How do we embrace digital learning for generations to come?

An invited presentation and talk as part of Kortext LIve:

The digital learning landscape has advanced significantly in the last three years. What are the challenges and opportunities afforded by digitally enhanced learning? How will artificial intelligence impact pedagogy and assessment? What does the future hold for digital content provision and what are the challenges for the university library in resourcing change? How do we move towards a more sustainable digital future?

Talk hosted by
Prof. Simon Thomson, Director of Flexible Learning, University of Manchester
Libby Homer, Director of Student and Library Services, Anglia Ruskin University

https://live.kortext.com/agenda/

Transcript

1. The problem with ‘digital’ is that we gave it a spotlight!
   Kortext Live – digital education: the future, now!
   Simon Thomson
   Director of Flexible Learning
   @digisim
   

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2. “Within the time horizon of our 20-year perspective, it will be possible for
   all information - whether currently in the form of newspapers, magazines,
   books, music, radio, films, or television - to become available in digital
   form.
   We believe that developments in communications and information
   technologies, and particularly the storage and transmission of
   information in digital form, will prove eventually to be as revolutionary an
   innovation as the printing press.
   The trend in software technology will be towards greater user-
   friendliness. Alternative means for people to interact with machines, such
   as voice recognition, speech synthesis and handwriting recognition are
   likely to become widely available.”
   

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3. “Within the time horizon of our 20-year perspective, it will be possible for
   all information - whether currently in the form of newspapers, magazines,
   books, music, radio, films, or television - to become available in digital
   form.
   We believe that developments in communications and information
   technologies, and particularly the storage and transmission of
   information in digital form, will prove eventually to be as revolutionary an
   innovation as the printing press.
   The trend in software technology will be towards greater user-
   friendliness. Alternative means for people to interact with machines, such
   as voice recognition, speech synthesis and handwriting recognition are
   likely to become widely available.”
   Dearing Report (1997)
   

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4. https://talis.com/2016/05/03/engaging-academics-in-digital-discourse-simon-thomson-talis-insight-europe-2016/
   Back to the future?
   

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7. open.ai DALL·E 2
   

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8. Jisc Framework for digital transformation in higher education
   

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9. Modes of Shopping
   In Person Online
   

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10. Modes of Teaching & Learning
    In Person
    Synchronous
    In Person
    On Campus
    Online
    Off Campus
    Online
    Asynchronous
    

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11. spam.digisim.uk
    Reproduced by permission of the publisher, © 2012 by tpack.org SPaM Framework © 2022 by Simon Thomson is
    licensed under CC BY 4.0
    

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12. digital education: the future, now!
    

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13. digital education: mainstream
    digital, now!
    

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