Emerging Technologies 14.01

EdTech Evolution

In the beginning of the lesson we completed a quiz about

-> which technologies or digital tools we remember have disappeared now

-> if we prefer reading articles on paper or eRead

-> which activities or skills have changed due to advancements in technology

The behavior of humans is changing

Evolution=adaptation

we lose something and we gain something else e.g reading

Besides the time that plays a role in evolution, another factor is location and geography- different parts of the world have different policies 

skillset, readiness of the user are factors that are influeneced by policies and access

We need to prepare people to be adaptive

because emerging technologies that we're being taught today will not be emergent in 5 years

Dunning-Kruger Effect

Reflection Activity 

List the digital technologies that you often use in daily life

When did you get the first device of each digital technology

How different are they in comparison with the current devices of the same technology that you have? (e.g first phone vs current phone)

Evolution happens bit by bti and we dont recognize it

-> Think of bloom's taxonomy in combination with technology 

technology designed for education sometimes lacks of educational perspective

OR it has too much educational perspective and lacks of usability / user-friendliness

In order for the EdTech product to work, the two worlds (technolgoy, learning) have to be combined

The faster the technology moves, the larger the digital divides become