This is the introductory presentation for the course MSL4204

1. MSL4204 – Integrating Learning Technologies
e-Learning in the Digital Information Age
Vanessa Camilleri

2. Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/will-lion/3601144842/

3. SteveWheeler,PlymouthUniversity,2011
Here's to the crazy ones. The
misfits. The rebels. The
troublemakers. The round pegs in
the square holes. The ones who
see things differently.
They're not fond of rules. And they
have no respect for the status quo.
You can quote them, disagree with
them, glorify or vilify them. But the
only thing you can't do is ignore
them. Because they change things.
They push the human race
forward.
And while some see them as the
crazy ones, we see genius.
Because the people who are crazy
enough to think they can change
the world, are the ones who do.

4. • Different factors impinging on the state of
Higher Education
• Rise in a “Global Faculty and student
mobility
• “The Invisible College”
• The changing student
Changing Trends in Higher
Education

5. Shifting Cultures
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/will-lion/3601146386/in/photostream

6. • Shift towards the online world; online &
blended programs – more access
• Student needs create a more learner-
centric program – more collaboration
• Crowd sourcing or crowd learning? – more
sharing
• Gamification or game-based learning? –
more play
New Models in Teaching and
Learning

7. Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/24752578@N02/5589897831/
How we learn today, is not how we will learn tomorrow.

8. Does education need transformation?
Source: Chambers English Dictionary
"In large states
public education
will always be
mediocre, for the
same reason that in
large kitchens the
cooking is usually
bad."
- Nietzsche
http://thescholasticdiary.wordpress.com
SteveWheeler,PlymouthUniversity,2011

9. Young people’s out-
of-school
experiences with
technology can
mean that students
find the presentation
of school curriculum
less challenging,
less relevant and
less engaging.
Source: http://community.learningobjects.com
http://encefalus.com/
SteveWheeler,PlymouthUniversity,2011

10. “Education must
begin with the
solution of the
teacher-student
contradiction, by
reconciling the poles
of the contradiction
so that both are
simultaneously
teachers and
students.”
- Paulo Friere
http://arts.anu.edu.au
SteveWheeler,PlymouthUniversity,2011

11. Education
Educere (latin) = to draw out what is within
= to bring out potential
Image source: http://laescueladeateanas.files.wordpress.com
Socratic discourse is
based on asking and
answering questions
to stimulate critical
thinking and illuminate
ideas.
SteveWheeler,PlymouthUniversity,2011

12. • Coursera
• Udacity
• MOOCs
• MIT
• Stanford – the 100,000 classroom
Open Higher Education – what
is happening around us?

13. Coursera
How Higher Education is becoming more open
Source: https://www.coursera.org/

14. MOOCs
The current and future state of Higher Education
Source: http://edfuture.net/

15. Peter Norvig
The 160,000 classroom – talk from Ted
Source: http://www.ted.com/talks/peter_norvig_the_100_000_student_classroom.html

16. Learning inside a virtual world
A 3-D immersive experience

17. Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/will-lion/3137387183/in/photostream

18. • Imagination is more important than
knowledge – Einstein
• We need diversity of thought in the world
to face new challenges – Sir Tim Berners
Lee
What is happening around us?
Source:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/682
89482@N05/6277834810/

19. Source: http://gizmodo.com/5813875/what-happens-in-60-seconds-on-the-internet

20. http://www.ischool.berkeley.edu
ccSteveWheeler,UniversityofPlymouth,2010
Networked learning
“Understanding how
networks work is one
of the most important
literacies of the 21st
Century.”
- Howard Rheingold

21. What is happening around us?
Source: http://angelapashia.com/2011/08/
Source:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jacobwhittaker/2902947614/

22. Making Connections
In connectivism, learning involves
creating connections and developing
a network. It is a theory for the digital
age drawing upon chaos, emergent
properties, and
self organised learning.
(It’s not what you know but who you
know)
Source: Wikipediahttp://www.pestproducts.com
ccSteveWheeler,UniversityofPlymouth,2010

23. Social Networks...
Redefine community,
friendship, identity, presence,
privacy, geography, power
relationships
Enable learning, connections,
collaboration, sharing,
exploration
Networks form around shared
interests, ideas and objects
Adapted from Couros, A. (2010)
http://www.guardian.co.uk
http://strategicdc.com
SteveWheeler,PlymouthUniversity,2011

24. “We are seeing peer-based learning
networks where students are
learning as much from each other
as they are from their mentors and
tutors.”
– John Seely-Brown
Image source: http://businessinnovationfactory.com
SteveWheeler,PlymouthUniversity,2011

25. Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lgb06/4390432853/

26. http://www.taranakicareers.co.nz
SteveWheeler,PlymouthUniversity,2011
Doctors save lives.
Teachers make lives.

27. THANK YOU!
Vanessa Camilleri
Email: vanessa.camilleri@um.edu.mt
Blog: https://seriouslyvirtual.wordpress.com/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/veecam
LinkedIn: mt.linkedin.com/in/vanessacamilleri
Skype: vcami01