E-trends+(June+2007)

Hi everyone and welcome to the **2007 E-learning Networks e-Trends 19 - 20 June 2007 wiki space**.


 * Funny predictions.**

//**Noun 1. trend** - a general direction in which something tends to move; "the shoreward tendency of the current"; "the trend of the stock market" (from the Free Dictionary at// [|//http://www.thefreedictionary.com/trend//] //)//

Future events are always uncertain...

In the late **1800s** Londoners were told they would soon drown in horse dung, then along came the automobile!
 * Thomas Watson**, chairman of IBM, in **1943, said** //I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.”//


 * Now it's your chance to tell us your prediction based on trends you've observed or based on your imagination and we can all laugh at ourselves in years to come. What we'd like is for you to share a prediction around e-learning (the more outrageous the better!).** You can cover anything you like within 100 words, provide any links to spaces that enhance your tale and if you'd prefer a different medium then feel free to add a 100 word podcast or provide a graphic/photo or diagram that takes up the space of approximate 100 words. Oh! and did I mention the PRIZE? I didn't?... Ah, well the Framework has some mystery prizes for entries that tickle our fancy - there are no other criteria and the judges decision is final ;).

Firstly warm congratulations and thanks to all those who contributed to this site. You are all ‘winners’ as the information you provided is now accessible to those who want some great ideas of what the future might be like. Thank you! However, we promised a prize to the winning entry and, difficult though it was, the judges have decided to award our mystery prize to **Sharon Smith** for her entry (no. 4) on new look campuses and classrooms.
 * And we have a winner!**

Well done Sharon!

Please add your prediction here, number it in order, add your name and email address so we know who has posted it and remember to SAVE your work. :)

1: In the future schools and classrooms will no longer exist. Learning and teaching will take place with teachers and students using computers at home. Collaborative learning will be encouraged with students and teachers participating from all parts of the world. "World" curricula will replace "state" and "national" curricula. (Susanne Gunning)

2: The Future of Education in 2017! You'll find a whole host of predictions and discussions about the future of education at: [|The Future of Education conference]. Coach Carole's predictions include:
 * flexible employment contracts for online facilitators and web conference moderators
 * individual leadership, professional development, networking and new practices funded projects built in to teacher contracts
 * online personal learning environments and eportfolios provided free for all learners of all ages
 * learning courseware provided on USBs, smartphones, PDAs and iPods and updates provided at docking stations located on campus
 * interactive learning experiences available through television
 * mobile learning, elearning and ilearning models of education embedded into primary, secondary, tertiary, community and industry learning programs
 * increased learning and employment opportunities in virtual worlds
 * free international cross sector collaborative web based conferences scheduled on a regular basis

3: The future of online learning is bringing the //experience// of the classroom, much like Web 2.0 has brought the experience of social networking to the user. In the future we'll see a range of active options for people to undertake while they learn. We'll see the ability to whisper to anyone, wink at anyone, pass notes to other students from around the world - throw paper aeroplanes around the virtual space. By interrupting, showboating, mucking around and joking, technology will give us a full set of tools to interact with, and therefore a full set of tools to learn with. (Alexander Gruszka - Alex.Gruszka@gmail.com)

4. Learners & facilitators (or learning coaches) will gather in new look campuses and classrooms - possibly enjoying retro memories of their old college days. Each person will be engaging in online learning experiences unique to them, using a range of technologies the classrooms come equiped with. The venues attract people from a range of disciplines and learning pathways. eg. VET, ACE, University of the third age, hobbiest, craftsman, enterprises. Diversity within the classroom gatherings on an given day, (or night), allow sharing and cross fertilisation of learning experiences - a drift of ideas between face to face groups and their e learning groups. The facilities are available to anyone looking for a learning experience (formal, informal, professional development or just for fun) with 24:7 access. Learning coaches are available to assist learners to use the technology, customise experiences, source e learning opportunities, source assessment opportunities, extend and explore learning styles and strategies. E learning becomes as comfortable as a daily latte - cafe's of learning - you can hang out and linger over the froth, go alone, go with mates, or swing back a quick macchiato before getting back to work. (Sharon Smith skyzag@gmail.com )

5. In the near future the pool knowledge will be growing so fast, and connections to that pool will be so widespread, that the whole emphasis of education will move from 'knowing' things to 'finding' things (we'll still be interested in 'how to use things' though). [|botheredbybees]

6. There will be no oil in the future and we won't have invented enough renewable transport means for everyone when we run out. Therefore all school buildings will be disbanded and sold off for housing. All schooling will be done from home online. We will have online "sport" where you run around in front of a computer to get fit and it will monitor your health. We will have no more trees for paper so you will never be able to print out anything...only keep an electronic copy. We will all be so absorbed in our Second Life that it will take the pain away from our tragic First Life !!! So the future holds some good and some sad...ultimately it will be how we shape it. (darren.oconnell@det.nsw.edu.au)