Designing the Science Laboratory for the School of Tomorrow: Advanced Technologies in Education Kefallonia, July ICT in Education: The dawn of new era or the development of an accessory? Costas Tsolakidis University of Aegean

Introduction Introduction  A lot has been said about ICT in Education  What do we mean by ICT in Education?  What do we mean by Education?  Why do we relate the two?  Why we hope that we will have better Education?  For whom?

The main Question Does the introduction of ICT in Education constitute a major issue that will change education dramatically, or is it a tool that will undoubtly help education but will leave it unaltered in its basic functions?

The Inertia of Education a. A Global Issue b. An investment with no immediate return c. A Cultural Issue Why ICT is used in every activity and not in Education?

Computers and the internet installed in education per thousand Source: Worldbank

Scaling the question  Time  Space  Threshold

 Distance Education  Home Schooling  Cross Curriculum Applications – Multidisciplinarity  Virtual reality Change has already started: A.As teaching and learning practice in institutions of any level (schools, universities etc) B.As New ideas in teaching and new methodologies:  Mathematics  Language  All other subjects

Human capital  Individual human capital  Social human capital Productivity depends on Human Capital Human Capital depends on Education and Training Quality of Education and Training The use of ICT increases the quality of Education and Training Benefits for society

New skills The use of ICT changes the role of the teacher and the learner  Methodology and content of teaching will change  More means means more coordinated actions from the teachers  Deep reading – Fast reading Learners will not be evaluated only according to their knowledge but mainly with respect to their skills

NEW Qualities Another change : Different Skills Qualities of the Individual GOAL Results Qualities of the Individual GOAL Results ICT Skills Teacher from actor to director, like open book exams Competition

Research on ICT in Education A lot of research is funded by various organizations This field did not yield results that are worthy of the money spend or the effort taken. Why?  Technology is not built for schools.  There is no feasibility study.  Innovation is the only goal for most projects.  The applications is not user centered.  The contents are far from the teacher and the student.  We sometimes have tomorrow scenarios for tomorrow while we should have today’s’ scenarios for today.

  Reveal the full capacity of technology to education   Develop methodologies   Give good example for better use.   Innovation   End User   Viability   Dissemination Doing research in technology to education we need to have in mind: We should do research to: Research on ICT in Education

To the limit of the foreseeable future could one anticipate the end of education, as we know it ? The far future of Education  Technology evolves in an accelerating and nonlinear way.  It is becoming more cheap, small, friendly and effective  It affects also medicine  Advances in medicine will change the way we function.  There will always be a teaching system in a country Is there a chance that education will be replaced by a bioelectronic procedure? Very difficult to affect will be inspiration and creativity, the core of human grandeur.

Conclusions Model Theatre - Cinema ToDo  Education to change the attitudes  Education to create the skills  Investment in existing technology  Investment in research in technology Education for all New function of the school  New characteristics  More sources of knowledge