HKAECT 2014 International Conference
Keynote Presentation: Ways of representation, the pedagogy of the discipline and participatory Digital Media
J.G. Hedberg
Professor of ICT and Education, School of Education, Macquarie University, Australia
john.hedberg@mq.edu.au
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Abstract
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Direct student experience of the real organism, object, place or environment is recognised by teachers as having powerful potential for high quality learning. The smart technologies offer ways for learners to capture their authentic views of the world and to support the rendering of their rich experience into artefacts that employ aural, visual, temporal and dynamic forms. The rise of smart devices not only enable learning in contexts that are not laboratories, they also enable the learner to interact with data and representations through gestural manipulation and not be constrained by keyboard or mouse.
This presentation will explore examples to identify how they provide a novel learning context that supports direct manipulation of digital object to produce responses to the data and world view of learners. Examples demonstrate the integration of the smart device’s capabilities, such as the rapid capture of images and the juxtaposition of motion and static display. The new rules of learning design support more independent and varied inputs and construction. At the same time as the number of technology devices and tools escalates, there is an emphasis on the personalisation of technology for individual learners. Often, learners are able to use mobile devices to tailor learning experiences to their needs through ubiquitous access to Internet connectivity, through the use of personalised apps on what are, essentially, very personal computers.
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Bio
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Professor John Hedberg holds the Millennium Innovations Chair of ICT and Education in the School of Education. He has taught postgraduate courses on cognitive strategies, interface design for learning, and implementation and evaluation of technology-based learning. He has also taught strategic planning for technology implementation in schools and has also written on policy aspects of new technologies in education. He has designed training needs assessments, evaluation systems and conducted workshops on the instructional design and evaluation of e-learning environments. He has been keynote speaker at numerous conferences on the educational technologies in Canada, United States, Singapore, Malaysia, China, Europe, and many states in Australia.
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