Technological convergence in learning

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:

See sources

Timing:

2008- New leadership in USA and UK

2008-2012- New governments change foreign policy and attitudes towards climate change and energy etc problems.Reform of regional organizations and the United Nations help governments move beyond the current narrow national and economic interests.

2015-2020- Technology improves and new energy without CO2 emission gradually replaces traditional energy.

Reference:

http://www.oxfordresearchgroup.org.uk/publications/briefings/globalthreats.pdf

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