The Existential Transition,

Learning and Life on the Net

Thomas Fritz, educational consultant

University of Umeå, Sweden

Summary

Stupid TV! That´s the

phone, you

know?

The future?

The future?

Framtidens

läromedel

Do IT yourselfExistential transition New pats of learning

The existential transition.

4 modern things.

Which doesn't

fit in?

4 modern things.

Which doesn't

fit in?

This is… Me!

Some perspectives…

The constitutional society – with survival in focus

Social networking

The individualistic society – with consumerism in focus

Social networking

Old Freud…

Ego

Super ego

Id

Neurotic people

Control over impulses

”Live life after death…”

Narcissistic people

Driven by impulses

”Everything here and now…”

Ego

Super ego

Id

Old Freud…

Ego

Super ego

Id

Ego

Super ego

Id

Narcissistic people

Driven by impulses

”Everything here and now…”

Neurotic people

Control over impulses

”Live life after death…”

Sociologic perspective

1950 2007

Living conditions

Expectations on living conditions

Source U. Beck

Disatifaction on living conditions

Duty

Citizen

Church

Constitutional

hierarchies

”Less is less”

The demands

of the society

Cage !

My needs

The right to

choose

Beliefs

Subjective

hierarchies

Customer

”More is more”

Lost !

The constitutional you. The conceptual I.

Which garment would you buy?

- When opportunities becomes ”normal” through

“normalizing” media?

- Society based on the idea of the strong and free

individual and consumerism

Growing up today?

What shall I

choose!!?

No money!!

No

time!!

No

opportunities!

Formal, Informal,

homogenic norms heterogenic norms

Predestinated Freedom to choose

Segregated society Segregated life

Develop inner values Enhance the surface

Cage Lost

From passive consumer

to active producer.

See Me. Confirm Me.

The transformed landscape of

information

AccessTo All and Everything. Always.

More computers Higher ”information competence”

?

More can read?More books

?

16001400 1500 1700 1800 1900

”The Gutenberg Myth” Scott Cook

Revolutions in information

1. Speech. Communication.

3. Writing. Documentation.

4. Printing. Easy to multiply

4. Internet. Enhancer to all?

2. Pictures. Symbolics/metaphores

5. Telegraph, radio, TV. Global imminence

T o d a y

• The bank

• Check in (when flying)

• Book your travels

• Shopping

• Stocks

T o m o r r o w

• Legal matters: divorce,

selling/buing houses.

• Schools

• Healthcare

Consumer Producer

Limitations Availability

Copyright P2P

Separate analogue Seamless digital

How is teaching and

learning affected?

Dare and care.

The return of informal learning.

Learning environments in development.

Far between predestinated goal setting,

work and finish.

Learning and working is divided

Information – Another Time Learning

Close between predestinated goal

setting, work and finish.

Learning and working is united

Information – Just In Time Learning

?

Close between setting own goals,

work and finish.

Learning and working is

Information – Life Long Learning

- 1850

1900

2000

Curriculum Life long learning

Teacher Learning

Content Goals

Objective Subjective

Knowledge in schools…

Land Work Money Knowledge

1970 !

Production factors

Knowledge in the global

society of knowledge?

Theoretical/scientifical

Aristoteles re-interpreted

Practical/productive Practical wisdom

Labour wanted!

But with what competences and what skills?

Informal

learning

Formal

learning

Existential transition Internet

1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000

The monopoly of knowledge is diminishing…

The future?

Uni Diversity!

Education - watch out!?

Life punishes the ones

coming to late…

Was?

- 2013

Higher education suffers

”The death of shipbuildning industry”?

Higher education - remember!

• the possibilities of diversity and challenges in dialogue

• stimulate development of core competences

• take advantage of/validate informal knowledge

• permanent re-definition of the teacher role

• use common IT-solutions – social software (Web 2.0)

Conditions

- I choose.

- I want to understand. Now.

- See me. Confirm me!

- It must be rewarding. All the time.

- There are many paths to my goals.

- How can you help med reach them?

The learning environment in the

future?

Learning communities of tomorrow.

1. The possibillity to express who I am

through layout, pictures, videos, music,

links etc.

2. Several ways to communicate; e-mail,

blog, pictures, open and locked forums

that both students and teachers uses.

3. Several ways to communicate ”small

talk”larger engagement more

motivation enhanced learning?

4. The personal space is the main arena, the

space for education is a subfunction

■thomas.fritz@upc.umu.se