Keynote presentation on Human-Technology Intersection in Higher Education presented at the Study and Advancement of Teaching in Higher Education symposium 2017, Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra, Portugal.
What is Digital Pedagogy? “Digital Pedagogy is precisely not about using digital technologies for teaching and, rather, about approaching those tools from a critical pedagogical perspective. digisim
What is Digital Pedagogy? “Digital Pedagogy is precisely not about using digital technologies for teaching and, rather, about approaching those tools from a critical pedagogical perspective. So, it is as much about using digital tools thoughtfully as it is about deciding when not to use digital tools, and about paying attention to the impact of digital tools on learning.” http://www.digitalpedagogylab.com/hybridped/digitalpedagogy/ digisim
“The act of teaching isn’t just imparting what’s in your head to a captive audience. Teaching is a performance, it’s reading the room and working it. This is where technology really falls short. Empathy is a key area of difficulty for technology and automation.” Harpreet Purewal - Guardian digisim
“the use of technology in the classroom doesn’t lessen the need for great teachers…… it is great teachers who make using technology so significant in students’ education” Abigail Bryant digisim
“it’s the educators’ ability to leverage technology to personalize and streamline the learning process for students that makes blended learning an effective way to maximize the impact of teacher time through direct instruction”. Brooke, 2015 digisim
87% teachers believe new technologies are creating an “easily distracted generation with short attention spans” and 64% say today’s digital technologies “do more to distract students than to help them academically.” https://www.pewinternet.org/2012/11/01/how-teens-do-research-in-the-digital-world/
“What we’re labeling as ‘distraction,’ some see as a failure of adults to see how these kids process information, ....…….. that the label of ‘distraction’ is a judgment of this generation.” Kristen Purcell, the Associate Director for Research at Pew
“So what do Net Geners want from learning technology? Interactivity—whether it is with a computer, a professor, or a classmate. They want it; they crave it.” https://www.educause.edu/research-and-publications/books/educating-net-generation/using-technology-learning-tool-not-just-cool-new-thing digisim
“I just want the technology to help me do the tasks I need to do quickly and efficiently” What our students are telling us. “I use my (smart) phone for everything but wish I could access more university stuff through it” “I like it when staff use technology to make the teaching engaging” digisim
“Transformation is more about the human and organisational aspects of teaching and learning than it is about the use of technology” Laurillard, D. (2007) digisim
1. What human interactions are most critical for student success? 2. How can technology enable better versions of those interactions? 3. Where can technology replace people so that human resources can be redirected to accomplish more of those interactions? digisim Paul LeBlanc - Educause