Paul Woods, British Council English Adviser Uruguay and Gabriela Madera,
E-moderator for British Council’s Learn English Pathways
A glimpse into the future….
• Digital materials will replace books• Teaching will be offshored. • Teachers will be facilitators rather
than knowers• Content will be on LM systems in
the cloud • Learning will be increasingly on-
line and self-directed. • Teaching may even be done by
robots or avatars.
Pace of change….
• We are living in exponential times• In 2 years time there will be early adopters using
devices for teaching and learning that we don’t even know about yet
• How does this affect teacher development – some of the changes we can expect to see will be unstoppable…
How will this affect teachers?
“Teachers will not be replaced by technology, but teachers who don’t use technology will be replaced by those who do”~Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach~
The Classroom of the Future The teacher will use a portable work station that can move
around the room. Students will also have portable work stations. The classroom walls will be covered in large screens giving
access to visuals. The walls will also provide magnetic,
writing surfaces for learning activities. Each student will have a digital device such as an ipod touch
or laptop computer for responding to and asking questions
about presented visuals. All schools will have high band width internet connection. The
rooms will be energy efficient and make the best use of
natural resources.
http://www.xtimeline.com/evt/view.aspx?id=457946
Classroom of future
By 2025 Digital Media Will Replace Print and Analog Media
Newspapers are not as popular as they once were. They are being replaced by online newspapers. This trend is happening to books as well. This trend will continue and classrooms of the future may not have traditional textbooks.
Media in future
Innovative Trends
Learning platforms
PublishersAuthenticTeacher-produced
M-learning
LearnEnglish Sports World
The flipped classroom
• Uses teacher-created vodcasts viewed outside class time• More time spent interacting with students• The whole classroom/homework paradigm is flipped • A means to INCREASE interaction and personalized contact time
Students take responsibility for their own learning. • The teacher is not the "sage on the stage", but the "guide on the
side". • Students who are absent don't get left behind. • Content is permanently archived for review or remediation. • All students are engaged in their learning. • Students can get a personalized education.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2H4RkudFzlc
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Speechgear
http://www.youtube.com/user/speechgear#p/a
…..as you speak to the system, it repeats what you are saying in a different language and generates a transcript of the conversation..
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My Teacher is a Robot!
http://mindshift.kqed.org/2011/04/my-teacher-is-an-avatar/ Robot teacher clip
Uruguay – Where the Future is Already Happening!
• Every child in government schools has an OLPC laptop• Videoconferencing tele-presence technology is being used by the British Council to teach children in primary schools using remote teachers based in Colombia, Mexico, Argentina and The Philippines• High quality teaching by specialist English teachers – for 45 minutes per week, supported by classroom teachers with little or no knowledge of English who give practice lessons for 45 minutes twice a week.• Some of the teaching is being offshored to The Philippines where teaching costs are lower but the standards are high
2-way video & audio
Joint lesson planning
Students with Classroom
laptops
Local classroom:• TV screen showing
remote teacher• Lesson materials shown
via Webex
Joint lesson planning
Local class teacher
managing activity
Remote teacher using VC
equipment
Uruguay – Remote Teaching using OLPC Laptops
Remote teacher
Clip
The Classroom of the future
• Teacher as facilitator and mentor, not the “knower”
• Each pupil has their own “Ceibalita”• There is a lot of noise!• Pupils are interested in what they are
doing (drawing their pets on the OLPC laptops)
• The laptops are an integral part of the lesson
Ceibalitas in the classroom Clip
Learning Management System
Remote Teaching
• Offshoring• Language of
coordination• Classroom
management• Cross-cultural
issues
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