PewInternet.org The Shifting Education Landscape: Networked Learning Lee Rainie, Director, Pew Internet Project Monterey Institute

Broadband facilitates networked information

Social media aids peer-to- peer learning by doing

Mobile connectivity alters learning venues and expectations

New kinds of learners emerge

Digital Revolution 1 Internet (80%) and Broadband at home (66%) 71% 66%

Internet users – 80%

Broadband at home – 64%

Networked creators are everywhere (two-thirds of adults; three-quarters of teens) 66% of int. users are social networking site users 55% share photos 37% contribute rankings and ratings 33% create content tags 30% share personal creations 26% post comments on sites and blogs 15% have personal website 15% are content remixers 14% are bloggers 13% use Twitter 6% location services – 9% allow location awareness from social media – 23% maps etc.

56% of adults own laptops – up from 30% in % of adults own MP3 players – up from 11% in % of adults own DVRs – up from 3% in % of adults own game consoles 19% of adults own e-book readers - Kindle 19% of adults own tablet computer - iPad

Broadband facilitates networked information Links and multimedia Self-paced learning Analytics Pervasive media

Digital Revolution 2: Mobile phones – 88% of adults Total U.S. population: million 2011

Digital devices Millennials (18-34) Gen X (35-46) Younger Boomers (47-56) Older Boomers (57-65) Silent Generation (66-74) G.I. Generation (75+) All online adults (18+) Cell phone 96%94%87%84%77%52%88% Desktop computer 55%67%62%61%48%29%57% Laptop computer 70%63%58%49%32%14%56% iPod or MP3 player 69%57%36%24%10%5%44% Game console 63% 38%19%8%3%42% e-Book reader 19%25%18%12%9%5%19% Tablet, like iPad 23% 16%14%8%3%19%

Smartphones – 46%

Changes in smartphone ownership

Cell phones as connecting tools 2/22/ % of cell owners 64% send photo or video – Post video 25% 55% access social net. site 30% watch a video 11% have purchased a product 11% charitable donation by text 60% (of Twitter users) access Twitter

Texting takes off and talking slips

Apps – 50% of adults

Mobile connectivity alters learning venues and expectations New access points to knowledge (AAA) Real-time sharing, just- in-time searching Augmented reality Pervasive, perpetual awareness of social networks Attention zones morph

Digital Revolution 3 Social networking – 52% of all adults % of internet users

Social media aids peer-to- peer learning by doing Elevates DIY learning in soc.nets Increases the role of social networks in learning Facilitates rise of amateur experts Changes character of soc.nets

In the midst of all this, what’s happening with learning?

Teacher research Teachers are teched-up personally and in class – Bloggers, SNS, Twitter users, Wikipedia Divided about their aptitude vs. students Tech makes students fundamentally different now in capacities and learning styles Tech has good/bad impacts on students’ lives – Media savvy / sharing / immersive / broadening – Distracted / less-info savvy / prone to shortcuts

Good news for new methods Presidents Predict the Future of Online Learning % saying more than half of their undergraduate students have taken/will be taking an online class

Not-so-good news Public Views on Learning Online vs. in the Classroom In general, do you think a course taken only online provides an equal educational value compared with a course taken in person in a classroom, or not? (%)

College presidents weigh in Presidents’ Views on Learning Online vs. in the Classroom Generally speaking, do you believe a course taken online provides an equal educational value compared with a course taken in person in a classroom, or not? (%)

New kinds of learners emerge More self-directed Better arrayed to capture new info More reliant on feedback and response More inclined to collaboration More oriented towards being nodes of production

What is the future of learning/knowledge? -- Shana Ratner (1997) “Emerging Issues in Learning Communities” New: Learning as a process Knowledge is objective and certain Old: Learning as transaction Knowledge is subjective and provisional

New: Learning as a process Learners receive knowledge Old: Learning as transaction Learners create knowledge What is the future of learning/knowledge? -- Shana Ratner (1997) “Emerging Issues in Learning Communities”

New: Learning as a process Knowledge is organized in stable, hierarchical structures that can be treated independently of one another Old: Learning as transaction Knowledge is organized “ecologically”- disciplines are integrative and interactive What is the future of learning/knowledge? -- Shana Ratner (1997) “Emerging Issues in Learning Communities”

New: Learning as a process Our “intelligence” is based on our individual abilities Old: Learning as transaction Our “intelligence” is based on our learning communities What is the future of learning/knowledge? -- Shana Ratner (1997) “Emerging Issues in Learning Communities”

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