1. Faculty of Education Digital futures and learning in the 21 st century Professor Robert Fitzgerald, PhD Presentation to MindTree Bangalore, India February 16, 2010
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7. More is not always better Source: OECD (2005) Are students ready for a technology-rich world? What PISA studies tell us, Figure 4.6, p.65. Index of ICT Internet/entertainment use Index of ICT program/software use Students reporting a moderate use of computers to perform a range of tasks
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9. Computer instruction works Source: Fitzgerald, D & Fitzgerald, R.N. (2002). The use of Integrated Learning Systems in developing number and language concepts in primary school children: A longitudinal study of individual differences. Literacy Program Grants for National Strategies. Research Monograph. DEST Clearinghouse: Griffith University. 88pp.
12. Typology of users Source: Fitzgerald, R.N., Steele, J. et al. (2009). Digital learning communities (DLC): Investigating the application of social software to support networked learning. Australian Learning and Teaching Council. ISBN: 978-1-74088-296-5. 52pp. Available http://eprints.qut.edu.au/18476/1/c18476.pdf .
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17. Rich Design “ the most regularly taught topics in one’s subject area, the most useful forms of representation of those ideas, the most powerful analogies, illustrations, examples, explanations, and demonstrations - in a word, the ways of representing and formulating the subject that make it comprehensible to others” (Shulman, 1986, p. 9). Source: http://www.tpck.org/tpck/
18. An educational lens Mishra, P., & Koehler, M. J. (2006). Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge: A new framework for teacher knowledge. Teachers College Record. 108 (6), 1017-1054. Source: http://tpack.org/
19. A design lens EDUCATIONAL requirements TECHNOLOGICAL requirements CONTENT KNOWLEDGE requirements Focus our attention, not narrow our focus
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22. InSPIRE A Centre for ICT Pedagogy and Practice Promoting a vision for educating with technology in the 21 st Century
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Editor's Notes
Look carefully at technology – its impact
In Australia the second quarter of users performed highest in mathematics among the quarter. In Australia the bottom quarter of users did not perform significantly lower in mathematics than the second quarter, but the top quarter performed significantly lower than the third quarter
Browse: Read, Surf, Watch Participate: Make comments, suggestions and critiques Contribute : Create and upload content Surveyed nearly 3000 students across UC, RMIT & QUT Young undergraduate females (18-25 72%; Female 60%; UG 78%) They attend classes for 10 hours per week have Broadband access (90%) and spend 3-4 hours per day on the Internet which they access from home (65%) Top three things they do on the net are: Send or read e-mail University research Go to social networking sites (e.g. Facebook, MySpace) They say they're good with personal productivity apps & search engine but less confident with wikis, blogs & RSS