New Learning Paradigms and Technologies

New learningparadigms & technologies

Prof. dr. Frederik Questier, Vrije Universiteit BrusselGuest lecture at Communications University of China, Higher Education Research Institute, 16/10/2010

This presentation can be found athttp://questier.com

http://www.slideshare.net/Frederik_Questier

Belgium

Brussels

Atomium building © www.atomium.be - SABAM 2010; photo CC-by-nc-sa by fatboyke Luc B

Atomium building © www.atomium.be - SABAM 2010; photo CC-by-sa by Emilio Garcia

Bruges

The Peasant Wedding by Pieter Bruegel the elder 1568

"Of all the Gauls,the Belgae

are the bravest."

Julius Caesar, Roman Emperor,

50BC

Adolphe Sax invents the Saxophone in 1840s

Carnaval de Binche

Student folklore

Country of 1000 beers

My background

➢ Teaching courses:

➢ Educational Technologies

➢ Learning Technologies

➢ Virtual Learning Environments

➢ E-learning design

➢ Departments

➢ Interdisciplinary Teacher Training

➢ Educational Sciences

➢ Former head of center for

➢ Education innovation

➢ Teacher staff training

➢ Virtual learning Environment

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My research interests

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Projects with Cuba

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Projects with Kenia (Nairobi and Moi universities)

Expertise Centre ICT for eduTrainingConsultancyResearchPostgraduate master ICT in Education

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Research and Innovation Director

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One Laptop Per Child

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Educational Innovation?

Why change the way we teach and learn?

How to change the way we teach and learn?

(with or without technologies)

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Why change the waywe teach and learn?

“Schools we have todaywere designed around commonsense assumptions

that had never been scientifically tested”R. Keith Sawyer

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Because everything else is changing !

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Information Society ?

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Knowledge Society

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information scarcity → information abundance !

Total information is now doubling every year !

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Evolution of the internet?

Web 2.0 (social and collaborative)

Web 3.0 (semantic)

Mobile and Ubiquitous

The internet of things

Global brain – intelligence

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Virtual reality gets photorealism

Crysis

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Augmented Reality

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Evolution of organizations

Source: Jessica Lipnack and Jeffrey Stamps, Virtual Teams http://www.netage.com/pub/books/VirtualTeams%202/CHAPTERS%20PDF/chapter02.pdf

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Network society

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Surveys

How much of the knowledge

you need for your job

is in your own head?

>75% | 75-50% | 50-25% | 25-10%

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Surveys

How much of the knowledge

you need for your job

is in your own head?

1986 75% → 2010 10%

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The longer one studies,

the more one comes to realize

how much one does not know

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You will have tocompete with

free!

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You will have tocompete with

amateurs!

An enthusiastic amateur beatsa bored professional

“Karl Marx was perhapsthe original prophet of the

Professional Amateurs economy:

labour– forced, unspontaneous

and waged work –would be superseded

by self-activity”

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o?

Em

brac

e or

Die

!

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Demand for new skills?

➢ Social skills➢ communicating, networking, teamwork➢ international, intercultural

➢ Creativity➢ Entrepeneurship➢ Information technology skills

➢ Handle information overload

➢ ...➢

➢ Learning to learn → Life Long Learning!

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Knowledge -> Skills -> Competences

➢ Competences➢ are the ability to use

➢ knowledge➢ skills➢ attitudes

➢ in new, complex, authentic situations

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Staff are digital immigrants,students are digital natives

(Prensky)

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Discrepancy?

What are students used to? What is their classroom experience?

control no control

action passive

instant feedback little, late feedback

rich media poor media

always online offline

social interactions working together = cheating

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It's a matter of quality!

“The highest-ranked universities are the ones thatmake significant contributions to the advancement of knowledge through research,

teach with the most innovative curricula and pedagogical methods

under the most conducive circumstances”

World Bank

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We have new scientific knowledge

about teaching and learning

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Major learning theoriesBehaviourism Learning = change of behaviour

Stimulus → responseLearner is passive receiver of knowledgeMind = black box

Cognitivism Focuses on how the brain worksMetacognition, learning strategiesMotivation

Constructivism Knowledge is actively constructed by the learnerNew knowledge is linked to prior knowledgeLearners discover themselves facts and relationships

Social Constructivism Social interaction plays a fundamental role Discussions lead to deeper understanding and increased motivation

Constructionism Constructing an artifact or something that can be shared leads to better learning

Connectivism Learning is a process of connecting nodes or information sourcesKnowledge and learning may reside in non-human appliancesTry to see connections between fields, ideas, and conceptsKnow-what & Know-how → Know-where

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Educational innovation?Traditional learning New Learning

teacher oriented student oriented

(passive) knowledge transfer (active) knowledge construction; interaction

focus on knowledge focus on competences

individual learning collaborative learning

focus on course contents

teacher = expert teacher = coach

teacher directs also self-directed learning

selective education adaptive education

students focus on good scores attention for (intrinsic) motivation

surface learning deep (natural) learning

also focus on learning process(learning to learn, reflection)

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Educational innovation?Traditional learning New Learning

abstract, school-like examples & tasks authentic contexts

evaluation by teacher self/co/peer-assessment, ...

summative evaluation + formative evaluation(learning from mistakes and feedback)

linear curriculum flexible curriculum

independent courses and disciplines connexion, integration, interdisciplinarity

supply oriented demand oriented

uniform education differentiated education(adapted to e.g. learning styles)

classroom flexible learning environment(also online & virtual)

course materials powerful learning environments

formal learning + informal learning

behaviorism and cognitivism Social constructivism (and connectivism)

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How can we improve teaching and learning with ICT?

Don't apply traditional teaching methods

in new technologies!

Substitution?(dropping your coursebook online)

Transformation!

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Seek the synergy!

Theories about learning

and technologies

have evolved

towards very similar concepts

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Model Jonassen for (constructive) learning environments

→ Technologies can support the intentional construction,in a collaborative way, of complex contextualized artifacts

and the conversation and reflection about it

Exercise

Which characteristics of Jonassen's modelapply to the following learning environments?

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Active/Manipulative - Collaborative - Complex - Constructive - Contextualized - Conversational - Intentional - Reflective

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Case kit Case kit (Ugent, Jan Velghe)(Ugent, Jan Velghe)

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Pharmacy simulationsPharmacy simulations

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ICT supportedICT supported

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ICT supportedICT supported

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Competition + ?Competition + ?

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Evolution in E-learning?e-learning 1.0 e-learning 2.0

open source software

content management

tools

personal learning environment

closed source software

solitary platform integrated in ICT-environment

closed to outer world open where useful,closed where necessary

only own institution connected with other institutions

focus on technology focus on pedagogy

consumption interaction

courses communities

teacher oriented student centered

knowledge management

upload of materials authoring environment

intelligent assistant

institutional learning environment

Is this ICT supported

learning paradigm shift

possible without

teacher learning/training?

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Research studies show that

how much and how effectively

teachers integrate ICT

in their teaching process

depends mainly on their educational vision

(not age, gender, ...)

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What will you remember from this seminar?

Which recommendations do you have for you university?

Copyright acknowledgements➢ Belgium in EU Map CC-by-sa by NuclearVacuum

➢ Belgium map, Public Domain

➢ The Peasant Wedding by Pieter Bruegel the elder 1568

➢ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Asterix_in_Belgium.jpg

➢ Atomium building © www.atomium.be - SABAM 2010; photo CC-by-nc-sa by fatboyke Luc B

➢ Atomium building © www.atomium.be - SABAM 2010; photo CC-by-sa by Emilio Garcia

➢ Gilles de Binche CC-by-nc-nd by Fabrice Huin

➢ Saxophone CC-by-nc-nd by Bruno Bollaert

➢ Graspop Metal Meeting Festival 2008 CC-by-sa by Jtesla16

➢ Pralines, screenshot Neuhaus website

➢ Moules frites: CC-by-nc-sa by poluz – Nicola

➢ Belgian Beers: CC-by-nc-sa by Adam Lang

➢ Brussels Waffle CC-by-sa by David Monniaux

➢ Screenshot http://www.chamilo.org/

➢ Tax Shelter screenshot, http://minfin.fgov.be/portail2/belinvest/en/taxshelter/presentation.htm

➢ Figure study CC-by-nc-sa by Tony2 (NOT IN USE!)

➢ Embrace CC by Robbert van der Steeg

➢ Question! CC-by by Stefan Baudy

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Questions? Comments?Questions? Comments?谢谢谢谢

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