Companion Slides for Discussion of Issues Raised at one day Wireless Ready symposium in Nagoya (March 2007)

1. New Technologies = New Learning

5. ARE WE WIRELESS READY?

7. Payphone Ladies

9. Are we wireless ready? Are we sociologically ready?

10. Online without a guide

13. Characteristics of New Learning Living with uncertainty and rapid pace of change? Dynamic nature of modern workplaces eg problem solving; just in time learning; emphasis on communication skills Participants need to share decision making about what is learned No longer possible to ‘know’ a body of content Emphasis on collaboration Knowledge is no longer static Co-creation of content

14. Characteristics of New Learning Where is reflection or downtime? ‘ always on’; blur between work and play Proliferation of personal learning spaces (or PKMs – personal knowledge management (Siemens) Opportunities for self-expression Blurring of cultural boundaries (re-write culture?) Global connections/access to resources from multiple sources

18. Education by and large has not changed. The world outside has. Syllabus/curriculum is rooted in a past paradigm of fixed knowledge. Photo courtesy of Sawrah, http://flickr.com/photos/sawrah/314474272/