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Learning with ‘e’sDefining technology supported e-learning within a knowledge economy
Steve Wheeler
University of Plymouth, UK
Knowledge economy
• Knowledge as a commodity
• ‘Know how’ more valuable than other economic resources
• Learning important for economic success
• Flexible, up-to-date and accessible learning vital
Par@digm shift?
• From transmission to participation
• From ‘just in case’ to ‘just in time’
• From ‘just in time’ to ‘just for me’
• From one size fits all to personalisation
• From formal to informal
• From structure to chaos
• From ‘sticky’ webs to open architecture
Less defined shifts…
The mobile generation
Should we translate traditional learning environments into digital format, or should there be a complete reworking of our ideas about education and training?
Digit@l Shift
By the time they reach 21 most young people in the UK will have:
• Sent over 200,000 text messages• Played 10,000 hours of videogames• Watched over 20,000 hours of TV• Talked 10,000 hours on mobile phones• Seen over 500,000 TV adverts• Spent less than 5,000 hours reading
Source: Prensky, 2001: The above figures are already well out of date!
Txt Example A
N E WAY 2 GET THE COOLSTUFF AT THE SIDE GO 2 FORMAT AND THEN STATIONARY THERES LOADS OF WICKED 1S YES I DID NO ‘BOUT ANDYS DAD TEACHIN U………………HM. 33333 { 0 0 } 2 _ _ _ _
Txt Example BJASON:Urite its Jason from the comon.How r u? Wot u bin up 2 2day? Tb luv JasonMANA:Oh,hi!Im great thanx,u?Not alot,my day was ok,nothing special.how was urs?REPLY:Yeah same.was ok.what did u get up 2 after da party?where did u go?MANA:erm went sumwhere else 2 meet sum of my friends but we wer rele late so they had gone so then we jus went back 2 my mates house n stayed there.u?REPLY: Went 2 a pub 4 a bit…lol
Txt Example C
My smmrhols wr CWOT, B4, we usd 2go2 NY 2C my bro, his GF & 3:- @ kds FTF, ILNY, it’s a gr8 plc.Bt my Ps wr so (:-/ BC o 9/11 tht they dcdd 2 stay in SCO & spnd 2 wkd up N.
Up N, WUCIWUG – 0. I ws vvv brd in Mon. 0 bt baas & ^^^^^^.AAR8, my Ps wr - they sd ICBW, & tht they wr ha-p 4 the pc&qt…IDTS!! I wntd 2 go hm ASAP, 2C my m8s again.2day, I cam bk 2 skool. I feel v O BC I hv dn all my hm wrk. Now it’s BAU
Analogues
Digital Immigrants
Digital Natives
Progression of the Digital Age
Increasing Proficiency
Source: Prensky, (2001)
• Social networking
• Digital tribes
• Mixing, repurposing and mashup
• The web as a conversation
• The role of the teacher?
• Informal webs
• Rhizomatic learning
e-Learning 2.0?
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