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The survival of higher education (1): Changing roles

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A Tale of Two Keynotes We live in tumultuous times where change is constant and disruptive and where technologies are increasingly pervasive throughout society. Such change and disruption has been in the background of my thinking about learning technology for the past decade. Wheeler, 2000a).

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A growing divide?

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Christian identifies three key changes in pedagogy that I want to discuss over my next three blog posts. The first, he describes as "A move to opening up learning, making it more accessible and flexible. The classroom is no longer the unique centre of learning, based on information delivery through a lecture." Unported License.

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New pedagogies?

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In a recent blog post, Antonio Teixera , President of EDEN wrote: "By just adding 21st century technologies to 20th century teaching practices we’ll only be diluting the effectiveness of teaching." Thirdly, the effectiveness of both technology and teaching will be diluted. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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Learning in round spaces

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So what happens when we change the shape of the learning space? Change it again, and face the participants outwards instead, and what is the effect? Children sit on the floor and face the curved walls of the igloo to experience the full 360 degree effect of the colour, movement and sound. Unported License.

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Student voices unheard?

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In many instances I have listened to student complaints, and have heartily agreed that their issues need to be addressed, but have been in no position to do anything about it, because university regulations prohibit any intervention or change to be made. If we ignore student voices, we will miss some valuable insights into the way they learn.

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#LearningIs creative

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Firstly, creative learning requires active engagement. Teaching can be more effective when questions are posed or challenges are presented, than when content is delivered or knowledge imparted. Creative learning in the classroom is almost always 'small c' creativity. But that is rarely possible.

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2020 learning technologies

Learning with e's

Change is not linear, it's exponential. That means that the change that has happened over the last decade, rapid as it has been, will in no way compare realistically with the changes we can expect over the next decade. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's. But I'm going to stick my neck out anyway.