Building 21st Century Learning Environments

John Hickey - Apple
Where we need to go..........
Technology is anything that wasn't around when you were born.
Teachers are moving from information experts to coaches & guides to information and learning how to learn.
What engages this learner is v. different, they live in media rich environment, they are producers as well as consumers
In classes like being on a flight,have to turn off all their electronics
Student expectations, technology encourages collaboration & interaction, they are not taught like this.
The real world is advanced, academia, is not......
Technology can advance learning, engage learners and reach out to the community.
Academia invented this type of computing.....shift inn power in IT now
Consumerisation of IT
Before, walls were built around IT, only allow certain things in
If we don't offer enough quota for email,they just use google
Students bring this into campus & support each other
There is a race to catch up with consumer technologies, we don't have the resources to compete with this
Previously people got their first email account from a uni or college,not the case now
Devices are dictating IT, mobile phones etc
There is a move from context to core we need to reverse the support for these, what is our core, our delivery, our faculties & alumni, the context is email, software etc, IT spends most of its time keeping email going not supporting teaching & learning.
Can look at developing institutional learning applications / resources
Look at iTunes U for academic content
(An open on-line library)