En ny rapport ”Nationell kartläggning av svenska lärares (åk 7-9) användning av sociala medier” har publicerats av Uppsala Universitet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Sociologiska institutionen. I slutsatserna sammanfattar författarna Elin Thunman Johanna Lovén Marcus Persson att: ”lärares elevkontakter på sociala medier: ett utbrett fenomen utan tydliga riktlinjer De flesta högstadielärare i studien använder sociala medier, antingen privat... Continue Reading →
The future of learning
The future of learning, what is it about, what challenges are we facing? A couple of years ago I did a film (together with a bunch of skilled people, such as the film team from Radon) in a project about, how education and learning is changing as we enter the Networked Society. We meet with... Continue Reading →
EdTech Sweden
Konferensen EdTech Sweden hölls i Stockholm Waterfront för några dagar sedan. Jag var där och höll en keynote under rubriken ”The Big Picture”. Jag tillsammans med Denis Hurley (Director of Future Technologies på Pearson) pratade de första 50 minuterna på konferensen. Denis fokus var framtida teknologiers användning i utbildning, tex. virtual eller augumented reality. Min... Continue Reading →
5 really cool Lego Mindstorm machines
It’s pretty amazing how advanced stuff you can develop with Lego Mindstorm. These are five robot favorites! Cool machine that folding a paper plane and launches it Amazing record-breaking Lego ball contraptiont This cool Lego Rubik's cube solver you can build with a single set Mindstorms NXT 2.0 Of Monster and Men Little Talks played on... Continue Reading →
Individualized learning in the Networked Society
When I met Professor Stephen Heppell in London last month, he raised interesting ideas about measuring the learning process. He said that in the future, we will start to measure our learning in the same manner as many of us today have started to measure our health or our sports activities. As the services and... Continue Reading →
The transformation of learning and education
We are in the midst of a great transformation in society. In our latest Networked Society report, “Learning and Education in the Networked Society” and the documentary film “The Future of Learning” we take a closer look at this change. Today, there are 2.5 billion young people who were born after 1991. A significant... Continue Reading →
Learning and education are in a time of transformation. The research I been involved in shows that students and progressive teachers, empowered by technology, are the catalysts to fundamental change. ICT is literally breaking down the walls of the classroom, and we have to start looking upon learning as something that takes place everywhere, all... Continue Reading →
Empowered learning – how ICT is reshaping our classrooms
All around the world, a lively debate is taking place on the subjects of learning and education. At the 2011 Networked Society Forum in Hong Kong, Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes proclaimed that the textbook is dead. In a recent interview, Professor of Educational Technology at Newcastle University, Sugata Mitra says that we don’t need institutional learning anymore because everything... Continue Reading →
How the Internet is Revolutionizing Education
Nice infograph how internet is changing education from OnlineEducation.net Via: OnlineEducation.net