge and information was scarce & often rationed

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Wikipedia is Arthur Meefor the modern era?

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Wikipedia is Arthur Mee?

Thirst for knowledge:› If you were lucky you might have

been able to satiate your thirst for knowledge with books from your school or public library, or even have an encyclopaedia set at home

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› Some of you may even be old enough to remember getting the hard sell from door to door encyclopaedia sellers

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› Some of you may even be old enough to remember getting the hard sell from door to door encyclopaedia sellers

› And that information rapidly dated – the Arthur Mee children’s encyclopaedia I grew up with predates the discovery of antibiotics & human exploration of space

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Screen time

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Screen time

From toy to tutor:› For our kids, phones & tablets

unquestionably begin as entertainment devices

Photo CC BY Flickr user aaronpk

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Screen time



› But there will come a point in most children’s time at or before school where they will realise that…

Photo CC BY Flickr user aaronpk

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Screen time



› But there will come a point in most children’s time at or before school where they will realise that…

› There is useful information out there on the Internet, or apps for their device that might help them– with a homework project– understand something that they have

been struggling with in class– pursue a particular interest that they

have developedPhoto CC BY Flickr user aaronpk

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To know nothing,and yet know everything

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To “know” everything

At our fingertips:› This generation has always had

the sum total of human knowledge at its fingertips – although at first our children will not have been aware of this

Photo credit: Gawker

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› There is now so much less friction involved in following your interests, particularly if they involve digital technologies Photo credit: Gawker

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› There is now so much less friction involved in following your interests, particularly if they involve digital technologies

› A motivated pupil can potentially follow their interest to degree level and beyond at their own pace– and using material from world leading

institutions like MIT & the UK’s FutureLearn consortium partners

Photo credit: Gawker

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The monopoly on informationhas been broken

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The monopoly is broken

What’s my motivation?› The monopoly on information

has (by and large) been broken

Photo credit: CC-BY Flickr user comedynose

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has (by and large) been broken› Learners can pursue their

interests independently & achieve recognised vocational qualifications without entering an institution– In tech disciplines now, maybe others

later?Photo credit: CC-BY Flickr user comedynose

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has (by and large) been broken› Learners can pursue their

interests independently & achieve recognised vocational qualifications without entering an institution– In tech disciplines now, maybe others

later?– But what is a certificate from MongoDB

University worth?› Colleges and universities

increasingly need to consider how they can add value through e.g. work placements, higher apprenticeships & facilities

Photo credit: CC-BY Flickr user comedynose

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A new kind of college

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College for the maker generation:› Digital skills embedded in the

curriculum– Coding is huge, but digital skills are

much more than this: everything from database administration to data science

Photo credit: Hardware hacking at Interact Labs, picture courtesy Sean Clark

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› Two way partnerships with employers and the technology industry– Early access to new and upcoming

technologies– Recognised certifications and

accreditations coupled with hands on workplace experience


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› Two way partnerships with employers and the technology industry– Early access to new and upcoming

technologies– Recognised certifications and

accreditations coupled with hands on workplace experience

› Continuous evolution of the curriculum– Preparing learners for jobs that didn’t

exist a few years ago, and the jobs of the future: from drone engineers to cloud computing specialists


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Continue the conversation…

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Martin HamiltonFuturist, Jisc, London

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