Emerging Technologies What the 21st Century will bring

Gerry WhiteCEO, education.au

National ICT agency in education and training

Emerging Technologies What the 21st Century will bring

• Digital divide• Multi-media in classroom• Classroom of tomorrow• Professional development• Use by teachers• Assessment• ICT caution• Emerging national services• Emerging technologies

PerspectiveInformation and communications

1969 1983

TCP/IP

Internet

1989 1991 1997 2005

Information and communications

1969 1983

TCP/IP

Internetwww

1989 1991

Austn

education

1997 2005

• Brochures

• Pages

Information

Communications

Information and communications

1969 1983

TCP/IP

Internetwww

1989 1991

Austn

education

1997 2005

• eBay

• Google

• Wikipedia

• Amazon.com

• Brochures

• Pages

Information Services

Communications

Mass media

Information and communications

1969 1983

TCP/IP

Internetwww

1989 1991

Austn

education

1997 2005

• eBay

• Google

• Wikipedia

• Amazon.com

• Brochures

• Pages

Information Services

Communications

Interactive

Publishing

Multimedia

Sharing

Mass media

IPN

New media platform

Web 2.0

Information and communications

1969 1983

TCP/IP

Internetwww

1989 1991

Austn

education

1997 2005

• eBay

• Google

• Wikipedia

• Amazon.com

• Brochures

• Pages

Information

Communications

Mass media

IPNNew media

platform

Interactive

Publishing

Multimedia

Sharing

Services

So whathas changed

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Personalised

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Why use Information Communication Technologies

Real cost benefits:

1% increase in skilled workers = 0.65% increase in gross domestic product

Benefit-to-cost value of at least $10 for every dollar invested =

Digital divide

Broadband• Access• Equity (teachers, students, areas …)• Firewalls• Digital literacy• Home and school

Professor Benjamin Eggleton - Optical Logic and the Photonic Chip

Broadband

Comparison of OECD broadband markets

OECD May 2006 (data Dec 2005), Wairua Consulting

Digital divide

• South Africa – Ubuntu, ShuttleworthFoundation

• UNESCO Education for All• Chile – Enlaces • Philippines -ischoolwebboard

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• South Africa – Ubuntu

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• Chile - Enlaces

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Multi-media in classroomContent and services in a knowledge society• YouTube (video)• Flickr (graphics)• Podcasting (audio)• Skoool (services and resources)• Blogging (micro-publishing)• Books (publishing)• Television (broadcasting)

Classroom of tomorrow• Interactive eg Whiteboard, personal device …

• Learning environment

ICT use normalWhat works bestMajor changes

StudyVocationalResearchKnowledge

11-12+

ICT use normalMajor changes

GrowthEngagementLearningPersonalised

6-10

Selective use of ICT

SocialisationLiteracyNumeracy

K-5

ChangeFocusYear level

Five modes of eLearning

• classroom • independent• networked• community • managed

Australia’s Future Using Education Technology

Geoff Spring, DEST, 2004

Innovations with ICTs

TLF - national collaboration to develop learning objects @ 5c per learning object per student

Making movies

Innovations with ICTs

HotMaths – a new concept providing free basic arithmetic practice plus subscription services

HotMaths

FractionsAnglesActivities

Professional development• State responsibility/system requirements• Patchy programs and funding eg teachers, schools,

professional associations, regions, system-wide …• Methods

Personalised eg course study, research …Requirement eg registration, system …Credits eg days per year …Leadership eg champions, consultants, pilots/trials …Communities of practice eg share best practice, universities …

Use by teachers

• Innovatorscan become champions

• Is it worth it?productivity increase and learning outcome improvements

• Required skill levelsfor all teachers

Assessment

• Would I care to comment – not really• Teacher judgement vs accountability• Parents have right to know

LiteracyNumeracyScienceSocial Learning capacity

• ICT useful as a component of assessment

ICT caution

• LMSs … services, tools …LAMS & Moodle• Vendor packages not developed by

educators• New devices need to evaluated and

trialled –beware of harm• Copyright, privacy, safety• Web of trust, authentication, authorisation

Emerging national services

• Community spaces• Sharing content• News services• Eportfolios• Career services• Emerging technologies• Interoperability standards

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• myfuture

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Emerging technologies

• Openness eg content, services, networks, standards and applications

• Value/TCO (Australia, UK, USA)• Devices• Online services and tools (not content)

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Openness

• borderless global access• unlimited information• connected world• accessible anywhere

Openness

• web based• wireless• mobile • open • personalised

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Professor Albert Y. Zomaya - The Changing Face of ICT Research

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Futureeducation

Dr David Skellern -

Embedded Systems - the inside of smart

things

Conclusion

Individual learning

CustomisationPersonalisation

Class standards

QualityEducational soundness

Sourcing content Authenticating content

Fixed content

AvailableCheapDevices UbiquitiousDemand

Multimedia• blogs• graphics• audio• video

Engagement

Keeping clients informedAccess to information

home and school

Communication

Cost and access

WikiText books

WhyChange toChange from

Educational administration

• Quality

• Conformance

• Corporate

• Research

• Global Summit 2006

Robo PrincipalComing to a school near you

Thankyou

Gerry WhiteCEO, education.au

National ICT agency in education and training