Some technological trends and their consequences for education

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Some technological trends and their consequences
for education
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Vision(s) on technology ?

• Technological determinism
• Social constructivist
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• Technological interactionism
• ? Consequences for education

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Technological trends

• Digital convergence of networks, media, content,
  services applications
• Broadband connections from Mb to Gb
• Generates new forms of distribution, new formats,
  new services, e.g. idTV
• E-research possibilities (Gigabit Ethernet)

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Trends for digital resources The future is
open!

• Open source, open content, open technology,
  wikimedia, blogs
• The values behind it are of importance
• The biggest thing business has to learn from
  open source is not about linux or Firefox, but
  about the forces that produced them - Paul
  Graham
• Multiple approaches for the creation,
  distribution and use of digital learning
  resources
• The dream of a European Learning Resources
  Exchange Area

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Technology safety trends

• Safety issues change over time
• Aspects of safe ICT-use will become even more
  important
• 90 of all e-mailcommunication is spam
• Cyberbullying 10 Flemish pupils are victim of
  cyberbullying
• Need for information pedagogical approaches to
  handle safety issues in school

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Social trends Web2.0 the interactive internet

• Web2.0 is not a trend, its allready there
• Cf. Flickr, YouTube, Wikipedia
• From Second Life to Habbo Hotel
• To interact, communicate, share, act and live
  virtualy

www.secondlife.com www.habbo.com
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Profile of the i-generation and their teachers

• Digital natives
• Images and multimedia dominant in their lifestyle
  
• Multi-dimensional world vision (web2.0)
• Multiple identities (avatars)

• Digital immigrants
• Literary, text-based teaching and learning
  approach
• One-dimensional world vision
• Single identities

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Consequences for education

• Teachers have to change
• Knowing their pupils
• Create/adapte/use digital LO
• Demands for teachter training systems provide
  teachers with basic ICT skills didactical
  skills to use technology in the classroom
• Pedagogy has to change
• Multimedia approach instead of text-based
  pedagogy
• Explore fully the potential of technology
• Learning new skills, knowledge, attitudes

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W. Haddad If were going in the wrong
direction, technology will get us there faster