I created this digital artifact during the MOOC E-Learning and Digital Cultures. It attempts to express something in a visual way about humans, machines, communication technologies, and the future of learning institutions.

1. Learning Institutions and Communication Technologies
An #EDCMOOC Digital Artifact
by Laurence Lachapelle-Bégin
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

2. Today, communicati
on technologies are
part of human life…
ed yourdon| Flickr | CC BY-SA 2.0

3. espinr | Flickr | CC BY 2.0
…and will inscreasingly be.

4. They are already in the hands
of students and teachers.
Right here.
Tommy Huynh | Flickr| CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

5. dcJohn | Flickr| CC BY 2.0
So what does it mean for learning institutions?

6. | Flickr| CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Students don’t need communication technologies to learn, to
be creative, or to socialize.

7. But technologies can help.
(So I disagree with you, Lowell Monke.)
She’s being
creative.
They’re engaged in learning.
flickingerbrad | Flickr| CC BY 2.0
They’re sharing life experiences
(between Thailand and Australia).
flickingerbrad | Flickr| CC BY 2.0
superkimbo| Flickr| CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

8. And they make parts of school work more efficient too.
Anyone misses those?
ricardo266 | Flickr| CC BY 2.0

9. Will technology
replace teachers?
dbostrom | Flickr| CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

10. Not likely for now. Machines can score essays, but are not
good at giving feedback.
They are.
UBC Libraries | Flickr| CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
citrixonline | Flickr| CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

11. Online
education
Open educational
resources
tim snell | Flickr| CC BY-ND 2.0
Yet, communication technologies create new learning
opportunities.

12. To make the most of it, learning institutions must have a clear
picture of the field…
The measure of mike| Flickr| CC BY-ND 2.0

13. …and make informed decisions about online learning design
and educational technologies.
John Daniel’s four B’s
are a good tool to
weigh things out.
VCU Libraries | Flickr| CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

14. Pink Sherbet Photography| Flickr| CC BY 2.0
Because a boring face-to-face course…

15. Twaize| Flickr| CC BY –NC-ND 2.0
…will still be boring online.

16. That sounds very
posthumanistic…
Indeed!
mrairie| Flickr| CC BY-SA 2.0
In conclusion, technology is neither good or bad. It is what
learning institutions make of it.

17. Deepatheawesome | Flickr| CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
Because in the classroom or online, education is still
in human hands.

18. Thank
you!
Laurence Lachapelle-Bégin
Twitter: @llbegin
Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/laurencelb