Living in the past?
Preparing (for) the Future...
Microsoft's Vision of 2019
Singapore's vision of 2015
Prensky's "digital natives"
We live in exponential times
but living in the Past?
A child born today in 2009
Will enter our education system in 2016
and our workforce by around 2030
Are we preparing them for
Or are we preparing them for
What does our future hold?
OUR PAST
THEIR FUTURE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL9Wu2kWwSY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibCL4rmAWGA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiqgmAYrd3c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A-ZVCjfWf8
Multiuser virtual environments
Person-person interaction
Person-object interaction
Object-object interaction
role playing
mentoring
forming identities
designing
building
arranging
operating
illustrating physical
or
procedural processes
objects
Learning opportunities
Teachers not obsolete: Why?

Be a model of life-long learning
Waiting for change vs being involved in change

Finding a balance
Technology is/will be a basic necessity
Technology is not evil in itself
Meeting the needs of today's learners

The future of learning is
Informal
Ubiquitous
Not one size fits all
COTF
Rationale: Provide concrete & shared experience of possible future
Reaction: How do we prepare
ourselves?
our students?
Reaction: FEAR
Are we becoming over reliant on technology?
Will we become anti-social?
More interaction, not less
We are currently preparing students for jobs that don’t yet exist
Using technologies that haven’t been invented
In order to solve problems we don’t even know are problems yet.
From Fisch's "Did You Know" video:
Recycled, remixed, and rehashed by Dr Ashley Tan of NIE, Singapore (2009)
Contact: ashleys.niche@gmail.com