Subject: [IFETS-DISCUSSION:1003] Future & Technology
From: Bonnycastle, Deirdre (BONNYCASTLE@siast.sk.ca)
Date: Tue 30 Jan 2001 - 03:43:55 MET
From: "Bonnycastle, Deirdre" <BONNYCASTLE@siast.sk.ca> Subject: [IFETS-DISCUSSION:1003] Future & Technology Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 15:43:55 +1300
A few last thoughts
1. Children are changing - IQ's are going up (especially in visual/spatial
thinking) and puberty is earlier. Even in isolated and/or northern areas of
North America, multimedia is a constant in their lives. When I listen to
young people, I am astounded at their level of knowledge about the world and
most of this didn't originate in traditional education, it came from movies
and television and the Internet.
2. Schools are under pressure to educate all students to the post secondary
level while education dollars are reduced. Traditional classrooms in some
schools are in crisis because of overcrowding, lack of resources and
demanding consumers. Some parents are moving to home schooling and private
schools.
3. Post secondary schools are under increasing pressure to develop "Prior
Learning" policies that give credit for learning that took place outside the
institute either formally or informally.
All three will have a tremendous impact on education twenty years from now.
I've been teaching for 28 years in the post secondary area and have seen a
consistent pattern of teachers not using technology because it doesn't fit
easily into the traditional classroom. The classroom has to offer more
options and the threat/challenge of on-line learning will be the snowball
that makes a difference.
"What matters most is not the moment when the student uses the technology
but how that use promotes improvement in that student's education. - S.
Ehrmann"
Deirdre Bonnycastle
Course Designer
Virtual Campus
Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology
(306) 933-5973
bonnycastle@siast.sk.ca
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