Comments on: Future of Education II – 10 years later. http://davecormier.com/edblog/2007/06/03/future-of-education-ii-10-years-later/ Education, post-structuralism and the rise of the machines Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:19:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Graham Stanley http://davecormier.com/edblog/2007/06/03/future-of-education-ii-10-years-later/comment-page-1/#comment-63845 Graham Stanley Mon, 17 Sep 2007 23:08:04 +0000 http://davecormier.com/edblog/?p=109#comment-63845 Hi Dave, I was at the serious Virtual Worlds Conference in the UK last week and largely due to this, discovered this blog post, which I thought you might be interested in, dealing as it does, with snowclones... http://rooreynolds.com/2007/09/08/x-is-the-new-y/ Hi Dave, I was at the serious Virtual Worlds Conference in the UK last week and largely due to this, discovered this blog post, which I thought you might be interested in, dealing as it does, with snowclones…

http://rooreynolds.com/2007/09/08/x-is-the-new-y/

]]> By: AdjunctProf http://davecormier.com/edblog/2007/06/03/future-of-education-ii-10-years-later/comment-page-1/#comment-56907 AdjunctProf Fri, 03 Aug 2007 02:40:31 +0000 http://davecormier.com/edblog/?p=109#comment-56907 The only difference between the classroom or online educational activity and most other facets of life is a deliberateness. Education is most effective when it looks away from the blackboard to see what how the world is operating. Take the iPod for instance. in December of 2005 Harvard Medical School noticed a lot of their students walked around with funny white earbuds. An opportunity was recognized and within 12 months, the entire medical school curriculum (lectures) was made available for download as podcasts. It wasn't inevitable. Again, education is only a formalization of what children do most of the time: learn. How is leaning different today than yesterday? If you have children, you likely already know. This subject fascinates me. Check out <a href="http://www.adjunctprofessoronline.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.adjunctprofessoronline.com</a> The only difference between the classroom or online educational activity and most other facets of life is a deliberateness. Education is most effective when it looks away from the blackboard to see what how the world is operating. Take the iPod for instance. in December of 2005 Harvard Medical School noticed a lot of their students walked around with funny white earbuds. An opportunity was recognized and within 12 months, the entire medical school curriculum (lectures) was made available for download as podcasts.

It wasn’t inevitable. Again, education is only a formalization of what children do most of the time: learn.

How is leaning different today than yesterday? If you have children, you likely already know.

This subject fascinates me. Check out http://www.adjunctprofessoronline.com

]]> By: Merle http://davecormier.com/edblog/2007/06/03/future-of-education-ii-10-years-later/comment-page-1/#comment-49435 Merle Fri, 22 Jun 2007 18:52:29 +0000 http://davecormier.com/edblog/?p=109#comment-49435 I wouldn't want to underestimate our students. Students today grow up using and are more familiar with online communities, than we ever would have dreamed. In my computer classes I find that even the students labeled with learning problems seem to be able to do the online work easier. I see that in the future, much sooner than 10 - 15 years, education will need to incorporate new technologies or be left behind. We are not going to be able to force feed students, or they will just go online and go somewhere else that satisfies their needs. I think we will see a competition in education for schools to compete with each other by offering higher quality education combined with technology. After all, with new invovations in technology, (i.e. virtual classrooms) geographical restrictions become a mute point. I may be teaching a class consisting of 10, 20, or 100 students from anywhere in the world. Which means that what I say had better be interesting and of use or I will be communicating with an empty room, so to speak. I wouldn’t want to underestimate our students. Students today grow up using and are more familiar with online communities, than we ever would have dreamed.

In my computer classes I find that even the students labeled with learning problems seem to be able to do the online work easier. I see that in the future, much sooner than 10 – 15 years, education will need to incorporate new technologies or be left behind.
We are not going to be able to force feed students, or they will just go online and go somewhere else that satisfies their needs.
I think we will see a competition in education for schools to compete with each other by offering higher quality education combined with technology. After all, with new invovations in technology, (i.e. virtual classrooms) geographical restrictions become a mute point.
I may be teaching a class consisting of 10, 20, or 100 students from anywhere in the world. Which means that what I say had better be interesting and of use or I will be communicating with an empty room, so to speak.

]]> By: admin http://davecormier.com/edblog/2007/06/03/future-of-education-ii-10-years-later/comment-page-1/#comment-47898 admin Thu, 14 Jun 2007 15:15:17 +0000 http://davecormier.com/edblog/?p=109#comment-47898 this is not really meant to be generalized. It is exactly that... a model of a training community for 'traditional' professionals who are looking to learn something. A different model might be necessary for a different context. I can't really imagine an educational system that would work for 'all' people. I would also caution that the kind of formal education you are talking about is necessary for learning something that requires that list of literacies. I would wonder if your 15 years of education would help you join a community of practice that was focused on Harleys or Ice hockey strategy. this is not really meant to be generalized. It is exactly that… a model of a training community for ‘traditional’ professionals who are looking to learn something. A different model might be necessary for a different context. I can’t really imagine an educational system that would work for ‘all’ people. I would also caution that the kind of formal education you are talking about is necessary for learning something that requires that list of literacies. I would wonder if your 15 years of education would help you join a community of practice that was focused on Harleys or Ice hockey strategy.

]]> By: David White http://davecormier.com/edblog/2007/06/03/future-of-education-ii-10-years-later/comment-page-1/#comment-47865 David White Thu, 14 Jun 2007 11:07:59 +0000 http://davecormier.com/edblog/?p=109#comment-47865 Your ideal future student seems to be one that is already 'educated'. It took me about 15 years of formal education to workout what I was interested in and how to communicate with others interested in the same things. This gave me the tools I needed to be a 'joiner'. You are asking the student to bring a lot 'to the table'. A lot of what we do with our online courses is help the student to workout what they have to bring to the table. Where is the balance between traditional structure and being part of a rhizomatic learning community? Your ideal future student seems to be one that is already ‘educated’. It took me about 15 years of formal education to workout what I was interested in and how to communicate with others interested in the same things. This gave me the tools I needed to be a ‘joiner’. You are asking the student to bring a lot ‘to the table’. A lot of what we do with our online courses is help the student to workout what they have to bring to the table. Where is the balance between traditional structure and being part of a rhizomatic learning community?

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