vision of the future: where will elearning be in 2020?

Vision of the Future: Where will eLearning be in 2020?

Carol SkyringLearnTel, Australia

cskyring@learntel.com.au

“…the future has been a disappointment”

John GardnerQueen’s University, Belfast 1995

Cited in http://hdl.handle.net/2428/8061

Video removed seeMr Winkle Wakes:

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Where have we been?

Where are we now?

Where is it heading?

Effect on education?

Key factors for success

Where have we been ?

Thaumatrope: 1825 Phenakistoscope: 1832

Zoopraxiscope: 1879

Mid 1800s prediction

Frustrated and enraged at obtaining so many crossed visual lines, a man hurls his

chair at le tele. An observation by Robida that

while tremendous strides may be made in technology, human behaviour changes not in the

slightest.

Late1900s

Where are we now ?

2000-2010

http://www.flickr.com/photos/foxypar4/2124673642/

Telepresence

Telepresence refers to a set of technologies which allow a person to to feel as if they were present, to give the appearance that they were present, or to have an effect, at a location other than their true location.

Wikipedia

(Tele)Presence

• A group of 'presence' technologies & standards that let applications know:- where you are

- what you're doing

- what kind of communications you're prepared to receive.

Virtual Worlds

Second Life:- Total accounts: over 18 million

- Users last 60 days: 1,366,528

- Online 1pm today: 54,526

- Over 700 universities have campuses

- New institutions just in 2nd life

PLNs

http://www.flickr.com/photos/courosa/2922421696/

Warlick, D. (2009). Grow your personal learning network: New technologies can keep you connected and help you manage information overload. Learning & Leading with Technology, 36(6) p. 15

Where is it heading?

In 2020

• Children currently in Year 1 will be entering the workforce

• Some parents of Year 1 students are currently finishing school

• More over 65s than under 16s*

• Younger, less experienced teachers*

* in 2020 Vision: Report of the Teaching and Learning in 2020 Review Group, Department for Education and Skills, UK

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eLearningVirtual WorldsPLN Mobile

Personalised Learning

• Learner centred

• Knowledge centred

• Assessment centred (formative & summative)

2020 Vision: Report of the Teaching and Learning in 2020 Review Grouphttp://www.decs.sa.gov.au/learningtechnologies/files/links/2020_Vision.pdf.

The mobile device will be the world’s primary connection tool

to the Internet in 2020.

From ‘Did You Know 4.0’: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ILQrUrEWe8

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video introduction or the weekly podcast.

Videoconference from real life to 2nd life

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Effecton education?

What does this mean for students?

• Rich learning environment

• Lots of interaction

• Instant responses to queries

• Anywhere & anytime

Higher Ed• Today students choose:

- The courses they study

- The campus they attend

• Tomorrow courses will be accessible from anywhere

• In the future students will choose with whom they study NOT where

Schools

• Global connections with other classes

• Content from sources around the world

• Virtual excursions

What does this mean for teachers?

• New ways of teaching

• New ways of structuring learning

• Always on?

- Anywhere

- Anyone

- Anytime

- 24/7

Key factors for success ?

• Appropriate and effective use:- Is this the RIGHT tool

- A combination

• Pedagogical issues:- How can I BEST teach this

- Instructional design

• Environment- Ease of use

• Support for instructors and students:- Professional development

• Provide learning solutions NOT technological ones

• Technology is your slave - not your master

• Design great learning experiences

We are currently preparing students for jobs & technologies

that don’t yet exist.....

in order to solve problems we don’t even know are problems yet.

We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.

Albert Einstein

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Be brave!

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cskyring@learntel.com.au