One thing is for sure, future education will not be what it used
to be, or what it is today. The question is whether teachers will be redundant
or not? George Siemens, the executive director of the Learning Innovation and
Networked Knowledge Research Lab or LINK at the University of Texas at
Arlington says, "In a networked world, learning is a network forming
process. Knowledge is a network product." Thus, what will be important is
to know how to access necessary information, and to have a range of sources and
social networks to ask and discuss problems with. This is what connectivisme aims
to achieve, every student should have their personal education network consisting
of persons as well as social media such as Twitter, Google+, Facebook, Snapchat…
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) offer all kinds of education for free or a
small payment compared to university tuition fees. The teacher is
not the only source of knowledge any longer and should definitely be aware of
the changes and take action, ie develop his or her technological knowledge and build social networks in order to survive in the future –
which in fact is here today!
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yx5VHpaW8sQ (Dr George Siemens discusses connectivism)
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yx5VHpaW8sQ (Dr George Siemens discusses connectivism)
Very interesting topic, i do believe that learning will change even faster than it does now. Personally i think that having many different sources, compared to before, will make learning more fun than just reading a book. I still believe, having tutor and teachers there with you is for the benefit of the student, giving you personal knowledge that is not in the curriculum.
ReplyDelete-Viktor H.