A handbook written by George Siemens and Peter Tittenberger as well as a wiki that will continue to be updated is now available.
“This Handbook of Emerging Technologies for Learning (HETL) has been designed as a resource for educators planning to incorporate technologies in their teaching and learning activities.”
Really worth reading.
An interesting article……. some extracts……………
“The most profound impact of the Internet is its ability to support and
expand the various aspects of social learning…….
It seems likely that a great deal of informal learning is taking place both
on and off campus via the online social networks………
The emphasis is on building a community of students and scholars as
much as on providing access to educational content.
These communities are harbingers of the emergence of a new form of
technology-enhanced learning—Learning 2.0.
The demand-pull approach is based on providing students with access to
rich (sometimes virtual) learning communities built around a practice.”
2008 Latest Edition – Did You Know 3.0 – From Meeting in Rome this Year
Some interesting predictions here including this one;
“Professional knowledge will become obsolete almost as quickly as it’s acquired. An individual’s professional knowledge is becoming outdated at a much faster rate than ever before.
Most professions will require continuous instruction and retraining. Rapid changes in the job market and work-related technologies will necessitate job education for almost every worker. At any given moment, a substantial portion of the labor force will be in job retraining programs. -Marvin J. Cetron and Owen Davies, “Trends Shaping Tomorrow’s World, Part Two,” May-June 2008, p 41″
youtube is such a good resource. This is worth a look via Eduardo
I’m thinking about how organisations seek to achieve compliance of behaviour that is linked to their culture & values and how different approaches & to coaching & mentoring either enhance or conflict with the culture.
This is hurting my head at the moment, any ideas very welcome.
Did You Know; Shift Happens – Globalization; Information Age
Really worth looking at this if you’ve not seen it. I experienced a combination of emotions whilst watching it.
The ten key topics in European learning technologies discussed at the Training in Action” conference in Italy recently were:
Fabrizio Cardinali, the co-chair of the European Learning Industry Group said;
“Many of these issues can be addressed through the application of learning technologies, especially through games, simulations and virtual worlds. Innovations in learning such as these should help European organisations to remain competitive in the world economy, despite increasing competition from elsewhere in the world.”
Here are some “musings” from George Siemens about the forthcoming future of education conference. To register for this valuable and free event click the link. http://umanitoba.ca/learning_technologies/conferences/foe/
“Few modern institutions hold the shape of history as faithfully as schools and universities. Rows of learners, segregated classrooms, subject specialization, and “the expert on stage” form images and stories of education over the last several hundred years.
Yet it was not always so. Ancient Greek academies based their educational activities as exploration and pursuit of truth. While it could be argued that less of the world was known in that era (though today’s nanotechnology explorers would suggest a future of greater yet to be charted worlds), a spirit of inquiry and the passion for learning dictated open spaces of dialogue and boundaries of learning imposed only by the mind, not the temporary containers of “courses” and “programs”.
The often repeated claim of “our world is changing” falls on ears immune due to frequent exposure. Yet teachers, professors, and corporate trainers are adopting tools which threaten (promise?) to shift the shape of education. Blogs, wikis, podcasts, social bookmarking, globalization, user-generated content, information growth, corporate research, flexible accreditation models, for-profit education, and international partnerships boil in the cauldron of change.
What will education look like in the future? How will we educate our children? Our employees? What will be the shape of scholarship? Of art? Of research?
Over the next week, we will begin to explore these issues with a combination of insights provided by our speakers…and with dialogue we shape ourselves. “
Here’s an opportunity for everyone who is involved in developing others to take part in a valuable on-line survey.
“A lot of research has gone into looking at the skills people need to fulfil occupational roles. Little has been done to explore the skills required for people who develop others but are not in the role of teacher or trainer. Even the role of trainer and coach has changed dramatically.
Developing the developers is a project with an aim of researching the current and future needs of people developers. As the business world progresses so does the role of people developers. At one time this was the remit of the HR or training team. Now with an increasing pace within the world of business, most of us have some responsibility for the development of others. But do we have the necessary skills? What skills do we need and where can we get them?
This project sets out to answer these questions. So if you manage, mentor, coach, train teach, educate or develop people in any way we want to know how you develop these skills and most importantly how you learn new skills, just when you need them”
