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Digital Learning Futures
Steve Wheeler Plymouth University
Where have we come from? http://photos.jeremybrooks.net/?p=65
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The Future...?
• 1989: ‘The future is multi-media’
• 1999: ‘The future is the Web’
• 2009: ‘The future is smart mobile’
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Source: Kelly Hodgkins http://gizmodo.com/5813875/what-happens-in-60-seconds-on-the-internet
So Me use
>200 Million
>260 Million
Source: http://econsultancy.com
2 Billion views/day 24 hours/minute
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Timeline Communication Technology Date
11 minutes ago Gutenberg Printing Press 1450
3.4 minutes ago Morse Code 1838
2.7 minutes ago Telephone 1875
2.5 minutes ago Radio 1885
1.6 minutes ago Monochrome Television 1929
54 seconds ago Fax 1966
41 seconds ago Personal Computer 1977
38 seconds ago Analogue Mobile Telephone 1979
25 seconds ago World Wide Web 1990
22 seconds ago SMS Messaging 1993
13 seconds ago Broadband 2000
1 second ago 3-D Television 2010
Source : Ken Robinson (2011) Out of Our Minds
3000 years of time compressed to 24 hours
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Where are we now? http://photos.jeremybrooks.net/?p=65
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Social networks and digital tribes
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User generated content
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Mobile personalised learning
Ubiquitous connection
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http://i.imwx.com
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Web 3.0 Semantic Web
Web 1.0 The Web
Web x.0 Meta Web
Web 2.0 Social Web
Degree of Social Connectivity
Deg
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Co
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Connects information Connects people
Connects knowledge Connects intelligence
The eXtended Web
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Adapted from the work of Nova Spivack
http://www.flickr.com/photos/53921113@N02/5668616495/
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The full story of the smart Chihuahua can be found at http://steve-wheeler.blogspot.com/2012/01/thinking-on-your-feet.html
Creative thinking
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Surface Learning
Deep Learning
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Data
Information
Knowledge
Wisdom
Transformation
ENGAGEMENT
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Knowledge Wisdom Transformation
http://slated.org
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Knowing that
Knowing how
Knowing why
Cognition
Application
Analysis
Evaluation
Declarative
Procedural
Critical
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Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit Wisdom is knowing you don’t put it in a fruit salad Critical awareness is knowing why there is a difference
http://www.flickr.com/photos/city-of-god/4631464948/
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Dual view
TV
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bbc.co.uk/click
bbc.co.uk/click
Ga
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrjorgen/5351521340/
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“When we play games we rapidly solve abstract problems in real time ... while being continually assessed ... and often working collaboratively..” -Graham Brown-Martin Head Teacher Update (Jan 2012)
Gamification is ‘creating an expectation among people that real-life interactions follow simple mechanics, and some disillusionment when they do not.’ – Elizabeth Corcoran (2010)
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Social media and learning
Learning
User generated
content
Wisdom of crowds?
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Learning 2.0
Tools Collaborating
Sharing
Voting
Networking
User generated
content
Architecture of participation
Tagging
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Twitter as a library Twitter as a street corner
Twitter as a soapbox Twitter as amplification
What my students said about Twitter...
http://jcbarrington.blogspot.com/2011/05/on-twitter.html
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Digital Content Curation
www.scoop.it/t/future-school
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Open or closed?
Touch or No Touch?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kmakice/5193637407/
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http://www.csmonitor.com
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Camera
Coloured caps
Coloured caps
Mirror
Projector
Phone blogs.fayobserver.com
MIT’s “Sixth Sense” Wearable...
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Web meets World
Mash-up GPS QR codes
Camera
Mobile phone
Bar codes
Browser
Projector
Geomapping Geotagging
Personalised
Ambient
3-D
Video
Navigation
Communication
Haptic
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/anthonyjhicks/1390929514
http://www.geeky-gadgets.com
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http://digitallife.today.msnbc.msn.com
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http://digitallife.today.msnbc.msn.com
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/anthonyjhicks/1390929514
http://digitallife.today.msnbc.msn.com
http://www.geeky-gadgets.com
http://www.vassfamily.net
eMail and SoMe converge?
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‘New’ learners are... • more self-directed
• better equipped to capture information
• more reliant on feedback from peers
• more inclined to collaborate
• more oriented toward being their own
“nodes of production”.
Education Trends | Featured News John K. Waters—13 December 2011
http://coolshots.blogspot.com/2007_02_01_archive.html
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‘New’ learners are... • more self-directed
• better equipped to capture information
• more reliant on feedback from peers
• more inclined to collaborate
• more oriented toward being their own
“nodes of production”.
Education Trends | Featured News John K. Waters—13 December 2011
http://coolshots.blogspot.com/2007_02_01_archive.html
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Learners need ‘digital wisdom’
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“60% of all Internet pages contain
misleading information.”
- Thomas Edison
Learners need ‘digital literacies’
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language
Managing identity
name images
netiquette reputation
avatar interaction
privacy
personal data
identity
legacy
reputation name
privacy
images
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interaction
Learners need e-safety
Skills or Literacies?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/afronie/161969948/
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Literacy goes beyond skills. It involves full immersion with the culture
Learners will need new ‘literacies’
• Social networking
• Privacy maintenance
• Identity management
• Creating content
• Organising content
• Reusing and repurposing
• Filtering and selecting
• Self presenting
http://www.mopocket.com/
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“Knowledge that is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.” - Socrates St
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“Knowledge that is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.” - Socrates Plato
http://www.fotopedia.com/items/flickr-713124904
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“Knowledge that is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.” - Socrates Plato
http://www.fotopedia.com/items/flickr-713124904
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“Knowledge that is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.” - Socrates Plato
http://www.fotopedia.com/items/flickr-713124904
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Wikipedia is crowdsourcing
evaluation
Thank you!
W: steve-wheeler.net E: [email protected] B: steve-wheeler.blogspot.com T: @timbuckteeth
Picture by Helen Keegan
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This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivative Works 2.0 UK:
International Licence.
Steve Wheeler [email protected] University of Plymouth, United Kingdom
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