A Future Community of Independent Learners

By Ryan MacDougallAugust 6th, 2010

Ed 6620Memorial University

FUTURE LEARNING TRENDS??

LEARNING WITHOUT

TIMELEARNING WITHOUT DISTANCELEARNING

WITHOUT TEACHER

The Emergence of Self-Paced Learning

Self-Paced Learni

ng

Interactive

Engaged “Pull” Strate

gy

Active Learner

4

5

THEN

NOW

Self Paced Learning = Time for

Collaboration

Problems = Distraction + Plagiarism?

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Expectations

Too high

What does the future

hold?

More research needed

Expect technology to

do it all

$$$ $$$

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EDUCATION COMPANIES =

PROFITS

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THE EMERGENCE OF PERVASIVE LEARNING

Minimal user

distraction

Collaborative interaction

User mobility

Improved

communicatio

n

Removal of time and

space constra

ints

Benefits?

8

BECOMING A REALITY?

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NEXT STEP – IN THE CLASSROOM?

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13THE EMERGENCE OF INFORMAL

LEARNING

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1

•Collaboration

2

•Trust

3

•Informal Learning

INFORMAL LEARNING = WITHOUT A

TEACHER

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