The Existential Transition, Learning and Life on the Net
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The Existential Transition, Learning and Life on the Net Thomas Fritz, educational consultant University of Umeå, Sweden
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Thomas Fritz: Presentation in Härnösand, Nov. 2007. on the changing environment on the internet and its implications for learning and teaching
Transcript of The Existential Transition, Learning and Life on the Net
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
