This document is a presentation about digital learning futures given at a Jisc Connect More event in Cheltenham on June 30, 2016. The presentation discusses how personal technologies and personal learning environments are changing how students learn and interact, focusing on concepts like digital literacies, personal learning networks, transliteracy, and user-generated content. It also addresses educators' fears about using technology and how connection, context, and complexity are important aspects of skills for the digital age.
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8. »Session one: Leveraging change through digital capability
› Festival Room
»Session two: How you can enhance your efficiency and
effectiveness for teaching and learning
› Crest Room
»Session three: Implementing analytics
› Sovereign Room
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10. Digital Learning Futures
Social, mobile and personal learning
JISC Connect More, Cheltenham: 30 June, 2016
Steve Wheeler
Plymouth Institute
of Education
@timbuckteeth
16. I showed my 18 year old son an
old compact disk….
He said: “Cool! You
3D printed the Save Icon!”
SteveWheeler,UniversityofPlymouth,2016
17. 3 biggest fears of a lecturer
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}
27. ‘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”.
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