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== '''Paradigms:''' ==
== '''Paradigms:''' ==


With the participation of leading institute and wildly social cognition, technological convergence in learning will open a door for the future of education. In this process, when education gradually gets rid of its original classroom-teacher limitation, the result in turn will continue stimulate the development of technological convergence and various of new form will come out.
With the participation of leading institute and wildly social cognition, technological convergence in learning will open a door for the future of  
education. In this process, when education gradually gets rid of its original classroom-teacher limitation, the result in turn will continue stimulate the development of technological convergence and various of new form will come out.


== '''Experts:''' ==
== '''Experts:''' ==

Revision as of 18:48, 5 March 2007

Description:

Educational technology such as on-line distance learning is experiencing a wildly application. World-famous universities like Harvard have participated into the process; programs like CyberOne combing the use of WiKi and visual social community like SecondLife become open to student not only from Harvard University but also at a large extent. A multi-user virtual environments interfaces, in which participants’ avatars interact with computer based agents and digital artifacts in virtual contexts become a new trend— Technological convergence in learning.

Enablers:

1. Developments of computer ,network, telecom, multi-media etc

2. Various form of on-line social community

3. Consumer demand

Inhibitors

1. Intellectual rights, patents, or in general: knowledge protection [2]

2. General fear that adverse effect of advanced technology on student

3. Web-security

Paradigms:

With the participation of leading institute and wildly social cognition, technological convergence in learning will open a door for the future of education. In this process, when education gradually gets rid of its original classroom-teacher limitation, the result in turn will continue stimulate the development of technological convergence and various of new form will come out.

Experts:

CyberOne: Law in the Court of Public Opinion

Timing:

2010 various on-line visual education centers have matured .Wiki, google video etc become medium to provide learning resources and gradually replace traditional resources.

2010-2020 new technology including portable hard-device and software can better monitoring and controlling human affective etc gradually come into use. Teacher’s role begins to adjust to this new situation.

Reference:

http://scenariothinking.org/wiki/index.php/Technological_convergence

http://scenariothinking.org/wiki/index.php/Peer-to-Peer_Technology

http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/cyberone/