The Future of Learning Technology in HE

"I never think of the future, it comes soon enough." (Albert Einstein)

hype v reality

Your favourite predictions

Ghost Stories

Future past

• Audrey Watters: stories we've been told (in 2017) about education technology
• NMC HE Horizon reports
• OU Innovating Pedagogy Report

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Future Present

"I have seen the future and it is very much like the present, only longer." (Kehlog Albran)

Future Present

• Technology integral in HE
• Digital capabilities
• Data
• Demographics
• Time and money

ALT annual member survey

Priorities 2016

• VLEs/Content management system
• Electronic Assessment, submission and feedback
• Collaborative tools

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Enablers

Enablers

• Engagement from students/learners
• Colleagues knowledge and expertise
• Colleagues commitment

Increasing enablers

• Dedicated time
• Staff development opportunities

Professional Recognition

The Future?

Tomorrow's World 2018 Predictions

• Science Museum - driverless cars
• Royal Society - genome engineering
• Open University - Interstellar comets and the end of Project Fear
• Wellcome: Epidemics and fighting antibiotic resistance

OU Innovating Pedagogy (1)

• spaced learning
• learners making science
• open textbooks
• navigating post truth societies
• intergroup empathy
• immersive learning

OU Innovating Pedagogy (2)

• intergroup empathy
• student led analytics
• big data enquiry - thinking with data
• learning with internal values
• humanistic knowledge building communities

Increasingly important

• Data and analytics
• Bring your own device

Other Current Emerging Trends

• Augmented/virtual reality
• Blended learning
• OER
• Learning Spaces

known unknowns

“Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.” (Malcolm X)

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