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The future for learning …will you be there?. 4 th Learning & Teaching Conference 5 th January 2007. Gilly Salmon. Prof of E-learning & Learning Technologies University of Leicester National Teaching Fellow. “Imagination is the beginning of creation” George Bernard Shaw
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The future for learning…will you be there? 4th Learning & Teaching Conference 5th January 2007 Gilly Salmon Prof of E-learning & Learning TechnologiesUniversity of LeicesterNational Teaching Fellow “Imagination is the beginning of creation” George Bernard Shaw “The best way to predict the future is to invent it” Alan C. Kay Fellow at Apple Computer Inc
1. Creating the future for learning?2. The new toys 3. Examples from research at Leicester “Imagination is the beginning of creation” George Bernard Shaw “The best way to predict the future is to invent it” Alan C. Kay Fellow at Apple Computer Inc
Stakeholdersin the future “Imagination is the beginning of creation” George Bernard Shaw “The best way to predict the future is to invent it” Alan C. Kay Fellow at Apple Computer Inc
Government Cumulus Mount Administration Peaks of Duty ResearchHeights Isle of Instead Of Shadowlands TechnoJungle Early Adopt River Temple Of Pedagogy Techie Firewall Management Camp Spring of Innovation Hunters plain Landing for gathers OpportunityFalls As Well Bay Dot.comMarsh E-learning University Land
Toys & technologies “Imagination is the beginning of creation” George Bernard Shaw “The best way to predict the future is to invent it” Alan C. Kay Fellow at Apple Computer Inc
Web 2.0 Personalisation Mobility Open Source
Web 2.0 Personalisation Mobility Open Source
Rich media: Audio-visual Photos Radio-waves Web 2.0 “Platforms that other people can build on” Spatial and geographic Web linked with real, physical space “Activities rather than applications” Like –minds Profile matching Affinity “People doing things together on the Web” “The two-way web where content finds you!” Folkssonomy Bookmarks, searchable by others “It’s made of people. It’s not content”” Syndication Update on changing content “Harnessing collective intelligence” Weblogs Wikis
Web 2.0 Personalisation Mobility Open Source
“The individual learner has many choices available for personal learning. The list of social software technology is long and is growing. …there is also a need for a response from formal education” Futurelab, Social software and learning.2006 P. 58
Web 2.0 Personalisation Mobility Open Source
Web 2.0 Personalisation Mobility Open Source
CreatingLearningFuturesat Leicester BeyondDistanceResearch “Imagination is the beginning of creation” George Bernard Shaw “The best way to predict the future is to invent it” Alan C. Kay Fellow at Apple Computer Inc
Existing Students New Technology Existing Students Existing Technology New Students Existing Technology New Students New Technology development research peripheral Present core Mission/ Market New Present New Pedagogy/ Technology
Media zoo www.le.ac.uk/beyonddistance/mediazoo
Resources • http://www.atimod.com • http://www.le.ac.uk/beyonddistance • http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/ • http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html • http://tim.oreilly.com/ • http://www.tagzania.com/ • http://www.learnometer.net/ • http://www.futurelab.org.uk/ • http://www.heppell.net/ Learning futures conference at Leicester 9-10th January NEXT WEEK!