The Death of Content by Christopher Hoadley is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
Based on a work at http://www.tophe.net/papers/Hoadley-ELD2013/.
In this talk, I argue that the current coin of the realm in academia–content–is dying and that universities need to radically rethink their role in the world. MOOCs, homeschooling, and the shadow education system all are evidence that the 20th century role of schools is decreasingly relevant. But does this mean that schools will become obsolete? I argue that schools face a choice: use technology to enhance their current functions but hasten their demise, or use technology to transform themselves and capitalize on 17th century strengths to be a cornerstone of the 21st century knowledge economy. I offer some ideas on how to reconceptualize the notion of ‘schools’ based on the latest research in learning and on ancient ideas about how to teach.
Hoadley, C. (2013, May 30). The Death Of Content: Why Universities and Schools are (and aren’t) being replaced by the Internet, Keynote address presented at Emerging Learning Design 2013, Montclair, NJ. Retrieved from http://www.tophe.net/papers/Hoadley-ELD2013/
The Death of Content by Christopher Hoadley is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
Based on a work at http://www.tophe.net/papers/Hoadley-ELD2013/.