Professor Chris Hoadley is a faculty member at NYU Steinhardt and director of dolcelab, the Laboratory for Design Of Learning, Collaboration & Experience. Hear his predictions for the future of educational technology.
17. What’s the same?
• Human psychological apparatus
• Student demographics
(give or take)
18. • Human psychological apparatus
• Student demographics
(give or take)
• Most curriculum
What’s the same?
19. • Human psychological apparatus
• Student demographics
(give or take)
• Most curriculum
• Most institutional
structures
What’s the same?
20. • Human psychological apparatus
• Student demographics
(give or take)
• Most curriculum
• Most institutional
structures
• Most instructors
What’s the same?
21. • Human psychological apparatus
• Student demographics
(give or take)
• Most curriculum
• Most institutional
structures
• Most instructors
• Teaching?
What’s the same?
38. Law 2: It s not what the
technology makes
possible. It s what the
technology makes easy.!
39. Possible vs. Easy
Technology
application
Possible
Easy
Crowdsourced
content
WAIS 1991
Wikipedia 2001
Online courses
OpenU UK 1971
CSILE 1983
OOCs 1999
MOOCs 2011
Access to the
world s information
Internet 1969
WWW 1989
Mosaic 1993
ISPs 1990s
Video collaboration
ARC/Engelbart
1968
Skype 2003
40. Law 3: Pay attention to
the trends in learning,
not in technology.
44. Societal view
• Knowledge on tap vs. in the head
• Know-who vs. know-what
• Democratic vs. autocratic media
45. Societal view
• Knowledge on tap vs. in the head
• Know-who vs. know-what
• Democratic vs. autocratic media
• Connected/global vs. isolated/local
46. Societal view
• Knowledge on tap vs. in the head
• Know-who vs. know-what
• Democratic vs. autocratic media
• Connected/global vs. isolated/local
• Context vs. content providers
51. Institutional View: Schools
• Gatekeeper vs. Resource
• Bundled vs. Pick-and-choose
• Outcomes vs. Engagement
• Forced vs. Fun
52. Institutional View: Schools
• Gatekeeper vs. Resource
• Bundled vs. Pick-and-choose
• Outcomes vs. Engagement
• Forced vs. Fun
• Uniform vs. Tailored
53. Hoadley’s Three Laws of
Educational Technology
Law 1: It s not the technology. It s what you do
with it. !
!
Law 2: It s not what the technology makes
possible. It s what the technology makes
easy.!
!
Law 3: Pay attention to the trends in
learning, not in technology.!
!