Jaye Richards-Hill www.tablet-academy.com/africa

‘Knowledge Grazing’ How The Social Web Has Re-energised Learning

Involved in education and training nearly 30 yearsGovernment Policy Advisor on ICT in schoolsEdTech Consultant & Principal Teacher

Currently Managing Director for Tablet Academy Africa/ Middle East

Maximizing the impact of new technology on learning and achievement within the African context

Jaye Richards-Hill | @tabletacademyAF

Franklin P Adams

“ I find that a great deal of the information I have was acquired by looking up something and finding something else along the way “

KNOWLEDGE GRAZING

Newspapers Television Radio

Digital multitasking for a Soundbite Generation

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Pace Of Change

Time for technology to reach 50 Million global users

Radio

TV

Cable

Web

Mobile

Years

John Norton, 2001 - From Radio to Internet in a Lifetime

Access To Information

0

500

1000

1500

2000

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Mobile

Internet

Desktop

Internet

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rs (

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Source: Morgan Stanley Research

We had to develop our capacity for asking awkward questions

The 4 Ages Of Education

Age of the Philosopher(Innovation: Language)

AndragogyThe Art & Science of helping

people to Learn

Assumes the Student’s

ability, need and desire to

take control and

responsibility of their

Learning. Assumes a move

to an independent Learning

environment with Students

building on their

experiences. Learning time

changes from ‘postponed’to ‘immediate’ and

curricula changes from

‘Subject-Centric’ to ‘Performance-Centric.

PEDAGOGY

PedagogyThe Art & Science of Teaching

Most dominant form of

instruction in Western

Europe & North America

based on the Monastic

approaches to Learning.

Teacher is in control of the

Learning process and puts

student in a submissive role

within the Learning

environment. Equally

applied to Children & Adults

and based on the

assumption that Learner

need only know what the Teacher teaches them.

Changes In The Classroom

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The transmission model of education

SELF ORGANISED LEARNING ENVIRONMENTSSHIFT FROM PEDAGOGY TO HEUTAGOGY

Crowdsourcing Learning

Crowdsourcing Learning

Knowledge re-booters not re-gurgitators

Crowdsourcing Learning

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Institutional Impact

Its all about change:

The Device

Manage And Support Change

Gutenberg 1.0 (1450)Its just a sheet of paper

Gutenberg 2.0 (Today)Its just a sheet of glass

Institutional Impact

Its all about change:

The Teacher

Technology

Teacher Training Is Critical

Technology

The Excellent

Educator

Teacher Training Is critical

EXCHANGE

Exchange one

technology for

another with no

step-change. e.g.

replace OHPs with

data projectors.

Deep

Shallow

Passive Active

ENRICH

Use technology

interactively and

with a wider

range of teaching

resources and

methodologies.

ENHANCE

Deeper and more

flexible learning

through the use of

ICT and

community

resources.

EXTEND

Significantly alter

the way that

teaching and

learning using

ICT.

Deep

EMPOWER

The learner takes

control using ICT

to research,

create, share and

collaborate.

Event Horizon

Institutional Impact

Its all about change:

The Learner

What learners want?

I want a LEARNING ENVIRONMENT that provides me with the

equivalent tools and services as my social environment. One that:

supports my media-rich creativity and expression,

encourages me to collaborate with others and work as a team,

adapts to my individual learning style and needs,

and that accommodates my mobile lifestyle.

Learner

Re-engineering Education