This presentation on 'Current and Future Trends in e-learning' was delivered as part of the MEd in Surgical Education - Module 4 at Imperial College London on 27th February 2014.

1. Dr Maria Toro-Troconis
27th February 2014
Current and future trends in eLearning – Dr Maria Toro-Troconis - @mtorotro

2. Pre-reading materials - Storify
Current and Future Trends in e-Learning
http://storify.com/torotroconis/current-and-future-trends-in-e-learning
Current and future trends in eLearning – Dr Maria Toro-Troconis - @mtorotro

3. Learning Outcomes
By the end of this session you should be able to:
• Discuss the important developments in Educational Technology for Higher Education
identified in the Horizon Report 2014.
• Recognise the effects of these innovations in teaching and learning in medical education.
• Demonstrate awareness of the benefits and importance of social media use for
healthcare professionals.
• Define Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) and recognise its potential impact in
Education.
• Define Digital Literacy and recognise its importance in the future of Education.
Current and future trends in eLearning – Dr Maria Toro-Troconis - @mtorotro

4. Horizon Report 2014
Important developments in Educational Technology for Higher Education
Time-to-adoption
Developments
One year or less
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Flipped classrooms
Learning Analytics
2-3 years
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3D Printing
Games & Gamification
4-5 years
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Quantified self (wearable technology)
Virtual Assistants (Knowledge Navigator –
Apple)
New Media Consortium Horizon Report 2014:
http://www.nmc.org/publications/2014-horizon-report-higher-ed
Current and future trends in eLearning – Dr Maria Toro-Troconis - @mtorotro

5. Learning is changing
Current and future trends in eLearning – Dr Maria Toro-Troconis - @mtorotro

6. Learning is changing
According to Wheeler (2013), learning is change because:
“ – the pace of technology developments is changing rapidly
- what we can learn no longer has any boundaries.
- learning is also changing because we can contribute to knowledge on a
global scale.
- we now have tools at our disposal that enable us to connect to any
knowledge we want, anywhere, and at any time we prefer’.”
Wheeler, S. (2013). ‘Learning is changing’. Learning with 'e's Blog
http://steve-wheeler.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/learning-is-changing.html [Accessed 12 February 2014]
Toro-Troconis, M. (2013). ‘Flipped Classrooms, Blended Learning and MOOCs. Learning Design
In the 21st century. http://tinyurl.com/q4xr5gm [Accessed 12 February 2014]
Current and future trends in eLearning – Dr Maria Toro-Troconis - @mtorotro

7. Internet access
2.7 billion people have access to the Internet
39% world’s population
77% developed countries – 31% developing countries
Internet.org
Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg
Source: International Telecommunication Union (2013)
Current and future trends in eLearning – Dr Maria Toro-Troconis - @mtorotro

8. Disruptive Innovation – Augmented Reality
Google Glass
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_DsUl_vqvo
Current and future trends in eLearning – Dr Maria Toro-Troconis - @mtorotro

9. Disruptive Innovation – Augmented Reality
A Day Made of Glass 2: Same Day. Expanded Corning Vision (2012)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=jZkHpNn
XLB0#!
Current and future trends in eLearning – Dr Maria Toro-Troconis - @mtorotro

10. Disruptive Innovation – Augmented Reality
A Look into the Body – Augmented Reality in Computer Aided Surgery
http://www.in.tum.de/en/research/research-highlights/augmented-reality-inmedicine.html
Augmented Reality medical app
http://mobilecrossmedia.blogspot.co.uk/2010/01/augmented-reality-medicalapp.html
Health CARE (Creating Augmented Reality for Education) City University
Farzana Latif
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=kMWdFadqjg0#!

11. Group discussion
Discuss the impact of these developments in Educational
Technology in Medical Education
(15 min)
Current and future trends in eLearning – Dr Maria Toro-Troconis - @mtorotro

12. Social Media
• Social media, such as wikis, blogs, Twitter (#hashtag), social bookmarking tools,
social networking websites, etc. facilitate collaboration and gathering and sharing
of information.
• Social media can facilitate research dialogues.
• Social Media at Imperial College London - Storify
Minocha, S. and Petre, M. (2012). Handbook of Social Media , The Open University
http://www.vitae.ac.uk/CMS/files/upload/Vitae_Innovate_Open_University_Social_Media_
Handbook_2012.pdf
Current and future trends in eLearning – Dr Maria Toro-Troconis - @mtorotro

13. Examples of Social Media sites used by Healthcare Professionals
• Dr. Anne Marie Cunningham’s (Blog) on Medical Education
http://wishfulthinkinginmedicaleducation.blogspot.co.uk/
• Dr Ronald Kavanagh (Website, Blog, Patient Education, Appointments, etc.)
http://www.ronankavanagh.ie/
• Medicine and Social Media by Dr Bertalan Mesko
http://scienceroll.com/medicine-20/
• Medicine, Health and Social Media by Dr. Brian Vartabedian’s (Blog)
http://www.33charts.com/
• Dr. Wendy Sue Swanson’s use of video technology for sharing information
(Video Blog)
http://seattlemamadoc.seattlechildrens.org/
• The Social MEDdia Course
http://thecourse.webicina.com/
Current and future trends in eLearning – Dr Maria Toro-Troconis - @mtorotro

14. Twitter Hashtags for Healthcare Professionals
Social Media in Healthcare Hashtags via Symplur
#hcsm
http://www.symplur.com/healthcare-hashtags/hcsm/
#hcsmeu
http://www.symplur.com/healthcare-hashtags/hcsmeu/
#ukmeded
http://www.symplur.com/?s=%23ukmeded&cat=5
Current and future trends in eLearning – Dr Maria Toro-Troconis - @mtorotro

15. MOOCS – Massively Open Online Courses
What is a MOOC? By Dave Cormier
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=eW3gMGqcZQc
Current and future trends in eLearning – Dr Maria Toro-Troconis - @mtorotro

16. MOOCS – Massively Open Online Courses
• Edx (MIT, Harvard and University of California Berkeley)
• Coursera (Stanford University, California Institute of
Technology, University of Washington, among others)
• Udacity – Co-Founders (Sebastian Thrun, David Stavens
and Mike Sokolsky )
• Future Learn (Open University - UK)
• UnX – Iberoamerican MOOC (Open University Spain)
Current and future trends in eLearning – Dr Maria Toro-Troconis - @mtorotro

17. Types of MOOCS
cMOOCs – Knowledge creation and generation
xMOOCs – Knowledge duplication
Knox, J., Bayne, S. (2013). Multimodal profusion in the literacies of the Massive Open Online
Course. Research in Learning Technology Journal. Vol. 21: 21422.
Siemens, G. (2005). Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age, International Journal of
Instructional Technology and Distance Learning, Vol. 2 No. 1
http://www.itdl.org/Journal/Jan_05/article01.htm
Downes, S. (2012). The rise of MOOCs. http://www.downes.ca/post/57911 accessed 2012-09-22
Daniel, J. Making Sense of MOOCs: Musings in a Maze of Myth, Paradox and Possibility
http://www.tonybates.ca/wp-content/uploads/Making-Sense-of-MOOCs.pdf
Subramanian, P.(2013). Towards a massive online education: A Business Model Innovation
for Elite Universities in the UK. MBA Thesis – Imperial College Busines School
http://prabhus.com/media/Subramanian-P-2012-WEMBA-thesis.pdf
Current and future trends in eLearning – Dr Maria Toro-Troconis - @mtorotro

18. Activity Theory
Vygotsky (1978), Engestrom (1987)
Flavin, M. (2012). Disruptive technologies in higher education. Research in
Learning Technology. Supplement: ALT-C 2012 Conference Proceedings.
http://tinyurl.com/b63raw2
Current and future trends in eLearning – Dr Maria Toro-Troconis - @mtorotro

19. Digital Literacy
‘Digital Literacy defines those capabilities which fit an individual for
living, learning and working in a digital society’ (JISC, 2009)
Digital Literacies with Dr Doug Belshaw
http://www.slideshare.net/dajbelshaw
Current and future trends in eLearning – Dr Maria Toro-Troconis - @mtorotro

20. Digital Literacies
JISC - Developing Digital Literacies Programme – 2011-13
The programme aims to promote the development of coherent, inclusive
and holistic institutional strategies and organisational approaches for
developing digital literacies for all staff and students in UK further and
higher education.
Digidol – Developing Digital Literacy – Cardiff University
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21. Summary
Topics covered:
• Important developments in Educational Technology for Higher Education identified in the
Horizon Report 2014.
• Effects of these innovations in teaching and learning in medical education.
• Benefits and importance of social media use for healthcare professionals.
• Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) and its potential impact in Education.
• Digital Literaciy and recognise its importance in the future of Education.
Current and future trends in eLearning – Dr Maria Toro-Troconis - @mtorotro

22. THANK YOU!
Dr Maria Toro-Troconis
m.toro@imperial.ac.uk
@mtorotro
Scoop it!: http://www.scoop.it/t/maria-toro-troconis
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