Classroom based learning combined with technology

For the last couple of years all the above provides options to get into the web / app development, as well as the following:

-      Online video tutorials / YouTube / Lynda.com / Udacity / Udemy

-      Growth of online education with accredited and non-accredited institutions

-      Bootcamp type of trainings with many project-based learning with BYOD

World Wide Web arrives - 1994

‘Digital Age” – 1995 – 1999

Emails – (Hotmail 1996)

Instant Messaging – (ICQ 1996)

Search – Google (better search algorithm)

Peer-to-peer file sharing - Napster

Mainly dial up connections

 

“Social Networks” – 2000-2004

While chat rooms and instant messaging proved popular in the preceding years, social networking sites started to emerge offering alternatives to chat rooms and instant messaging

Wikipedia – 2001

iTunes - audio

Skype and other voice of IP

LinkedIn – 2003

MySpace – 2003

Facebook – 2004

Gmail

Blogging tools

 

“Smart Phone revolution” – 2005-09

Still nearly half of all subscribers used dial-up internet with DSL growing in popularity. Still only a small per cent enjoyed speedy access.

YouTube – video sharing

Twitter – microblogging

iPhone – App Store

Android

 

“Internet for social good” (2010 –)

Fast connections 

Internet is accessed mainly via different mobile devices especially in China, India, Africa

VR

Augmented Reality

In my opinion it is a very exciting time to be an educator. I don't think anything beats face to face time with a teacher who cares. That being said there are a multitude of tool that can help make the process easier and more fun for teachers and students alike.

 

Previously I worked in Digital Marketing which didn’t even exist 20 years ago. With teaching these concepts I’m teaching things that have only really existed in regular use for just over 10 years with the introduction of Facebook, Twitter, etc.

 

The internet itself has really only been public since 1991 and at that point it wasn’t widely used so I supposed the internet as we know it has been the biggest change in the my sector. That includes the marketing and the education sector. 

 

·       In your sector, what have been the predominant learning and education models used over the past 20 years?

 

A lot of people in the field of digital marketing simply learned on their own. It was a lot of trial and error and learning from each other which meant there were less models and not a strong pedagogical approach. This lack of formal education has led to a lot of inquiry based learning and collaboration. 

 

I think there will also be more of a connection between companies and educational institutes to teach their technology and to give learners the ability to learn on real tools so that they are more able to function outside of the education world. This connection between practical and educational will have a closer and tighter connection. I also believe the bigger technological advances will come in the form of better LMS systems to allow educators a better opportunity to pull learners into the subjects rather than pushing it out to them.

 

·       In your sector, what do you see as the next move in learning and education models in the next two years?

 

I think within our sector the “big” technology will be software and programs to allow for micro credentials within accredited programming. I think this will cause a move towards a more blended approach to learning which will give way to a more anytime, anywhere style of learning and a further move from the sage on the stage style of teaching.