The Changing Context of Learning

The Changing Context of Learning.THINK PIECE 2013

Tim Klapdor Innovation Technology Officer DIVISION OF STUDENT LEARNING

Understanding what context is.

People.THEIR GOALS AND TASKS

Information, Technology & Infrastructure WHAT’S AVAILABLE?

Environments.PHYSICAL & SOCIAL LOCATIONS

Higher Education is stuck with a contextual model of learning that is based around the campus.

Pedagogy. Practice. Content. Technology.

Does this model reflect our student enrolments and what is unique about CSU? Our diversity, strategic goals & community?

Information, Technology & Infrastructure.

It took just seventy years to get from a device the size of a two-story building to a device that fits in your pocket. Seventy years to build a browsable, searchable archive of information, accessible globally. Seventy years between a time when research and data was locked up in books, available to only a privileged few, and a time when information and communication could be obtained by everyone, everywhere. - Karen McGrane

1993

2013

video cameracamera

gpstorch

calculatorgameboy

ereader

voice recorderdictionary

board games

newspaper

dictionaries

maps/atlas

notepad

radio

alarm clockdvd player

landline telephone

watch

diary/planner

novels

compass

usb drive

rolodex/contacts

photo frame

3g modem

pedometer

situated ! location " mobile

static ! environment " dynamic

slow ! speed of change " rapid

separated ! technology " embedded

formal ! structure " organic

low ! level of convenience " high

abstracted ! authenticity " situated

centralised ! resources " distributed

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Student Context.

Learning doesn’t make a distinction between location and physical environment, it follows the student.

Learning is social.

Learning is tied to professional ambition.

Opportunities.

Learning Experiencehigh ! connected " low

high ! social " low

high ! proximity " low

high ! interactive " low

social ! experience " solo

dialogue ! communication " exchange

CAMPUSSTUDENTCENTRED

Mobile Opportunities.

Relevant.LEARNING CAN BE SITUATED RATHER THAN SIMULATED

Convenient & FlexibleLEARNING OCCURS ANYWHERE, AT ANY TIME

Learner Controlled.STUDENTS CAN TAKE THE INITIATIVE AND DIRECT THEIR OWN ACTIVITIES

Socially Connected.OPEN NEW CHANNELS TO COMMUNICATING WITH PEERS AND EXPERTS

Reflective.ENABLES EFFORTLESS RECORDING OF AUTHENTIC LEARNING FOR A PORTFOLIO

Reframe.

Campus Student

PEOPLE’S TASKS & GOALS SOCIAL & PHYISCAL

ENVIRONMENTS

INFORMATION,TECHNOLOGY,& INFRASTRUCTURE

STUDENTCENTRED

A Connected & Interactive CSU Experience.

Thank You.

Images. St. Peter’s Square in 2005 and 2013 - http://goo.gl/jio4B1993 vs 2013 - http://goo.gl/ekoCeDInstitution designed by Diego Naive from The Noun ProjectUser designed by Łukasz Kupś (ofcapl) from The Noun Project