session 10

1. Transforming Technologies:
Teaching and Learning in the
Digital Age
Session 10:
Technology futures

2. Learning outcomes
• To consider the ways in which educational
technology is likely to move in the next 5 years,
and its relevance to you and your work.
• To revisit and consolidate themes from the 10
weeks of the course.
• To be confident in your knowledge and
understanding of the assessments for the course.
• To plan for your use of technology in the future.

3. Horizon report 2015…in a Prezi
• http://prezi.com/xkpqr6zj3zxz/?utm_campaig
n=share&utm_medium=copy&rc=ex0share

4. Disruptive pedagogy and technology
• Disruption to an existing practice, by an
outside tool/influence/group which has
gained momentum because of ease of
use/ubiquitous nature, for example.
• Examples might be:
Wikipedia – disrupting traditional encyclopedia access practices
Mobile phones – disrupting personal computer market
Digital photos – disrupting chemical photo production processes

5. Education in the year 2000 (1910)

6. Technologies bounded by generation

7. Steve Wheeler – ALT-C 2015

8. • Power shift from ‘software experts’ to teacher
and student-led technologies.
• The ‘internet of things’
• Augmented reality
• Learner analytics, open badges and
personalisation.
• Gamification and immersion
Trends of note

9. ‘Few to many’
• The traditional teacher –
learners dynamic is
shifting.
• From ‘recursive’ to
‘discursive’ pedagogy;
closed to open; tethered
to mobile; standardised
to personalised.
• Curation and the
‘democratisation of
education’.

10. Student as producer

11. Augmented Reality
• The combining,
in real time, of
technology with
the everyday
experience;
adding a ‘layer of
value’.
• Not the same as
‘virtual reality’!
http://m.c.lnkd.licdn.com/mpr/mpr/p/4/005/027/2f
1/16f8237.jpg (Accessed 07/12/15: 17:45)

12. Learner Analytics
• The collection
and analysis of
data related to a
student and their
learning, with
the aim of
optimising
learning.

13. Modern Learners….

14. Course assessment
• Assignment 1:

15. • Assignment 2: Digital poster
Course assessment

16. Review of the course

17. Digital Self

18. Technology Trends

19. Curriculum Design

20. Classroom approaches

21. Assistive Technology

22. Social Media

23. E-Assessment

24. Collaborative online approaches

25. Mobile and BYOD

26. Technology Futures

27. Critical questions
• What are the issues and opportunities
afforded by e-assessment?
• How does e-assessment fit with current digital
literacy practices, as a tutor or student? Could
e-assessment give only some the advantage?
• Can assessment be ‘re-imagined’ using
technology?