SAPO Campus: Rethinking educational technologies in learning contextsCarlos Santos, Luís PedroUniversidade de Aveiro

“Kids' Cognition Is Changing—Education Will Have to Change With It”

multitasking is the real stuffhiperconectivity... lack of patience lack of concentration"always on"... expectation culture immediate gratification

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rocor/5593190029

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/02/kids-cognition-is-changing-education-will-have-to-change-with-it/Elon University and the Pew Internet and American Life Project

XXI century skills

collaborative problem solving crowdsourcing...online search of informationto know how to assess its qualityto know how to sinthesize informationto know how to be focused

http://www.flickr.com/photos/28481088@N00/3430131473/sizes/o/in/photostream/

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/02/kids-cognition-is-changing-education-will-have-to-change-with-it/

what’s the school role?

“All these skills can be taught. The question is whether kids will learn them in school, or outside of it.”http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/02/kids-cognition-is-changing-education-will-have-to-change-with-it/http://www.flickr.com/photos/sweetjessie/2737516882

how to innovate?

incremental innovationdisruptive innovation

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmr-holdit/5262425897

in education?

ministry of educationcurriculumregional boardseditors - school booksschool boardsdisciplinary groupsteacherspedagogical practicesevaluationsnational examsteachers unionsparentsstudents...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/widdowquinn/5661549271/

what’s the role of technology?

“technology is philosophy” (G. Siemens)innovation engine?which stakeholders to involve?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/orebokech/107529777/

what does the school offer?

computers/other devices/infrastructureLMS/moodleschool management systems

and outside the school?

simple and accessibleDIYdevice freebut... privacy safety information ownershipPersonal Learning Environments

http://www.informationarchitects.jp/en/wtm4/

our goals

conceptualize, develop and assess technologies that are fit for educational contexts

with which goals?

The school/institution

Classroom

Sharing

Outside?

School walls

People

Publishing/sharing

Collaboration

Confusion? :)

Relevance

News feed

My identity

School/institution identity

School history

demo

contacts

Carlos Santos - carlossantos@ua.ptLuís Pedro - lpedro@ua.pt

http://campus.sapo.pt

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