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Digital Learning Futures

Steve WheelerPlymouth Institute of EducationPlymouth University

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“The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed” – William Gibson

http://intergalacticrobot.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/helen-oloy.html

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New York, c 2013

http://daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.co.uk/2010_03_01_archive.html

New York, c 1913

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“Any sufficiently advanced

technology is indistinguishable

from magic”.

- Arthur C. Clarke

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“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

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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

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Adapted from : Nova Spivak

Degree of Social Connectivity

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Adapted from : Nova Spivak

Web 1.0The Web

Web 2.0Social Web

Degree of Social Connectivity

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Adapted from : Nova Spivak

Web 3.0Semantic Web

Web 1.0The Web

Web 2.0Social Web

Degree of Social Connectivity

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Adapted from : Nova Spivak

Web 3.0Semantic Web

Web 1.0The Web

Web x.0Meta Web

Web 2.0Social Web

Degree of Social Connectivity

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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

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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

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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