The Legend Trip psp David Warlick dropped by today’s CTAP’s Coordinating Council meeting and presented on the topic, “Our Students-Our Worlds” and “Telling the New Story” (Click here for handouts
). There were three major themes for the presentation: unpredictable future, information-oriented students, and a new information landscape. As an example of an unpredictable future, he started by highlighting how the pieces of a typical office have changed over the past few years. For example, in 2002 5 exabytes of new information was produced, but only about 2% of the information was printed on paper. Yet, today’s classroom still focuses on paper-based education. In order to better prepare our students for the future, they should become accustomed to electronic communication.
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Regarding information-oriented students, David provided his own opinion about the digital divide. He pointed out that the digital divide involves more than just technology. The real breadth of the digital divide is how students use technology. Students who have technology are using it to form a learning network with other students. Students who don’t have access to technology are not part of a network and are forced to learn in isolation. Along those lines, David pointed out that the teaching generation sees information as a product, while today’s students see information as a raw material. Students use their knowledge to produce; they produce video, machinima, etc. In another interesting example, David mentioned the web site InnoCentive. This web site gives companies the platform to present problems that they are experiencing. At this web site they offer a bid to people who can find a solution to their problem. In an interesting study of the results of InnoCentive, statistics show that the odds of a solver’s success increased in fields in which they had no formal expertise.
On Any Sunday movie download David used Wikipedia as an example of the new information landscape. The teaching generation is accustomed to the world of published textbooks, however he pointed out a very interesting difference between printed resources and wikipedia. Wikipedia actively tries to police the editing of their articles. David mentioned that wikipedia blocked IP addresses from the US capital in the days leading up to the 2006 election due to the acts of political vandalism on certain entries. Unknown to me, wikipedia provides warnings on articles that are targets of frequent vandalism, or that are suspect in their accuracy, or even if the neutrality of the article is in question. This is a far cry from published texts that don’t include these types of warnings. Teachers and students often don’t question the bias or accuracy of published texts. David didn’t pass judgment on these different information landscapes, but did want to draw our attention to its changing.
For more information about David Warlick, stop by his web site, or if you spend time in second life, David’s Second Life office can be found here. If you find yourself with the opportunity to hear David speak, please take it. You will learn much more than this blog post can begin to convey.
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