The Future of Learning Technology in HE

Sheila MacNeill, Chair ALT

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"I never think of the future, it comes soon enough." (Albert

Einstein)

hype v reality

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Your favourite predictionsGo to www.menti.com, use the code 46 86 09

Ghost Storiesnarratives of past, present and future

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Future past• Audrey Watters: stories we've

been told (in 2017) about education technology

• NMC HE Horizon reports• OU Innovating Pedagogy Report

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Future Present

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"I have seen the future and it is very much like the present, only longer." (Kehlog Albran)

Future Present

• Technology integral in HE

• Digital capabilities

• Data

• Demographics

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ALT annual member survey

Priorities 2016

• VLEs/Content management

system

• Electronic Assessment,

submission and feedback

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Enablers

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Enablers• Engagement from

students/learners

• Colleagues knowledge and

expertise

• Colleagues commitmentcc: James Cridland - https://www.flickr.com/photos/18378655@N00

Increasing enablers

• Dedicated time

• Staff development

opportunities

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Professional Recognition

The Future?

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Tomorrow's World 2018 Predictions

• Science Museum - driverless cars• Royal Society - genome engineering• Open University - Interstellar comets

and the end of Project Fear• Wellcome: Epidemics and fighting

antibiotic resistance

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OU Innovating Pedagogy (1)

• spaced learning• learners making science• open textbooks• navigating post truth societies• intergroup empathy• immersive learning

OU Innovating Pedagogy (2)

• intergroup empathy• student led analytics• big data enquiry - thinking with

data• learning with internal values• humanistic knowledge building

communities

Increasingly important

• Data and analytics

• Bring your own device

Other Current Emerging Trends

• Augmented/virtual reality

• Blended learning

• OER

• Learning Spaces

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known unknowns

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“Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow

belongs to the people who prepare for it today.”

(Malcolm X)

Thank you@sheilmcn

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