Shoot the messenger? Pecha Kucha for #HELTASA13

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Ed techies need to be cautious when introducing change into education. Adopting disruptive technologies does not mean that students are prepared for the 21st century.

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An important invitation

Forging links between analogue and digital world

Four Phases

1. Baseline2. Adoption3. Assimilation4. institutionalisation

Milestones

• E-learning unit• Infrastructure• Staff development• Alignment• Consider student access & success

Superprof interruptions“In 50 years there will be only 10 institutions in

the world delivering higher education” Sebastian Thrun –

“…schools as we know them now, they’re obsolete. I’m not saying they’re broken. It’s quite fashionable to say that the education system’s broken. It’s not broken. It’s wonderfully constructed. It’s just that we don’t need it anymore. It’s outdated….”

Sugara Mitra –

Whose making the noise?

The reign of error

Some call this disruption, I call it isomorphic mimicry

Isomorphic mimicry examples

Shoot the misleading messenger

Image Credit: Fast Company