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