1. FUTURE OF LEARNING
Ólafur Andri Ragnarsson, Adjunct
Reykjavík University

2. EVERYTHING IS JUST FINE, RIGHT?

3. THERE IS A STORM COMING…

4. Verzlunarskóli Íslands, 1987

5. Accounting was becoming digital

6. The Teachers had to choose
Adapt or Perish?

7. REYKJAVÍK UNIVERSITY

8. Image: TRI UNIVERSITY HISTORY, http://www.triuhistory.ca/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/old-clas
HUNDRED YEARS EARLIER
SAME METHOD OF TEACHING

9. HAS
NOTHING
CHANGED?

10. INDUSTRIAL
REVOLUTION
SECOND
INDUSTRIAL
REVOLUTION
THIRD
INDUSTRIAL
REVOLUTION
1700 1800 1900 2000
COMPLEXITY OF KNOWLEDGE

11. 20. CENTURY
SCIENCE
EINSTEIN, CURIE, FREUD, BOHR, TURING
BROADCASTING
RADIO, MOVIES, TV
ANALOG
RECORDS, CASETTES, MOVIES, BOOKS,
CD, DVD
INDUSTRIAL
FACTORIES, INDUSTRY, WORK PLACES

12. FACT-BASED LEARNING
20. CENTURY

13. 20. CENTURY
STANDARDISATION

14. 20. ÖLDIN20. CENTURY
DEGREE FOR LIFE

15. DISRUPTION AHEAD!

17. PREREQUISITE
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

18. 3 BILLION COMING ONLINE
2,5 BILLION CONNECTED

19. 2000 2010
iMac iPhone
Mac OS 9.0.4
500 MHz PowerPC G3 CPU, 128MB Memory
Screen - 786K pixels
Storage - 30GB Hard Drive
iOS 4.0
1 Ghz ARM A4 CPU, 512MB Memory
Screen - 614K pixels
Storage - 32GB Flash Drive
Source: Ars Technical Images: Apple
19

20. 20
Desktop, Laptop Light, mobile
BEFORE NOW

21. 21
Keyboard, mouse Touch, gesture, audio
BEFORE NOW

23. 2000 2010
CONTENT
BECOMES
DIGITAL
DIGITAL DECADE

24. 2000 2010
DIGITAL DECADE
MUSIC
PHOTOSCOMMUNICATION
PHONES
TV SHOWS
MOVIES
BOOKS

25. TV
WEB
GOOGLE
FACEBOOK
MESSAGES

26. SOFTWARE AND DATA STORED IN COMPUTER CLOUDS
UNLIMITED PROCESSING

27. 2
7

28. CONSEQUENSES
CHANGED BEHAVIOR

29. FUNDAMENTAL
SHIFT
IN PEOPLE’S
BEHAVIOUR

30. DIGITAL ONLINE WORLD

31. DIGITAL
LIFESTYLE

32. THE ONLINE WORLD
IS PART OF GROWING UP

33. NEW GENERATIONS
HAVE DIFFERENT NEEDS

34. THE GENERATION THAT IS NOW IN SCHOOL
DOESN’T KNOW WORLD WITHOUT COMPUTERS

35. OVER 4 BILLION HOURS OF VIDEO ARE WATCHED
EACH MONTH ON YOUTUBE

36. 25% OF VIEWS COME FROM
MOBILE DEVICES

37. AVERAGE NUMBER OF TWEETS SENT EACH DAY
400 MILLION

38. AVERAGE DAILY FACEBOOK LIKES
4.5 BILLION

39. MINUTES PLAYED OF ANGRY BIRDS PER DAY
200 MILLION

40. ALL THE WORLD’S MUSIC
ACCESSIBLE

41. NETFLIX GENERATES 32,7% OF US NETWORK TRAFFIC

42. EVERYTHING
WE DO
CREATES
DIGITAL
FOOTPRINTS

43. 43 43
Video rentals, late fees,
house full of DVDs
Everything accessible,
anytime, anywhere
BEFORE NOW
DIGITAL LIFESTYLE

44. Own everything, clutter Rent what is needed,
when needed
OWNERLESS LIFESTYLE
BEFORE NOW

45. KNOWLEGE OF THE WORLD
AVAILABLE ANYTIME, ANYWHERE

46. 46

48. 4
8
MOOC

50. REACTION
DIGITAL TEACHING

51. LEARNING IS MOVING FROM INSTITUTIONS TO
THE STUDENTS
“The Learning Revolution”

52. END OF CONTROL
“The Learning Revolution”

53. TECHNOLOGY IS
ONLY AN
AMPLIFIER

54. OPPERTUNITIES TO
INNOVATE IN EDUCATION
IS IN CHANGED ATTITUDE

55. TEACHING IS DISRUTPED!
Industrial
Standard Personal
Distributed
Digital
Analog
BEFORE NOW/FUTURE
Fact-based Engaging

56. Teachers, textbooks, schools,
degrees
MOOCs, online teaching, flexible
degrees, life-long learning,
personal curriculum
BEFORE NOW/FUTURE
TEACHING IS DISRUTPED!

57. Creates the content, stories,
video, text, assignments,
projects…
Assists students, creates learning
plan, syllabus, mentors, leads,
reminds
TWO ROLES OF THE TEACHER
PRODUCER COACH
GLOBAL – ONLINE LOCAL – ON-SITE

58. Content Publishing
Digtial Content makes space travel and time travel possible

59. Lectures should be recorded and stream live
Content Publishing

60. Course Content should be available anywhere anytime
Image: technologyreview.com
Content Publishing

61. (Almost) any device
Content Publishing

62. TOOLS OF PRODUCTION ARE HERE!

63. TOOLS OF PRODUCTION ARE HERE!

64. DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS ARE HERE!

65. RU TV CHANNEL

68. COMMUNICATION CHANNELS ARE HERE!

69. COMMUNICATION CHANNELS ARE HERE!

70. WHAT
DOES
THIS
MEAN?

71. DO WE HAVE TO MEMORIZE EVERY FACT?

72. Guidance, assistance, consulting Software, video, digital assistants
SERVICE JOBS
BEFORE NOW

73. Lawyers, accountants,
specialists, economists
Software that analysis data with
specialized algorithms
PROFESSIONAL JOBS
BEFORE NOW/FUTURE

74. PERSONAL EDUCTION

75. DO WE NEED DEGREES?

76. DIGITAL LEARNING TRACK
EVERYTHING WE DO IS RECORDED

77. COMPANIES SEEKING NEW EMPLOYEES
DIGITAL LEARNING TRACK

78. DIGITAL TEACHING
QUALITY CONTENT
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
ONLINE DISTRIBUTION
OUR STUDENTS ARE ALWAYS ONLINE
USE THE TOOLS OF PRODUCTION
USE THE METHODS THAT FIT THE BEST
DIVERSITY
MULTIPLE WAYS TO LEARN

79. Again, we have to choose

80. THERE ARE OPPERTUNITIES IN STORMS

81. THE LEARNING REVOLUTION
Ólafur Andri Ragnarsson
andri@ru.is
@olandri
www.olafurandri.com