Learning in the Age of Digital Media - James Cross SXSWedu 2013 presentation

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Presented by James Cross from MediaCore in an hour-long presentation at SXSWedu 2013. james@mediacore.com

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Learning in the Age of Digital Media

Presented at SXSWedu 2013

James CrossMediaCorejames@mediacore.com

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Students as content creators1

how to...

16,000,000+ videos

how to...

how to...

how to clean your room

how to play...

The most powerful content creation tools ever...In students’ pockets.

The motivation to share is the driver; technology is just the enabler. If you offer people the opportunity to produce and to share, they’ll sometimes take you up on it, even if they’ve never behaved that way before and even if they’re not as good at it as the pros.

”– Clay ShirkyCognitive Surplus, 2010

On-demand learning2

BBC1 BBC2 ITV C4 C5

5pm News Top Gear News News Wife Swap

6pm Eastenders The Apprentice

Coronation Street Friends Simpsons

7pm Mastermind Star Trek Family Fortunes The Sopranos 24

8pm Football The Office Knight Rider Big Brother South Park

9pm News Newsnight News Lost Die Hard

TV Guide

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri

9am Maths English Science PE Music

10am English French PE Maths Science

11am English Science English Maths English

1pm PE French English Science Maths

2pm PE English Science Maths English

School Timetable

Students live in an on-demand world.

Why isn’t school on-demand?

It can be. Easily.

The most powerful content creation tools ever...Also in teacher’s hands

The most powerful content creation tools ever...

Connection. Humor. Pace.

Learning is personal.

So is video.

Teacher as curator.

1:1 learning.Delivered 1:many.

Students’ work:Shared with the world

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PS22 Chorus,Staten Island NY

Engagement.

50,000,000+ views

Relevant. Matter. Shared.

James CrossMediaCorejames@mediacore.com