The future for learning

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The future for learningwill you be there?
4th Learning Teaching Conference 5th January
2007
Gilly Salmon
Prof of E-learning Learning TechnologiesUniver
sity of LeicesterNational Teaching Fellow
Imagination is the beginning of
creation George Bernard Shaw The best way to
predict the future is to invent it Alan C. Kay
Fellow at Apple Computer Inc
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1. Creating the future for learning?2. The new
toys 3. Examples from research at Leicester
Imagination is the beginning of
creation George Bernard Shaw The best way to
predict the future is to invent it Alan C. Kay
Fellow at Apple Computer Inc
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Stakeholdersin the future
Imagination is the beginning of
creation George Bernard Shaw The best way to
predict the future is to invent it Alan C. Kay
Fellow at Apple Computer Inc
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Government Cumulus
Mount Administration
Research Heights
Peaks of Duty
Isle of Instead Of
Shadowlands Techno Jungle
Early Adopt River
Temple Of Pedagogy
Techie Firewall
Management Camp
Spring of Innovation
Hunters plain
Landing for gathers
Opportunity Falls
As Well Bay
Dot.com Marsh
E-learning University Land
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Toys technologies
Imagination is the beginning of
creation George Bernard Shaw The best way to
predict the future is to invent it Alan C. Kay
Fellow at Apple Computer Inc
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Web 2.0
Personalisation
Mobility
Open Source
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Web 2.0
Personalisation
Mobility
Open Source
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Web 2.0
Rich media Audio-visual Photos Radio-waves
Platforms that other people can build on
Spatial and geographic Web linked with real,
physical space
Activities rather than applications
Like minds Profile matching Affinity
People doing things together on the Web
The two-way web where content finds you!
Folkssonomy Bookmarks, searchable by others
Its made of people. Its not content
Syndication Update on changing content
Harnessing collective intelligence
Weblogs Wikis
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Web 2.0
Personalisation
Mobility
Open Source
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• The individual learner has many choices
  available for personal learning. The list of
  social software technology is long and is
  growing.
• there is also a need for a response from formal
  education
• Futurelab, Social software and learning.2006 P. 58

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Web 2.0
Personalisation
Mobility
Open Source
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Web 2.0
Personalisation
Mobility
Open Source
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http//ocw.mit.edu/index.html
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http//openlearn.open.ac.uk/
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CreatingLearningFuturesat Leicester
BeyondDistanceResearch
Imagination is the beginning of
creation George Bernard Shaw The best way to
predict the future is to invent it Alan C. Kay
Fellow at Apple Computer Inc
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research
development
peripheral
Present
core
Mission / Market
New
Present
New
Pedagogy/ Technology
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Media zoo

• www.le.ac.uk/beyonddistance/mediazoo

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Resources

• http//www.atimod.com
• http//www.le.ac.uk/beyonddistance
• http//openlearn.open.ac.uk/
• http//ocw.mit.edu/index.html
• http//tim.oreilly.com/
• http//www.tagzania.com/
• http//www.learnometer.net/
• http//www.futurelab.org.uk/
• http//www.heppell.net/

Learning futures conference at Leicester 9-10th
January NEXT WEEK!
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