PewInternet.org
The Shifting Education Landscape: Networked Learning
Lee Rainie, Director, Pew Internet Project3.26.12 Monterey InstituteEmail: [email protected]: @Lrainie
Broadband facilitates networked information
Social media aids peer-to-peer learning by doing
Mobile connectivity alters learning venues and expectations
New kinds of learners emerge
Digital Revolution 1Internet (80%) and Broadband at home (66%)
71%
66%
Internet users – 80%
Broadband at home – 64%
Networked creators are everywhere (two-thirds of adults; three-quarters of teens)
• 66% of int. users are social networking site users• 55% share photos• 37% contribute rankings and ratings• 33% create content tags • 30% share personal creations • 26% post comments on sites and blogs• 15% have personal website• 15% are content remixers • 14% are bloggers• 13% use Twitter• 6% location services – 9% allow location
awareness from social media – 23% maps etc.
56% of adults own laptops – up from 30% in 2006
44% of adults own MP3 players – up from 11% in 2005
52% of adults own DVRs – up from 3% in 2002
42% of adults own game consoles
19% of adults own e-book readers - Kindle
19% of adults own tablet computer - iPad
Broadband facilitates networked information
Links and multimedia
Self-paced learning
Analytics
Pervasivemedia
Digital Revolution 2:Mobile phones – 88% of adults
327.6Total U.S.
population:315.5
million
2011
Digital devices
Millennials (18-34)
Gen X (35-46)
Younger Boomers
(47-56)
Older Boomers
(57-65)
Silent Generation
(66-74)
G.I. Generation
(75+)
All online adults (18+)
Cell phone 96% 94% 87% 84% 77% 52% 88%
Desktop computer 55% 67% 62% 61% 48% 29% 57%Laptop computer 70% 63% 58% 49% 32% 14% 56%iPod or MP3 player 69% 57% 36% 24% 10% 5% 44%Game console 63% 63% 38% 19% 8% 3% 42%e-Book reader 19% 25% 18% 12% 9% 5% 19%Tablet, like iPad 23% 23% 16% 14% 8% 3% 19%
Smartphones – 46%
Changes in smartphone ownership
Cell phones as connecting tools
2/22/2011 17
% of cell owners
• 64% send photo or video– Post video 25%
• 55% access social net. site• 30% watch a video • 11% have purchased a product• 11% charitable donation by text • 60% (of Twitter users) access
Texting takes off and talking slips
Apps – 50% of adults
Mobile connectivity alters learning venues and expectations
New access points to knowledge (AAA)
Real-time sharing, just-in-time searching
Augmented reality
Pervasive, perpetual awareness of socialnetworks
Attention zones morph
Digital Revolution 3Social networking – 52% of all adults
% of internet users
Social media aids peer-to-peer learning by doing
Elevates DIY learning in soc.nets
Increases the role of social networks in learning
Facilitates rise of amateur experts
Changes character of soc.nets
In the midst of all this, what’s
happening with learning?
Teacher research
• Teachers are teched-up personally and in class– Bloggers, SNS, Twitter users, Wikipedia
• Divided about their aptitude vs. students• Tech makes students fundamentally different
now in capacities and learning styles• Tech has good/bad impacts on students’ lives
– Media savvy / sharing / immersive / broadening– Distracted / less-info savvy / prone to shortcuts
Good news for new methodsPresidents Predict the Future of Online Learning% saying more than half of their undergraduate students have taken/will be taking an online class
Not-so-good newsPublic Views on Learning Online vs. in the Classroom
In general, do you think a course taken only online provides an equal educational value compared with a course taken in person in a classroom, or not? (%)
College presidents weigh inPresidents’ Views on Learning Online vs. in the Classroom
Generally speaking, do you believe a course taken online provides an equal educational value compared with a course taken in person in a classroom, or not? (%)
New kinds of learners emerge
More self-directedBetter arrayed to capture new info
More reliant on feedback and response
More inclined to collaboration
More oriented towards being nodes of production
What is the future of learning/knowledge?-- Shana Ratner (1997) “Emerging Issues in Learning Communities”
New: Learning as a process
Knowledge is objective and
certain
Old: Learning as transaction
Knowledge is subjective and
provisional
New: Learning as a process
Learners receive knowledge
Old: Learning as transaction
Learners create knowledge
What is the future of learning/knowledge?-- Shana Ratner (1997) “Emerging Issues in Learning Communities”
New: Learning as a process
Knowledge is organized in stable, hierarchical
structures that can be treated
independently of one another
Old: Learning as transaction
Knowledge is organized “ecologically”-disciplines are integrative and
interactive
What is the future of learning/knowledge?-- Shana Ratner (1997) “Emerging Issues in Learning Communities”
New: Learning as a process
Our “intelligence” is based on our
individual abilities
Old: Learning as transaction
Our “intelligence” is based on our
learning communities
What is the future of learning/knowledge?-- Shana Ratner (1997) “Emerging Issues in Learning Communities”
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• Stanford CS221 – Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
• Sebastian Thrun and Peter Norvig • Google X, a lab created to incubate the company’s
most ambitious and secretive projects. He was also free to pursue outside ventures.
• In a few slides, he’d spelled out the nine essential components of a university education: admissions, lectures, peer interaction, professor interaction, problem-solving, assignments, exams, deadlines, and certification.