Digital Generation
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The document discusses the evolving nature of e-learning in Eastern Ontario, highlighting debates on whether the digital generation is the 'smartest or dumbest' due to their engagement with technology. It outlines critical trends, themes for action, and the role of digital content in enhancing educational practices, as well as the importance of individualized learning and the impact of technology on student achievement. Additionally, it underscores the necessity for educators to adapt to the rapid technological advancements and learner expectations in a digital age.
Digital Generation
- 1. A New Generation of Learners Symposium for eLearning in Eastern Ontario May 2011, T. D’Amico
- 2. Agenda Smartest or Dumbest ? A Changed World Ontario Perspectives Recent Reports Next Steps
- 3. Digital Generation Smartest or Dumbest Generation?
- 4. Your Turn Is this the Smartest or the Dumbest Generation - Why?
- 6. Smartest or Dumbest Generation… It depends!
- 7. Do you know your Twitter?
- 8. TRIVIA • Who was the first person to have 10 million followers on Twitter?
- 9. Twitter as a teaching tool? Lady Gaga – first person to have 10 million followers on Twitter Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gagafameball.jpg
- 10. Twitter Stats Who are your students following? Source: Twitter Counter
- 11. Lots of Opinions
- 12. 21st Century Learning Lots of Opinions
- 13. The Millennial Generation Don Tapscott – Is this the Smartest or the Dumbest Generation? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MDPDf34vaI
- 14. TRIVIA TIME!
- 15. TRIVIA • On Jan. 1, 2001 there were approximately 361 million Internet users. How many Internet users are there worldwide 2.0 Billion (as of Jan. 2011)? Source: http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-01- internet-users-worldwide-billion.html
- 16. TRIVIA • How many mobile phones were sold worldwide in the first 3 months of 2011? 428 million Source: http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?i d=1689814
- 17. TRIVIA • Who were the top 3 companies (in order of sales) of mobile devices in the first 3 months of 2011? Source: http://www.gartner.com/it/page.js p?id=1689814
- 18. TRIVIA • By 2014 how many devices are anticipated to be connected to the Internet? 6.7 Billion Source: http://www.gartner.com/it/p age.jsp?id=1607814
- 19. TRIVIA • How many tweets are there per day on Twitter (world wide as of 03/11/11)? 140 million Source: Tech Crunch 2011 http://tcrn.ch/lzO6BG
- 20. TRIVIA • iTunes App Store launched in July 2008 with 500 apps, as of Jan. 2011 how many apps are available and how many downloads 400,000 took place over that apps 2 ½ year time? Over 10 Billion downloads Source: http://bit.ly/iLn5oY
- 21. TRIVIA • How many searches take place on Google each day? (world wide) 3.0 Billion Source: http://searchenginewatch.com/
- 22. TRIVIA • How many videos are watched on YouTube each day? (world wide as of 05/25/11) 3.0 Billion Source: http://tcrn.ch/ma2RLb
- 23. My teacher’s name is… Mr./Mrs. YouTube Over 48 hours of video is uploaded to YouTube… every minute of every day! Source: http://techcrunch.com/2011/05/25/as- youtube-turns-6-years-old-daily- views-shoot-up-to-3-billion-yes-3- billion-daily/
- 24. TRIVIA • As of 05/25/11, What is the most viewed video on YouTube and how many times has it been viewed? Justin Bieber – “Baby” 550,110,785 views views
- 25. Google and YouTube – Master Teachers? 550,110,785 views views as of 05/25/11 10:45 a.m.
- 26. Was this your guess? 24,615,286 views as of 05/25/11 10:45 a.m.
- 27. TRIVIA • How many worldwide Facebook users are there as of 05/24/11? 670 million Source: http://www.checkfacebook.com/
- 28. Facebook Users Is there anything for students to learn on Facebook? Source: http://www.checkfacebook.com/ Canada – 17,862,080
- 30. Ontario - Getting in the game 3 Directions: Dec. 2010 1. Policy research to Letter from inform the discussions Deputy 2. Sector dialogues Minister of 3. Scan of current activity Education in district school boards on visioning, policy and initiatives connected with teaching and learning in a digital world
- 31. Evidence Informed Decision Making “The question is not which “Teaching and technology leads to learning in a increased productivity in digital world education, but which new technology‐enabled What we methodologies improve heard in June, student performance over traditional ones, if any at 2010” all, and which other factors intervene?” (Scheuermann & Pedro, 2009, p. 7)
- 32. Teaching and Learning In a Digital World Ontario: 10 Emerging Themes 1. Vision, guidelines and expectations 2. Learning: How does it help and what do kids need to learn? 3. Privacy, rules of use and digital citizenship 4. Teaching practice and teacher preparation 5. Assessment 6. Digital media and content 7. Access and equity 8. Infrastructure 9. Innovation 10. Community involvement
- 33. Teaching and Learning In a Digital World Ontario: 6 Themes for Priority Action 1. Vision 2. Digital Citizenship and Literacies 3. Innovative Teaching Practice 4. Student Engagement, Culture and Achievement 5. Learning Environments 6. Parent and Community Engagement Feb. 2011
- 34. Your Turn What is your biggest concern or challenge related to eLearning?
- 36. Ontario Research Critical Trends 1. Open Source Review and 2. Adaptive and Assistive Analysis of the Technologies 3. Engaging Parents Issue of “Skills, Themes 1. Digital Naifs Technology 2. Computers in Schools – still and Learning” underused 3. Environmental Impact of ICT Source: http://www.edu.go v.on.ca/eng/resea rch/Jenson_Repor tEng.pdf
- 37. Digital Learning Now! 10 Elements of Digital Learning 1. Student Eligibility: All students are digital learners. 2. Student Access: All students have access to high quality digital content and online courses. 3. Personalized Learning: All students can customize their education using digital content through an approved provider. 4. Advancement: Students progress based on demonstrated competency. 5. Content: Digital content, instructional materials, Digital Learning and online and blended learning courses are Council high quality. * Jeb Bush * Bob Wise
- 38. Digital Learning Now! 10 Elements of Digital Learning 6. Instruction: Digital instruction and teachers are high quality. 7. Providers: All students have access to multiple high quality providers. 8. Assessment and Accountability: Student learning is the metric for evaluating the quality of content and instruction. 9. Funding: Funding creates incentives for performance, options and innovation. 10. Delivery: Infrastructure supports digital learning.
- 39. Post-Secondary Education “Online learning is not just “A Policy about a specific form of course Framework for delivery (distance education), but it is increasingly affecting Online the way knowledge is explored Learning in and discovered by learners. It is a critical element of Ontario – A preparing Ontarians for the use Work in of technology in the workplace, at home, for social networking, Progress” and in particular, for developing the 21st century skills needed to function effectively and Source: thrive in a global economy”. http://bit.ly/kR1iUA
- 40. TRIVIA TIME!
- 41. TRIVIA • How many online courses were offered in Ontario post-secondary institutions in 2009? 20,843 online courses Source: http://bit.ly/kR1iUA
- 42. TRIVIA • How many registrants were there in online courses in Ontario Colleges and 495,716 Universities in registrants 2010? Source: http://bit.ly/kR1iUA
- 43. Your Turn Given these numbers of eLearning in College and University – Should K-12 react?
- 45. Digital Generation 6 verbs for the next 20 years of Smartest the Connected World or Dumbest 1. Screening Generation? 2. Interacting March 29, 2011 3. Sharing 4. Flowing 5. Accessing Source: Tech Crunch: 6. Generating http://tcrn.ch/m7SANc
- 46. Digital Generation "We live in a world that is quickly racing How should toward ubiquitous computing, communication and information about everything everywhere, school staff accessed at unlimited speed and uploaded adjust? from anywhere on all kinds of devices... How did we end up in a situation in which the institutions we have designed for learning see this as a distraction rather than an asset?" Michael Wesch May 1, 2011, interview by Mary Grush, campustechnology.com
- 47. Digital Generation Online Learning isn’t for everyone Maureen Cottrell, a science teacher at iHigh Virtual Academy “Many students fully Source: expect it to be easy http://mindshift.kqed.or and then bomb out.” g/2011/04/whos-best- suited-to-teach-and- learn-in-virtual- schools/
- 48. Arts Smarts Moving from We need to what students move from… should know… to what students can do Source: This is true for Face to Face, http://www.artssmarts. Blended, and Online Learning ca/en/research-- reports/publications/21 st-century- learning.aspx
- 49. Getting on the Agenda The report helps to Horizon describe emerging Report – 2011 technologies that are likely to have an K-12 Edition impact on teaching and learning around the world. New Media Consortium (NMC) Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Source: http://www.nmc.org/pdf /2011-Horizon-Report- K12.pdf
- 50. 5 Key Trends Trend #1 The abundance of resources and relationships made easily accessible via the Internet is increasingly challenging us to revisit our roles as educators Source: http://www.nmc.org/pdf /2011-Horizon-Report- K12.pdf
- 51. 5 Key Trends Trend #2 As IT support becomes more and more decentralized, the technologies we use are increasingly based not on school servers, but in the cloud Source: http://www.nmc.org/pdf /2011-Horizon-Report- K12.pdf
- 52. 5 Key Trends Trend #3 Technology continues to profoundly affect the way we work, collaborate,communicate, and succeed Source: http://www.nmc.org/pdf /2011-Horizon-Report- K12.pdf
- 53. 5 Key Trends Trend #4 People expect to be able to work, learn, and study whenever and wherever they want to Source: http://www.nmc.org/pdf /2011-Horizon-Report- K12.pdf
- 54. 5 Key Trends Trend #5 The perceived value of innovation and creativity is increasing Source: http://www.nmc.org/pdf /2011-Horizon-Report- K12.pdf
- 55. The New 3 E’s of Education Speak Up The 3 E’s of Education 2010 National 1. Enabled Findings K-12 2. Engaged Students & 3. Empowered Parents April 2011 The 3 Trends 1. Mobile Learning 2. Online and Blended Learning Source http://www.tomorrow.or 3. E-textbooks g/speakup/pdfs/SU10_ 3EofEducation(Studen ts).pdf
- 56. The New 3 E’s of Education Speak Up Role of Librarians and Technology Coordinators: 2010 National To enable student use of the emerging technologies Findings K-12 Role of Classroom Teachers: Teachers, To engage students in rich, Librarians & compelling learning experiences Role of Administrators: Administrators To empower both teachers and May 2011 students to creatively envision the future of digital learning, and to provide opportunities for exploring Source the elements of a new shared http://www.tomorrow.or vision for learning. g/speakup/pdfs/SU10_ 3EofEducation_Educat ors.pdf
- 57. Research and Advocacy Canadian Education Association …influencing educational transformation in Canada. Source: http://www.cea- “The most powerful thing teachers do to engage students ace.ca/education- is to design engaging, meaningful, and authentic work and technology-enhanced learning experiences.” canada/article/teachi ng-participatory- digital-world
- 58. What are your Next Steps? Focus on Student Achievement
- 59. Next Steps Review the document See the section entitled “Leading Education in a Digital World Valuable Web Sites” Canadian Perspective Feb. 2011
- 60. Next Steps Review the document Focus on Blended Learning 40 case studies featuring 6 models of Blended Learning 177 page document May 2011
- 61. Next Steps Summer Rejuvenation Guide Build your Professional Learning Network Relax and keep Learning Summer 2011
- 62. New Brunswick 21st Century Leadership
- 63. Questions? T. D’Amico Twitter: TDOttawa [email protected]