Thomas Fritz: Presentation in Härnösand, Nov. 2007. on the changing environment on the internet and its implications for learning and teaching

1. The Existential Transition,
Learning and Life on the Net
Thomas Fritz, educational consultant
University of Umeå, Sweden

2. That´s the
Stupid TV!
phone, you
know?
Summary

3. The future?

4. The future?

5. New pats of learning
Existential transition Do IT yourself
Framtidens
läromedel

6. The existential transition.

7. 4 modern things.
Which doesn't
fit in?

8. 4 modern things.
Which doesn't
fit in?
This is… Me!

10. Some perspectives…

11. The constitutional society – with survival in focus
Social networking

12. The individualistic society – with consumerism in focus
Social networking

13. Old Freud…
Super ego Super ego
Ego Ego
Id Id
Control over impulses Driven by impulses
”Live life after death…” ”Everything here and now…”
Neurotic people Narcissistic people

14. Old Freud…
Super ego Super ego
Ego Ego
Id Id
Control over impulses Driven by impulses
”Live life after death…” ”Everything here and now…”
Neurotic people Narcissistic people

15. 1950 2007
Living conditions
Expectations on living conditions
Disatifaction on living conditions
Source U. Beck
Sociologic perspective

16. Duty
Constitutional
hierarchies
Church ”Less is less”
Cage !
The demands
of the society
Citizen

17. Beliefs
Subjective
hierarchies
Lost !
The right to
choose
My needs
”More is more”
Customer

18. The constitutional you. The conceptual I.

19. Which garment would you buy?

20. Growing up today?
- When opportunities becomes ”normal” through
“normalizing” media?
- Society based on the idea of the strong and free
individual and consumerism

21. No
No money!!
opportunities!
No
What shall I
time!!
choose!!?

22. Formal, Informal,
homogenic norms heterogenic norms

Predestinated Freedom to choose

Segregated society Segregated life

Develop inner values Enhance the surface

Cage Lost


24. The transformed landscape of
information
From passive consumer
to active producer.
See Me. Confirm Me.

25. Access
To All and Everything. Always.

26. More computers Higher ”information competence”
?

27. ?
More books More can read?

28. ”The Gutenberg Myth” Scott Cook
1400 1500 1600 1700 1800 1900

29. Revolutions in information
1. Speech. Communication.
2. Pictures. Symbolics/metaphores
3. Writing. Documentation.
4. Printing. Easy to multiply
5. Telegraph, radio, TV. Global imminence
4. Internet. Enhancer to all?

31. Today Tomorrow
• The bank • Legal matters: divorce,
selling/buing houses.
• Check in (when flying)
• Schools
• Book your travels
• Healthcare
• Shopping
• Stocks

32. Consumer Producer

Limitations Availability

Copyright P2P

Separate analogue  Seamless digital

34. How is teaching and
learning affected?
Dare and care.
The return of informal learning.

35. Learning environments in development.
Close between predestinated goal
setting, work and finish.
- 1850
Learning and working is united
Information – Just In Time Learning
Far between predestinated goal setting,
work and finish.
1900
Learning and working is divided
Information – Another Time Learning
Close between setting own goals,
work and finish.
2000
? Learning and working is
Information – Life Long Learning

36. Knowledge in schools…
Curriculum  Life long learning
Teacher Learning

Content Goals

Objective  Subjective

37. Production factors
Land Work Money Knowledge
1970 !

38. Knowledge in the global
society of knowledge?
Theoretical/scientifical Practical/productive Practical wisdom
Aristoteles re-interpreted

39. Labour wanted!
But with what competences and what skills?

40. The monopoly of knowledge is diminishing…
Informal
learning
Formal
learning
1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000
Existential transition Internet

42. The future?

43. Uni Diversity!

44. Life punishes the ones
coming to late…
Was?
Education - watch out!?

45. - 2013
Higher education suffers
”The death of shipbuildning industry”?

46. Higher education - remember!
• the possibilities of diversity and challenges in dialogue
• stimulate development of core competences
• take advantage of/validate informal knowledge
• permanent re-definition of the teacher role
• use common IT-solutions – social software (Web 2.0)

47. - I choose.
- I want to understand. Now.
- See me. Confirm me!
- It must be rewarding. All the time.
- There are many paths to my goals.
- How can you help med reach them?
Conditions

48. The learning environment in the
future?

49. Learning communities of tomorrow.
1. The possibillity to express who I am
through layout, pictures, videos, music,
links etc.
2. Several ways to communicate; e-mail,
blog, pictures, open and locked forums
that both students and teachers uses.
3. Several ways to communicate ”small
talk”larger engagement more
motivation enhanced learning?
4. The personal space is the main arena, the
space for education is a subfunction

52. ■thomas.fritz@upc.umu.se