Opportunities in a Digital Age: Implications for

Identity, Inclusion and Economy

Professor Mike KeppellExecutive Director

Australian Digital Futures Institute

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Overview

nTrends

nDigital identity

nDigital inclusion

nDigital economy

nDigital society

nDigital literacies

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Digital AgenRole of technology

n to enable new types of learning experiences

nenrich existing learning scenarios” (p. 289).

nnew means of intellectual expression” and creativity (p. 289).

n Laurillard, Oliver, Wasson & Hoppe (2009)

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What Trends do we Need to Consider?

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CSIRO Megatrends

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On the movePersonalisationIWorld

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Trends ‣ People expect to be able to work, learn, and

study whenever and wherever they want.

‣ The abundance of resources and

‣ Need for digital literacies

‣ BYOD technology

‣ Mobility is here!

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Horizon Reports

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New Generation Learners

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Rapport with technology9Wednesday, 22 May 13

Student-generated content (learner-as-designers)

Connected students (knowledge is in the network)

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Owning the Place of Learning

rapport with

technology

mobile

generate content

personalise

connected

adapt space to

their needs

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What technologies do you use?

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What is digital identity?

nSafe and engaged digital citizenship

nAppropriate and responsible technology use

nDigital wellness

nhttp://digitalcitizenship.net/Home_Page.html

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What is Digital Identity?nHow you portray, represent

yourself online

nRich ways of communication

nKnowledge is in the network

nDigital etiquette

nDigital ethics

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Bar BBQ

Boardroom Slide Night

Scrapbooking Journal

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Digital Identity Spaces

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Digital Inclusion

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Digital InclusionnDigital access

nNot everyone has the same access

nAccess to technology

nAccess to skills, education, training

nNo one should be denied digital access

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Digital Inclusion

nhttp://digitalcitizenship.net/Nine_Elements.html

nFully functioning members of society

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Digital Economy

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Digital Economy

nDigital presence - business websitenDigital commercenCommon internet purchasesnEffective consumers in a digital age

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Digital Literacies

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Digital LiteraciesnLiteracy is no longer “the ability

to read and write” but now “the ability to understand information however presented.”

nCan't assume students have skills to interact in a digital age

nLiteracies will allow us to teach more effectively in a digital age (JISC, 2012)

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Literacies for the Future

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Game Changers

nMobility

nSeamless learning

nPersonalised learning

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Mobility

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Mobility

nGlobal mobilitynMobility of peoplenTechnologies to support

mobilitynAdapting our teaching and

learning?nAssessment?nBanking?nVideo-conferencing

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Undergraduate Students and ITn Monitors students

relationship with digital technologies

n Portable devices are the ‘academic champions’

n 3x as many students used e-books or e-textbooks than in 2010

n Survey of 100,000 students across 195 institutions

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Seamless Learning

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Seamless Learning

Seamless learning occurs when a person experiences a continuity of learning across a combination of locations, times, technologies or social settings (Sharples, et al, 2012).

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Physical Virtual

Formal Informal InformalFormal

Blended

Mobile Personal

Outdoor Professional Practice

Distributed Learning Spaces

Academic

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Virtual Learning Spaces

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Personalised Learning

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Personal Learning Spaces

‣ Integrate formal and informal learning spaces

‣ Customised by the individual to suit their needs

‣ Allow individuals to create their own identities.

‣ Recognises ongoing learning and the need for tools to support life-long and life-wide learning.

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Connectivism

‣ Knowledge has changed to networks and ecologies (Siemens, 2006).

‣ Need improved lines of communication in networks.

‣ “Connectivism is the assertion that learning is primarily a network-forming process” (p. 15).

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Student Generated Content

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New Mindsets48Wednesday, 22 May 13

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Questions?

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n Johnson, L., Adams, S., Cummins, M., and Estrada, V. (2012). Technology Outlook for STEM+ Education 2012-2017: An NMC Horizon Report Sector Analysis. Austin, Texas: The New Media Consortium.

n Keppell, M., Suddaby, G. & Hard, N. (2011). Technology-enhanced Learning and Teaching Good Practice Report. Australian Learning and Teaching Council. http://www.olt.gov.au/resource-good-practice-report-technology-enhanced-learning-and-teaching-2011 & http://www.olt.gov.au/system/files/resources/GPR_Technology_Enhanced_Keppel.pdf

n Keppell, M. & Riddle, M. (2012). Distributed learning places: Physical, blended and virtual learning spaces in higher education. (pp. 1-20). In Mike Keppell, Kay Souter & Matthew Riddle (Eds.). (2011). Physical and virtual learning spaces in higher education: Concepts for the modern learning environment. Information Science Publishing, Hershey.

n Payton, S. (2012). Developing digital literacies. JISC. http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/publications/briefingpaper/2012/Developing_Digital_Literacies.pdf

n Sharples, M., McAndrew, P., Weller, M., Ferguson, R., FitzGerald, E., Hirst, T., Mor, Y., Gaved, M. and Whitelock, D. (2012). Innovating Pedagogy 2012: Open University Innovation Report 1. Milton Keynes: The Open University. http://www.open.ac.uk/personalpages/mike.sharples/Reports/Innovating_Pedagogy_report_July_2012.pdf

n Souter , K. Riddle, M., Sellers, W. & Keppell, M. (2011) Spaces for knowledge generation final report. http://documents.skgproject.com/skg-final-report.pdf

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