Steve WheelerPlymouth University

United Kingdom

@timbuckteeth

Digital Learning FuturesThe Shape of Minds to Come

Royal Institute, London: 21 January, 2015

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/ Image Credits: http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/

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http://www.slashgear.com/babys-first-ipad-24121114/

“The average digital birth of children

happens at about six months.”

It’s a girl!

Learningis changing

http://www.slideshare.net/courosa/why-social-networks-matter

3 biggest fears of a teacher using technology

How do I make this work?

How do I avoid looking like an idiot?

{They will know more about this than I do}

3 biggest fears of a student using technology

I showed my 12 year old son an old floppy disk….

He said “Wow… Cool! You 3D printed the Save Icon!”

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“For the first time we are preparing

students for a future we

cannot clearly describe.”

- David Warlick

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Photo by Steve Wheeler

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Albert_Einstein_1947.jpg

“I never teach my students. I only provide the conditions in which they can learn.”

- Albert Einstein

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Surface Learning

Deep Learning

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Source: Marton and Saljo

Strategic Learning

Knowledge

Wisdom

Knowledge

Wisdom

Transformation

http://slated.org

Knowing that

Knowing how

Knowing why

KnowledgeComprehension

Application

Analysis

Evaluation

Declarative

Procedural

Critical

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/specialkrb/2772991999

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Personal windows on the world

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http://sellyourstoryuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Old-and-Young-Computer.jpg

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We learn by doing (Piaget, 1950)

Photo by Steve Wheeler

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We learn by making (Papert, 1960)Photo by Steve Wheeler

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Learning 2.0

User generated

content

Learning by making

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http://youtu.be/H5iTv9bAOEg

Learning 2.0

CurationCollaborating

Sharing and Amplifying

Voting

Networking

User generated

content

Architecture of participation

Tagging and Bookmarking

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Aggregation

http://web.media.mit.edu/~papert/

“I am convinced that the best learning takes place when the learner takes charge.”

– Seymour Papert

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Personal Learning NetworksPhoto by Steve Wheeler

Personal Learning NetworksPhoto by Steve Wheeler

Personal Learning NetworksPhoto by Steve Wheeler

Personal Learning NetworksPhoto by Steve Wheeler

Personal Learning NetworksPhoto by Steve Wheeler

Crowdsourcing knowledge:Building your PLN

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Photo by Steve Wheeler

http://bradley.chattablogs.com

“ ‘I store my knowledge in my friends’ …is an axiom for collecting knowledge… through collecting people”.

- Karen Stephenson

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Distributed Cognition

Paragogy Heutagogy

http://youtu.be/I5YkxQJXt7c

Digital Cultural Capital – Membership of ‘the Tribe’

“Where digital communication has

fractured the tyranny of distance, and computers

have become pervasive and ubiquitous, identification through digital mediation

has become the new cultural capital”.

Wheeler (2009)http://www.coreideas.com.au/

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The First Mobile Phone

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What is this?

http//wordle.com

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Barack Obama’s inauguration speech …

http//wordle.com…in Wordle

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What is this?

dad@hvn ur spshl. we want wot u want & urth 2b like hvn. giv us food & 4giv r sins lyk we 4giv uvaz. don't test us! save us! bcos we kno ur boss. ur tuf & ur cool 4 eva! ok? St

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‘Squeeze’ TextThe competition was for re-writing the Lord's Prayer for the mobile phone, using just 160 characters or less. It was judged for Ship of Fools by the Churches' Broadcasting Conference. The task itself was not easy. The traditional version of the Lord's Prayer is 372 characters long, so whittling it down to 160 characters meant cutting the prayer by more than half but without losing anything important.

http://www.canada.com

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...and in second place…

r pa in evan, respect 2 u, may u rain ear as in evan. giv us r needs, 4giv r sin as we 4giv r nmes. resq us from the evil 1. 4 ur always the most xlent dude. yo

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‘Change is not linear – it’s exponential’ - Kurzweil

LIVE

Students taking notesPhoto: Lori Cullen

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Photo: Steve Wheeler

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Students making

Photo: Steve Wheeler

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Photo: Steve Wheeler

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curiosity

Photo: Steve Wheeler

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Student Makerspaces

My PLE

Games

My PLN

Other Tools

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Personal Learning Environments

Graphic by Steve Wheeler

Image source: Sean Drellinger https://www.flickr.com/photos/seandreilinger/2187892869/

Minecraft

Assessment of Learning?

or…

Assessment for Learning?

Ipsative assessment?

http://www.beehivecity.com

Voice and natural gesture interfaces

We are familyhttp://pro.corbis.com

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Wii are family!

http://wiifitnessdepot.com

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Flow Channel

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Adapted from: Csikszentmihalyi, 1991

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Adapted from: Csikszentmihalyi (1991) and Killi (2009)

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Beyond my reach

What I can learn with help(ZPD)

ZPD and scaffolding

What I can learn on my

own

Technology and toolsKnowledgeable others

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Zone of Proxim

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Adapted from: Csikszentmihalyi (1991) and Killi (2009)

http://thirdmonth.blogspot.co.uk

Computers as ‘mind tools’ for the engaging of learners in critical thinking

- David Jonassen

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http://youtu.be/G-O2DLLaI8E

‘New’ learners are...• more self-directed• better equipped to capture information• more reliant on feedback from peers• more inclined to collaborate• more oriented toward being their own “nodes of production”.

Education Trends | Featured NewsJohn K. Waters—13 December 2011

http://coolshots.blogspot.com/2007_02_01_archive.html

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http://thesocietypages.org/cyborgology

“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him an iPhone.”

- Abraham Lincoln on the ‘selfie’

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“60% of all Internet pages

contain misleading

information.”

- Thomas Edison

Learners need ‘digital literacies’

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Learners will need new ‘literacies’

• Social networking• Privacy maintenance• Identity management• Creating content• Organising content• Reusing and repurposing• Filtering and selecting• Self presention• Transliteracy

http://www.mopocket.com/

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Learning 2.0 – Digital Literacies

Mastery

Literacies

Competencies

Skills

Graphic by Steve Wheeler (2013)

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Connection

Context

Complexity

Connotation

Adapted from: Mark Federman (2012)

Skills for Learning 2.0

Graphic by Steve Wheeler (2013)

http://limpa-vias.blogspot.com/2007_11_01_archive.html

Don’t limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in

another time.- Rabindranath Tagore

With thanks to my students:Tyla ElworthyAaron FisherAlex Druce