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Digital Culture and
Education
From where it all began
Kerrie Davis 29 October 2012
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In the Beginning
Kerrie Davis 29 October 2012
The first computers began to appear in NSW High School classrooms around 1979 I remember this because I was there! It was in the Maths room
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In the Beginning
Kerrie Davis 29 October 2012
• ICT had begun to be slowly taken up in schools throughout the 1980’s
• Until early 90’s Apple ruled supreme in schools
• The growing phenomena being the Internet and WWW pressured
the advent of new productivity • Research to guide best practices has yet to be developed
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In the Beginning
Kerrie Davis 29 October 2012
• Schools in NSW all have Internet connectivity in 1996
• The early days of Internet saw schools and
other education facilities develop websites • These were merely an information service
– users unable to “interact” with sites
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In the Beginning
Kerrie Davis 29 October 2012
• High schools begin to introduce Windows 95 PC’s, Apple was more expensive declining in popularity with schools
• 1997 saw NSW schools start receive the
first official government roll out of PC’s • 1 for every 12 students
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Internet and WWW maturing
Kerrie Davis 29 October 2012
• 2001 other services begin to emerge • Wikipedia, Google, MySpace, Facebook,
Digg, Twitter… • Known as Software as a Service (SaaS)
applications • SaaS removes the need for desktop
productivity suites • Such as Word, Excel and Power Point
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WEB 2.0 changes everything
Kerrie Davis 29 October 2012
• WWW was moving towards a read/write platform
• Allowing for “interactivity”
• User could now engage with others
• Contribute and publish information
• Such as graphics, animation, audio and video
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WEB 2.0 changes everything
Kerrie Davis 29 October 2012
• Computer now a productivity and communication network tool
• Web 2.0 effect on education focus of
researchers such as danah boyd • Web 2.0 becoming common place in
education requires that there be research
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Digital Education Revolution
Kerrie Davis 29 October 2012
• 2008 Australian government announce plan
• Every student from Year9-12 to have
access to individual computer • 2012 this goal is achieved • Lenovo laptops available for all these
students
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Digital Education Revolution
Kerrie Davis 29 October 2012
• 2010 Windows 7 and Office 2010 on NSW school computers
• Interactive whiteboards are readily
available in many class rooms
• Now that the infrastructure is in place – Where to from here?
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Importance of Teacher Education
Kerrie Davis 29 October 2012
• Schools must no longer simply teach computer skills
• Digital technology must be embedded in
the process of education • Improve educational opportunities • Boost outcomes, energise learning
experiences
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Importance of Teacher Education
Kerrie Davis 29 October 2012
• Professional development for teachers needs to be provided in order for teachers to be able to deliver suitable educational outcomes through embedding technological practices within current pedagogy. (Buchanan 2011)
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Importance of Teacher Education
Kerrie Davis 29 October 2012
• The educational landscape has transformed • Notions of literacy, knowledge and
communication has been altered by digital technologies
• Educational practices have to change to accommodate the new learning styles preferred by this “Digital Native” generation
• Students need freedom to be able to create own digital culture and identities
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Digital Culture and Education
Kerrie Davis 29 October 2012
• Host of new tools that can be utilised in education
• Google Maps, Google Earth, Google Apps, Google docs, Google Scholar, Google books
• YouTube, Flickr, Blogs, Wikis
• social networking (Facebook, MySpace)
• Blackboard, Moodle, (interactive learning platforms)
• Turnitin, (check for plagiarism)
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Digital Culture and Education
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• Different types of learning (eLearning) • Interactive classroom • Independent and Networked learning • Learning organisations
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Digital Culture and Education Schools
Kerrie Davis 29 October 2012
• Interactive platforms like Moodle enable student’s to participate in online learning as a supplement and enhancement to classroom learning.
• Students can access class resources and participate in further activities.
• Students that are absent due to illness or some other reason do not need to miss out on class work, the resources and activities are still available to them.
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Digital Culture and Education Tertiary
Kerrie Davis 29 October 2012
• Distance education has been around in Australia as long as we have had a postal service!
• University of Queensland offered first course by correspondence in 1911
• Digital technologies has vastly changed our attitudes and opportunities in obtaining education by distance (online)
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Digital Culture and Education Tertiary
Kerrie Davis 29 October 2012
• Students can now take advantage of available technologies for flexible options in meeting their educational needs
• AustralianUniversities.com.au gives access to hundreds of Australian institutions offering online study options.
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Digital Culture and Education Industry
Kerrie Davis 29 October 2012
• Industries can provide online training to further worker’s knowledge and skills
• A snapshot of some available:
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Digital Culture and Education Self-Directed, Peer based learning
Kerrie Davis 29 October 2012
• Freedom and autonomy available that is less apparent in a classroom setting
• More motivated to learn from peers
• Outcomes emerge through exploration, (in contrast to classroom learning that has set predefined goals)
• Social and technological skills are enhanced by social media and can be utilised for learning
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Digital Culture and Education Self-Directed, Peer based learning
Kerrie Davis 29 October 2012
• Research conducted independently and alternatively of formal instruction
• Desire to source knowledge out of curiosity or interest is made easy via Internet
• Thanks to vast tools and communities available such as Google, Wikipedia, LiveJournal, DeviantArt to name a miniscule few
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Digital Culture and Education Self-Directed, Peer based learning
Kerrie Davis 29 October 2012
• Interest-based social groups and network communities further enhance thirst for knowledge and ability to produce knowledge to contribute to the communities
• Peer-based sharing and feedback provides validity, encouragement , status, recognition and reputation among likeminded people
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Digital Culture and Education My thoughts in a nutshell
Kerrie Davis 29 October 2012
• Digital culture is constantly evolving and developing, and we all need to be educated on how to effectively utilise and appreciate the tools at hand.
• As we are better educated in matters such as our obligations to privacy and etiquette we inturn add improvements and enhancements in our digital cultures
• Education and digital culture go hand in hand together in the evolution of each other
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Digital Culture and Education In a nutshell
Kerrie Davis 29 October 2012
Digital Culture is enriched, enhanced and influenced from education
Education is enriched, enhanced and influenced by digital culture
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References Australian Education Network. Available: http://www.australianuniversities.com.au/distance-learning/ Last accessed 29th Oct 2012 Buchanan, R. (2011). Paradox, Promise and Public Pedagogy: Implications of the Federal Government’s Digital Education Revolution. Australian Journal of Teacher Education. 36 (2), 67-78. danah boyd. Available: http://www.danah.org/ Last accessed 25th Oct 2012. Grushka, K. & Donnelly, D. (2010). Digital Technologies and performative pedagogies: Repositioning the visual. Digital Culture & Education, 2:1, 83-102. Hasic, S. (2011). The History of ICT in Public Schools. Available: http://sts.sydneyr.det.nsw.edu.au/files/CC/induction/1-The_History_of_ICT_in_Public_Schools.pdf Last accessed 25th Oct 2012. Ito, M., Horst, H., Bittanti, M., boyd, d., Herr-Stephenson, B., Lange, P., Pascoe, C., Robinson, L.. (2008). Living and Learning with New Media: Summary of Findings from the Digital Youth Project. Available: http://digitalyouth.ischool.berkeley.edu/files/report/digitalyouth-WhitePaper.pdf. Last accessed 26th Oct 2012. Jenkins, H. (2007). Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture - Media Education for the 21st Century (Part Two). Nordic Journal of Digital Literacy. 2 (2), 97-113. Moodle. Available: http://moodle.org/about/ Last accessed 26th Oct 2012. Open Colleges. History of Distance Education. Available: http://www.opencolleges.edu.au/distance-education-distance-education-history.aspx Last accessed 29th Oct 2012
Kerrie Davis 29 October 2012