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How will we learn tomorrow?

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I had a very interesting year in 2013. In May 2013, between keynote presentations in Ljubljana, Las Vegas and Doha, I found myself sitting in front of cameras in a West London hotel, giving an interview to a French TV crew. My work was varied, travelling was extensive, and I met and talked with a lot of very interesting people.

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Share trading

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The arrival of Creative Commons licensing made free sharing a more attractive proposition for everyone. As van Dijk (2013) has proposed, the ready acceptance of Facebook and other social media into the every day lives of a global population of users ensured that the ethos of sharing became second nature. Reference Castells, M.

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Slaying giants

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Futurist Gerd Leonhard speaking at Learning Technologies 2013 Listening to media futurist Gerd Leonhard speaking at the recent Learning Technologies Conference in London was both engaging and thought provoking. Leonhard postulated that work and learning no longer need to be location (or even time) dependent. Unported License.

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Changing the world

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He believes that computers and digital technology are now our prime scientific and academic tools, but balances this with the view that regardless of the impact of technology on society, we still need rich personal and social interaction for effective education to take place. Hence, he says, teachers will always be needed. Unported License.

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Shifting sands

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Someone once remarked that the lecture is the most effective way to transfer a lecturer''s notes into a student''s notes without having to pass through two minds first. Photo by Steve Wheeler Shifting sands by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

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An audience with.

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I did some early studies into the effects of this when I implemented a programme wide use of wikis in 2006. At Pelecon 2013 five more students presented their work. by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Photo by ClintJCL An audience with. Unported License.

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Learning precincts

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Professor Allen promises that the new learning precinct will connect teaching, technology and spaces in an effective and stimulating manner. We shall see by 2013 whether AUT has succeeded in its quest to provide a mega-campus under one roof. You can read more about this ambitious, multi-million dollar project here. Unported License.