Emerging Technologies: Background, tools and challenges for Higher Education
1. Emerging
technologies
Bac kg round, tools and
c hallenges for Higher
Education
Kathryn Greenhill
Emerging Technologies Specialist
Murdoch University July 2009
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13. Smart boards, powerpoint,
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21. Communication
Critical and creative thinking
Social Interaction
Independent and lifelong learning
Ethics
Social Justice
Global perspective
Interdisciplinarity
In-depth knowledge of a field of study
22. Communication
Critical and creative thinking
Social Interaction
Independent and lifelong learning
Ethics
Social Justice
Global perspective
Interdisciplinarity
In-depth knowledge of a field of study
50. Costs same amount of money
Invest in people and skills instead
of software licenses
Gain flexibility and control
Gain a community to work with
Blackboard – 2200 institutions worldwide
Moodle 52,153 registered sites worldwide
67. There is a growing need for formal instruction in key new skills,
including information literacy, visual literacy, and technological
literacy.
Students are different, but a lot of educational material is not
Significant shifts are taking place in the ways scholarship and
research are conducted, and there is a need for innovation and
leadership at all levels of the academy
We are expected, especially in public education, to measure and
prove through formal assessment that our students are learning
Higher education is facing a growing expectation to make use of
and to deliver services, content and media to mobile devices
Source: Educause The Horizon Report 2009 (January 2009)
71. Source: Luckin et al, KS3 and KS4 learners' use of Web 2.0 technologies in and out of School – Summary
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90. Keep
the baby
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91. “The only education out of
which good can come is
the education which
teaches you to think for
yourself instead of
swallowing whatever the
fashion of the moment
may prescribe.”