Fifteenth International Conference on Technology, Knowledge & Society

Abstract

This presentation explores the nature and consequences of education’s forthcoming and fundamental transformation, as made necessary and possible through contemporary technology. Addressing the exchanging of information, sharing of ideas and stimulation of concepts that will characterise Digital Age learning as the Global School – the universal lifelong educational experience – eventuates, it becomes clear that many long-standing pedagogical concerns no longer apply. As the technology comes back to the user, teachers, enabled to concentrate upon ‘real’ teaching rather than requiring abstruse computing proficiencies, may come into their own. The need from now onwards is for a convivial learning-supporting pedagogy delivering the creative learner-driven curriculum. The substance, practice and consequences of education may become much more equitable, ethical and enjoyable (and far less competitive, test-oriented and world-of-work-dominated). These and other pedagogical and associated implications of this ground-breaking ‘Education embodying Digitisation’ reality are investigated.