The 5 (+1) Big Mistakes of Virtual Education

Being a teacher in the 21st centuryDrawing by Alexey IorshLets begin by askingWhat is Education?

Education is justa story of stories.

Someone wants to tell them

Someone wants to listen to them

Education happenswhen you put togethersomeone who wants to teach

+someone who wants to learn

It is a simple equation.abct1p1TIMEPLACETeacherYou have the time and place of the teacher14abct2p2StudentAnd the time and place of the studentTIMEPLACE15abcabct1p1t2p2TeacherStudent16Traditional Educationabcabct1p1t2p2==In traditional education both times and places are equal17

Virtual Educationabcabct1p1t2p2==WWWIn virtual education times or places can be different21abcabcWWWAnd the connection is22WWWTechnology23

But virtual educationhas been around for centuries.

Teachers and students

in different times and placeshave been connected by a technology calledBooks!

With thisancient technology

someone in one time and place

can tell a story

to someone in a different time and place.

HopefullySuccessful educationwas based on expert usersof this ancient technology.That is good readers and good writers

That is:good readers and good writers

Yesterday:Berthe Morisot (1870) JohannesVermeer (1670)

Reading+Writing

Today:Recording+Playing back

The process is the sameThe tools are differentDifferent Media Different Speeds

When education has a time and a placeWe havea course

A course is a placewhere you can go

to listen to a story

Then a course is

One story

One story+One host

One story+One host+Several guests

But today we have

New principlesThe MaterialsAtoms vs. BitsProcessing Information vs. Moving ObjectsIntangiblesCollective KnowledgeGeneration of IdeasOverinformationMisinformation

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New principlesThe PlaceDistance is redefinedFrontiers are obsoleteThe World is your audienceand your competitorChallenges and threats are closerone click apart

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New principlesThe TimeInstantaneous Interactive / FeedbackReal time / MultitaskingConstant Change

A Life Project vs. A Life of Projects

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Help!There is a new arenafor this ongoing conversationbetween teachers and students.

The virtual classroom

WWWVirtual CampusVirtual ClassroomActivities Discussions Questionnaires Homework Glossaries Chats Blogs Wikis

Resources Links Readings Learning ObjectsFiles Folders Documents Videos / Audios

A place full of toolsfor the host to find new ways

to tell the story

A story can be told in sequenceVirtual ClassroomVirtual ClassroomOr not

It can be full of resourcesReadingsLinksVideosSimulationsLearning objectsAudios

And activitiesDiscussionsChatsHomeworkQuestionnairesBlogsWikisGlossariesPuzzles

But it will be lifeless

without an active interaction

of all the participants

So the resources

and activities

areimportant

but not asimportant

ascreating

A communityWe can havethe best of both worldsand go to school

in many ways

But what about the old classroom?

Education is an economic process of transformation.

Education

When I pass through this process

I becomeEducation

an educated person.EducationEducationIt is a costly process$PrivateEducation

that I pay $PublicEducation

or someone else pays. $

TaxesCitizensEnterprisesIt is expensive. Yes. But is it valuable?What is value?ValueValue = worthinessWhat is my value to society?Values = principlesWhich are my values?What is my value to society?Valor= braveryHow brave am I?Which are my values?What is my value to society?Education as a processshould raise my value.should raise my value.+Valuableshould raise my value.+Values+Valuableshould raise my value.+Values+Valor+ValuableIs it working?Who should be blamed?The Bureaucracy?Who should be blamed?The Congress?The Bureaucracy?Who should be blamed?The President?The Congress?The Bureaucracy?Who should be blamed?The private sector?The Congress?The Bureaucracy?The President?NoThe private sector?The Congress?The Bureaucracy?The President?The blame isThe private sector?The Congress?The Bureaucracy?The President?The Bureaucracy?The blame ison us!

Studentson us!The blame is

And on us!TeachersStudents

Because

BecauseWe tolerate mediocrity!

Toleramos la mediocridad!Education is us

Toleramos la mediocridad!We want quality in education

Toleramos la mediocridad!but we dont show up for it.

Toleramos la mediocridad!And when we go

Toleramos la mediocridad!we are not there.

Toleramos la mediocridad!We want more resources

Toleramos la mediocridad!to preserve them.

Toleramos la mediocridad!We want freedom

Toleramos la mediocridad!of expression.

Toleramos la mediocridad!We are against privatization

Toleramos la mediocridad!but we never deprive ourselves

Toleramos la mediocridad!of the products

Toleramos la mediocridad!of the products

of the private sector.

Toleramos la mediocridad!We want changes

Toleramos la mediocridad!but we dont vote.

Toleramos la mediocridad!We deplore corruption

Toleramos la mediocridad!of others.

Toleramos la mediocridad!We embrace technology

Toleramos la mediocridad!that eases our lives.

Toleramos la mediocridad!We understand originality

Toleramos la mediocridad!as not being caught.

Toleramos la mediocridad!as not being caught.

Investigation = Compilation

A teacher is measured

by the amount of diplomas.

The job of the educator

The job of the educatorhas turned intodiplomacy

The job of the educatorhas turned intodiplomacy

Or the art ofaccumulating

The job of the educatorhas turned intodiplomacy

Or the art ofaccumulating diplomas

We want to be doctors

so we wont teach to undergrads

Our intellectual production

is buried in unread magazines.

is buried in unread magazines.

And rarely used in the classroom.

Investigation

is just a cruel joke.

The quality of education

is attested in certifications.

is attested in certifications.

Far, far away from the classroom.

Toleramos la mediocridad!Undergraduated studies are

Toleramos la mediocridad!undervalued.

Toleramos la mediocridad!So we need to acquire...

Toleramos la mediocridad!more diplomas.

Toleramos la mediocridad!We became consumers

of the diploma industry.

Toleramos la mediocridad!Many graduated

Educamos a muy pocos

Toleramos la mediocridad!Many graduated

Few educated

So we needa real education reformin the classroom.

Toleramos la mediocridad!We have everything:The placeThe peopleThe time

Toleramos la mediocridad!Why dont we rescue the classroom?

Toleramos la mediocridad!Lets value the hour of class!

Do we investigate?Do we question?Do we debate?Do we share?Do we build?Do we create?Do welearn?

Toleramos la mediocridad!Lets celebrate the encounter!

What do I bring?What do I take away?

Was it valuable?

Whats next?

Toleramos la mediocridad!Lets enrich the experience!

Do we knoweach other?

Do we laugh?Do we live?

Are we accomplices?

Toleramos la mediocridad!Lets value the product!

Whats the value of what I wrote?what I read?what I built?what I brought?what I asked?

Toleramos la mediocridad!Lets privatize education!

In the privacy

of my classroomof my teammates

In my privacy.

Lets certify education!

Am I a little bit

wiser?worthier?braver?

Do I attest it?Do I certify it?

Lets reform education!

In each classroomIn each course

In each hour of class

In each teacher

What are we waiting for?

Who needs permission?

Lets start theconspiration!in the classroom!

Thank youFind my free e-bookEl Profe Virtual (Spanish)http://www.profevirtual.com Guillermo Ramrez

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