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Learning Futures workshop Build the future here...

Learning Futures workshop Build the future here. Professor Gilly Salmon Beyond Distance Research Alliance University of Leicester. OUTCOMES. Discover: possible probable desirable futures for learning in your context… And ways to get there. Create the future….

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Learning Futures workshop Build the future here...

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  1. Learning Futures workshopBuild the future here... Professor Gilly Salmon Beyond Distance Research Alliance University of Leicester

  2. OUTCOMES • Discover: • possible • probable • desirable • futures for learning in your context… • And ways to get there. Gilly Salmon, 2010 HEA Annual Conference

  3. Create the future… • “Few will have the greatness to bend history, but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total of all those acts will be written the history of this generation.” Robert F Kennedy 6th June 1966 Gilly Salmon, 2010 HEA Annual Conference

  4. We are the generation of educators who… • Have the tools • Have the techniques • Have the vision Gilly Salmon, 2010 HEA Annual Conference

  5. It was the best of times... It was the worst of times... From Tale of Two Cities - (1859) by Charles Dickens. It’s the first line of the book From Tale of Two Cities - (1859) by Charles Dickens. It’s the first line of the book Foreshadowing is a technique used by authors to provide clues for the reader to be able to predict what might occur later in the story. Foreshadowing is a technique used by authors to provide clues for the reader to be able to predict what might occur later in the story. Red Herrings A hint that is designed to mislead the ‘audience’ is referred to as a red herring. Red Herrings A hint that is designed to mislead the ‘audience’ is referred to as a red herring. An example of foreshadowing is the self-fulfilling prophecy - that directly or indirectly causes itself to become true An example of foreshadowing is the self-fulfilling prophecy - that directly or indirectly causes itself to become true. Gilly Salmon, 2010 HEA Annual Conference

  6. Indistinctly Prophetic… Indistinctly prophetic…. “E-learning makes e-mail look like a rounding error” “Everyone knows how to learn with technology” “Classrooms are for kids” “Online no one knows you’re a dog” “E-learning makes e-mail look like a rounding error” “Everyone knows how to learn with technology” “Classrooms are for kids” “Online no one knows you’re a dog” Gilly Salmon, 2010 HEA Annual Conference

  7. Red herrings – two examples THEN NOW Year 1530 “The multitude of …. books is a great evil. There is no limit to this fever for ….. writing; every one must be an …. author; some out of vanity, to acquire celebrity and raise up a name, others for the sake of mere gain.” Martin Luther Gilly Salmon, 2010 HEA Annual Conference

  8. Red herrings for learning “Content is King” “Everything you need for e-learning in one box…” “Build it and they will come…” “Academics are resistant” Gilly Salmon, 2010 HEA Annual Conference

  9. We need to foreshadow…We need to avoid red herrings • Red herring cards • Fluffy Cloud cards Gilly Salmon, 2010 HEA Annual Conference

  10. Warm up: What if? • What if ... there were only half of the number of campus based- universities in Europe compared to now? • What if ... European universities had twice the numbers of students compared to now? • What if ...all students were allowed to attend to university only for the first year of their degrees • What if ...all university teaching resources had to be openly published on the web? • What if ...all closed book supervised exams were banned? • What if all students HAD to bring the latest high tech laptop with them to their (on or offline ) class? • What if...the world ran out of paper? • What if the internet/web crashed/melted down... Gilly Salmon, 2010 HEA Annual Conference

  11. Looking back for looking forward… HINDSIGHT How has learning changed in recent years What happened to learning that you expected? What happened differently from your expectation? INSIGHT What are the current trends, enablers, disruptions and barriers? FORESIGHT How can we use this knowledge to prepare for the next 10 years? Gilly Salmon, 2010 HEA Annual Conference

  12. Looking back for looking forward… HINDSIGHT How has learning changed in recent years What happened to learning that you expected? What happened differently from your expectation? Gilly Salmon, 2010 HEA Annual Conference

  13. Looking back for looking forward… INSIGHT What are the current trends, enablers, disruptions and barriers? Gilly Salmon, 2010 HEA Annual Conference

  14. Looking back for looking forward… FORESIGHT How can we use this knowledge to prepare for the next 10 years? Gilly Salmon, 2010 HEA Annual Conference

  15. Be the change you want to see in the world Mahatma Ghandi Never doubt the power of a small group of people to change the world. Nothing else ever has. Margaret Mead Thanks for taking part Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers." Mignon McLaughlin Please leave your business card for a write-up to be e-mailed to you No budgets or humans were harmed in the making of this presentation Gilly Salmon, 2010 HEA Annual Conference

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