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Keynote Speakers
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Holy Cow, Ed Tech is Finally Mainstream: What Do We Do Now?
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Professor Cathie Norris, University of North Texas,
Denton, TX, USA
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Professor
Elliot Soloway, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI,
USA
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Abstract
Educational technology has primarily been used by the “early adopters,” teachers who are looking for significant impact in their classrooms and who are not particularly concerned when the technology doesn’t quite work. Early adopters can put up with vague or even non-existent instruction manuals and clunky interfaces. However, educational technology is finally crossing the chasm, to use Geoffrey Moore’s phrase, and being adopted by mainstream teachers – teachers whose main concern is that the technology work for each child all the time. Frankly, the educational technology industry does not know how to design and support mainstreamers. The Golden Era of Educational Technology is upon us and unless the industry wizens up real fast and produces technology for mainstreamers, that gold will turn back into lead (pencil lead). In our presentation, we offer suggestions on how to address the needs of mainstream educators.
Bio
Professor Cathie Norris: Dr. Norris' efforts in research, teaching and service all have a common focus: integrate learning technologies more effectively into classrooms, in K-12 as well as post-secondary education. She has served as President of both NECA and ISTE. Norris is a co-founder and Chief Education Architect at GoKnow Learning, Inc. (Ann Arbor, MI), a provider of educational resources for mobile computing in K-12.
Professor Elliot Soloway:
Over the past 25 years, Dr. Soloway has explored ways to use emerging technologies to empower children to enjoy learning. At the University of Michigan, in 2001, the undergraduates at the University of Michigan selected him to receive the “Golden Apple Award” as the Outstanding Teacher of the Year. He is a co-founder and President of GoKnow Learning, Inc. (Ann Arbor, MI), a provider of educational resources for mobile computing in K-12.
Learning over space and time
By Martin Owen, Head of Concept Development in
Futurelab, UK |
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Abstract
Over the past 5 years Futurelab has explored different ways of learning over space and time- ranging from playing field games with wearable technologies to the development of new wearable and tangible technologies. These prototype new ways of being a learner. Where do we go next? Are technologies converging to the mobile phone – which most learners already have – or is there going to be another wave of technological development with new affordances for learning?
We are moving to an era of very small wireless intelligent distributed devices that may have highly disruptive effects on the technologies we currently use. What are the potential changes for learners? In an EU project Puente we are exploring technologically enhanced public spaces in different ways – by looking at intergenerational learning- people of different generations experience learning, time and space in different ways in different contexts. This presentation will explore some of the ways of being for future multigenerational learning nomads.
Bio
Martin Owen: Is Head of Conceptual Development at Futurelab and an independent consultant on learning technologies. He has been a teacher who has used learning technologies since 1972. Martin's role at Futurelab has been to think strategically about the ways technology transforms learning. Currently his main interests are in the early inventive stage of activity and how that can be supported. He helps to build new partnerships and bring new ideas into the organisation, and is involved in forming and evolving these ideas by taking them out to learners.
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