The future of learning...

The Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), as part of the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC), has just published a report about: The Future of Learning: Preparing for Change.

It is a great resource that envisages the future of learning and the fundamental transformation of education and learning which will need new skills and competencies. It illustrates a vision that personalization, collaboration and informalization (informal learning) will be at the core of learning in the future. It emphasizes the potential of technology very crucial in this process.  It is then presenting the persona of the future learners. I found it very interesting and worth reading.

What Wordle could say about your writing and thinking?!

I just created a "word cloud" by Wordle from my blog today and found this:



It highlights what I am more thinking and writing about in my blog. Here is a fancy analysis of this Wordle: "Learning" is my big concern as it shows in the picture. Just right underneath it is saying that I am researching and enjoying kind of "Open" ( education & learning ) mediated by  " Technology"  and various "Social" ( media) in a “Networked” way by joining " free education" and focusing on "Informal" (learning). 

That's true; however, there is a big "conference" there as well which, perhaps shouldn't be that big (just because of some posts about different conferences!). The other bigger ones are “social” and “online” which make sense and are my concerns too but, I am wondering how small “theories” or learning theories is! Maybe the smallest one!  It makes me a bit more think about it.

The highlighted terms show my focus and the scope of my dissertation research somehow. 

This post was just for fun but, it is also worth mentioning that even a fun tool like Wordle can tell us something about our thinking and its directions. I think it is useful sometimes we put our text into Wordle to get some ideas. 

Campus Technology Virtual Conference 2010

  Campus Technology Virtual Conference 2010, November 18, 10:30am - 6:00pm ET:  Explore the latest Technologies Impacting Higher Education at Campus Technology Virtual 2010.  Free registration!

• Discover how top institutions, like USC, Santa Clara and Virginia Tech, are using innovative social networking and distance learning technologies to provide enhanced teaching and learning environments on campuses around the country
• Learn from expert speakers with hands-on experience in the newest, most revolutionary ideas in education technology
• Spend time in the real-time virtual lounge for the best peer-to-peer networking
• Explore online product and service demos from leading solution-providers presented in the virtual exhibit hall
• Take away free content downloads and presentations-to-go

Keynote Presentation - New IT Strategies for a Digital Society

 Susan E. Metros, Associate Vice Provost and Deputy CIO for Technology-Enhanced Learning and Professor of Visual Design and Clinical Education, University of Southern California

The future of research? one day seminar by JISC

 JISC (Joint Information Systems Committee which supports UK post-16 and higher education and research by providing leadership in the use of ICT  in support of learning, teaching, research and administration  announced one day conference on 'The Future of Research Conference' : Meeting the challenges facing research today and strategic role of technologies supported by Universities UK¹ to be held on Tuesday 19 October at the Congress Centre London.

This exciting one day conference will look at the strategic role technologies can play in helping institutions overcome the challenges in supporting the research lifecycle today. Delegates are offered a range of ‘here and now’ advice and guidance and will have plenty of opportunity to discuss, and listen to, key issues within the sector. Delegates will also have the chance to take part in discussions based around the recommendations of the UUK report ‘The Future of Research’.

For those who cannot attend personally the conference could be followed online here.

Twitter tag: #jiscres10