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Digital Learning FuturesSocial, mobile and personal technologies
ELI Conference, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: 5 March, 2015
Steve WheelerPlymouth University
United Kingdom
@timbuckteeth
“Technology is not a silver bullet. Simply applying technology because it’s new and shiny, or because ‘everyone else is doing it’ is almost always a mistake.”
– Steve Wheeler (2015, p 7)
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http://www.slashgear.com/babys-first-ipad-24121114/
“The average digital birth of children
happens at about six months.”
It’s a girl!
Learningis changing
http://www.slideshare.net/courosa/why-social-networks-matter
3 biggest fears of a teacher using technology
How do I make this work?
How do I avoid looking like an idiot?
{They will know more about this than I do}
3 biggest fears of a student using technology
I showed my 12 year old son an old floppy disk….
He said “Wow… Cool! You 3D printed the Save Icon!”
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“For the first time we are preparing
students for a future we
cannot clearly describe.”
- David Warlick
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Photo by Steve Wheeler
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Albert_Einstein_1947.jpg
“I never teach my students. I only provide the conditions in which they can learn.”
- Albert Einstein
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Surface Learning
Deep Learning
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Source: Marton and Saljo
Strategic Learning
Knowledge
Wisdom
Knowledge
Wisdom
Transformation
http://slated.org
Knowing that
Knowing how
Knowing why
KnowledgeComprehension
Application
Analysis
Evaluation
Declarative
Procedural
Critical
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Personal windows on the world
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Graphic by Steve Wheeler
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http://sellyourstoryuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Old-and-Young-Computer.jpg
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We learn by doing (Piaget, 1950)
Photo by Steve Wheeler
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We learn by making (Papert, 1960)Photo by Steve Wheeler
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Learning 2.0
User generated
content
Learning by making
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Learning 2.0
CurationCollaborating
Sharing and Amplifying
Voting
Networking
User generated
content
Architecture of participation
Tagging and Bookmarking
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Aggregation
http://web.media.mit.edu/~papert/
“I am convinced that the best learning takes place when the learner takes charge.”
– Seymour Papert
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Personal Learning NetworksPhoto by Steve Wheeler
Personal Learning NetworksPhoto by Steve Wheeler
Personal Learning NetworksPhoto by Steve Wheeler
Personal Learning NetworksPhoto by Steve Wheeler
Personal Learning NetworksPhoto by Steve Wheeler
Crowdsourcing knowledge:Building your PLN
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Photo by Steve Wheeler
‘I store my knowledge in my friends’ collecting knowledge… by collecting people
- Karen Stephenson
Distributed Cognition
Paragogy Heutagogy
Photo by Steve Wheeler
Mobile learning
Personal Mobile Interactions
http://thesocietypages.org/cyborgology
“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him an iPhone.”
- Abraham Lincoln on the ‘selfie’
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Digital Cultural Capital – Membership of ‘the Tribe’
“Where digital communication has
fractured the tyranny of distance, and computers
have become pervasive and ubiquitous, identification through digital mediation
has become the new cultural capital”.
Wheeler (2009)
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Graphic by Judy Bloxham
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What is this?
http//wordle.com
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Barack Obama’s inauguration speech 2008
http//wordle.com…in Wordle
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‘Change is not linear – it’s exponential’ - Kurzweil
Students taking notesPhoto: Lori Cullen
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Photo: Steve Wheeler
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Students making
Photo: Steve Wheeler
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Photo: Steve Wheeler
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curiosity
Photo: Steve Wheeler
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Student Makerspaces
Data Information
Data Information Knowledge
My PLE
Games
My PLN
Other Tools
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Personal Learning Environments
Graphic by Steve Wheeler
Image source: Sean Drellinger https://www.flickr.com/photos/seandreilinger/2187892869/
Minecraft
Assessment of Learning?
or…
Assessment for Learning?
Ipsative assessment?
http://www.beehivecity.com
Voice and natural gesture interfaces
We are familyhttp://pro.corbis.com
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Wii are family!
http://wiifitnessdepot.com
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Flow Channel
CHAL
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SKILLSLow High
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Adapted from: Csikszentmihalyi, 1991
CHAL
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SKILLSLow High
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Adapted from: Csikszentmihalyi (1991) and Killi (2009)
P1
P2
P3
P4
Beyond my reach
What I can learn with help(ZPD)
ZPD and scaffolding
What I can learn on my
own
Technology and toolsKnowledgeable others
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Zone of Proxim
al Development (Z
PD)
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Adapted from: Csikszentmihalyi (1991) and Killi (2009)
http://thirdmonth.blogspot.co.uk
Computers as ‘mind tools’ for the engaging of learners in critical thinking
- David Jonassen
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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 NewsJohn K. Waters—13 December 2011
http://coolshots.blogspot.com/2007_02_01_archive.html
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“60% of all Internet pages
contain misleading
information.”
- Thomas Edison
Learners need ‘digital literacies’
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Learners will need new ‘literacies’
• Social networking• Privacy maintenance• Identity management• Creating content• Organising content• Reusing and repurposing• Filtering and selecting• Self presention• Transliteracy
http://www.mopocket.com/
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Learning 2.0 – Digital Literacies
Mastery
Literacies
Competencies
Skills
Graphic by Steve Wheeler (2013)
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Connection
Context
Complexity
Connotation
Adapted from: Mark Federman (2012)
Skills for Learning 2.0
Graphic by Steve Wheeler (2013)
http://limpa-vias.blogspot.com/2007_11_01_archive.html
Don’t limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in
another time.- Rabindranath Tagore
With thanks to my students:Tyla ElworthyAaron FisherAlex Druce