Educational Technology – Boon or Bane Prof. Dr. John Arul Phillips Dean, School of Education & Cognitive Science Asia e University Prof. Dato’ Dr. Ansary Ahmed President / CEO Asia e University
The application of web tools and technologies in enhancing teaching and learning
The Scenario in 2017 What has Changed? Today’s Students Case Study
1. The SCENARIO
“Five years from now on the web for free you’ll be able to find the best lectures in the world.....It will be better than any single university....the best lectures in the world will no longer be at hallowed institutions, reserved only for the privileged and elite, but on the web for everyone who wants access to them” - Bill Gates, 2010
Digital Resources China Plans to Hire 20,000 People to Make Their Own Wikipedia
Digital Resources
TOOLS Community of Practice Collaboration Communication Co-Creation Sharing Connectivity Active Learning Curation Copyright 2013 @ Asia e University, All rights reserved
With all these technological developments … 2. What has CHANGED
1850s Today 1970s 1990s
Sleeping Talking
Shift 3 – Lifelong Learning Shift 9 - Globalised Online Learning
Graduate Attributes – 9 Cs
3. Today’s Learners
Live in Two Worlds Cyber World Physical World
- Auxiliary Memory Learning on the go WIRED Web as an 'external expert' Learning on the go WIRED
This is the reality today our students are John Dewey, 1930