don't believe the hype
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Don’t believe the hype? Or: how to debunk the most popular myths of technology-enhanced language learning.
Thomas Strasser
@Yes, we net! Event IH Ancona March 2016
learning-reloaded.com
Credits: Barnabas Huber-Marx
PISA study.In a nutshell.
http://www.oecd.org/berlin/publikationen/students-computers-and-learning.htm, letzter Zugriff 29.02.2016
The answer!A problem.
eureka! or: No, na ned!
(Viennese=Really? You don‘t have to tell me)
Bullshitter #1(Maria p., 52, grammar school teacher)„There you go, it‘s not the answer!“
Bullshitter # 2 (Manfred S., Prof., Ulm)„Evil Internet!“
Bullshitter #3(Suzan M., 45, (e)Learning guru)
„You are a genius and the worldneeds your expertise.“
(Suzan M., eLearning guru)
#everything‘s_sorted_using_the_Internet
*Image by 34997455@N04 via Flickr
Inconsistent quality (OER)
*Image by 80365963@N00 via Flickr
Technical equipment?
*Image by 36692623@N06 via Flickr Technological determinism
#Digital_Natives
http://sellyourstoryuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Old-and-Young-Computer.jpg
Credits: Steve Wheeler
WTF!? Grandfather ‘s got a Facebook account!?
http://www.buzzfeed.com/theway
wayback/12-painfully-
embarrassing-parents-on-
facebook#.plvrePz1k
http://www.buzzfeed.com/theway
wayback/12-painfully-
embarrassing-parents-on-
facebook#.plvrePz1k
#technology_trends
It‘s not about the bling bling.
http://49.media.tumblr.com/202750f62dbcfee9c8775957931bc043/tumblr_o3ngakYeQO1s7fwo7o1_50
0.gif
“It‘s about the internet -
methodologically exploited by
teachers and learners.“
#apocalypse_now
Classroom of the future?A change of paradigm?
#byod.
Classroom of the future!
Transition?
BULLSHITTER #5
„University has to be old-fashioned.
That‘s attractive.“ (Jochen Hörisch, Uni Mannheim)
BYOB learning
#students_know_everything
#robots_will_replace_the_teacher
researchsays …
#it‘s_not_my_cup_of_tea
#elearning_saves_time
“new” learners are …• More self-organised.
• Ready for information curation.
• Used to peer-feedback
• Used to collaboration
• Productive, not only receptive (prosumers)
Education Trends | Featured NewsJohn K. Waters—13 December 2011
http://coolshots.blogspot.com/2007_02_01_archive.html
Learners need new literacies.• Social networking
• privacy maintenance
• Identity management
• Content creation
• Content curation
• Recycle information
• Self presentation
• Transliteracy
• Understanding of institutionalised learning
https://www.flickr.com/photos/makelessnoise/195088755/
question:if?
how!
EDU APP example: Spreaker
EDU apps taxonomy (learning/teaching a language)Pedagogic
domain
collaboration
communication
reflection
multiplication
modification
creation
Didactic
domain
What and
how?
Pragmatic
domain
Anticipated
problems/
solutions
Schmidt/Strasser (2016, forthc.).
www.storybird.com
www.audioboom.com
www.quizizz.com
cf. Kerres (2006), Strasser (2011, 2012ab, 2013), Wiley (2009), Stanley (2013)
http://tcea.pbworks.com/f/s1.a.jpeg
*Image by 67814617@N03 via Flickr
Ubiquitous learning
*Image by 72825507@N00 via Flickr
Material Augmentation
http://derstandard.at/2000030948837/Lernen-mit-dem-Smartphone-foerdert-die-Motivation
PISA-eureka! or: No, na, ned! (German, Viennese)
The cotton metaphor.(inspired by Sascha Lobo)
In a nutshell.
*Image by 38106254@N05 via Flickr
“We are preparing
our learners for a
future we don’t even
know.”
- David Warlick
no, na, ned
No problem!
Dr. Thomas Strasser
Professor of Language Methodology and TELL
University College of Teacher Education Vienna
www.learning-reloaded.com
@thomas_strasser
https://facebook.com/thomas.strasser969
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• Danke and Prof. Steve Wheeler und Prof. Alec Couros für die
Inspiration und für die Freigabe einzelner Folien
(@timbuckteeth, @courosa)