A Future Trend in

E-Learning:
Learner
Centeredness
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Learner centeredness
“Will challenge
traditional
Curriculum”(Brown, 2003b , p. 49)
Learner centeredness
will be “made
possible by Social
Software”
( McLoughlin & Lee, 2010, p. 29)
 Access Knowledge

Share Knowledge

Use knowledge
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1 (Lin, 2008, p. 128)

Future Learners will be
“…recognized for their
creation”
(Lin, 2008, p. 128)
Co creating, self directed,
Personalized approach
 COLABORATION ALLOWS

Learner To

Co-Create
Teach Challenge knowledge

Peers, Friends, Mentors, Community

(adapted from Lin,2008, p.130)
A reciprocating relationship.

First I help you

Then you help me

Being a facilitator

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Teachers will be an
“Orchestrator of
collaborative
knowledge creation”
(Keats & Schmidt ,2007, table 1)
Changing role of the Teacher

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Further advance in communication will make learning
distances a moot topic.

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“The sense of
Isolation will be
reduced”
(Homitz & Berg, 2008)
will give guidance in multiple locations
simultaneously, using holographic technology and having a
virtual presence 9
Continue to “… initiate
interactions… encourage
students…assist group
activities and guide
students toward learning
goals.”
(Chang ,2008, p.338)
Eradicate stressors for
mentees such as:
“Organizational
structure, interpersonal
skills and cross gender
relationships”
(Homitz & Berg,, 2008, p. 329)
Creates “a more
honest, open and
reflective
learning
environment”
(Homitz & Berg , 2008, p.330)
 Video conference Expert
WWW
Online
Library

Mobile Tech

Future Learner
Peer chat

Learning Open
Portal University
E-mentor

Virtual Class
Intranet Learning
Outsourced communities
learning 10
Creator of an “infinite Bazaar” in PLE ( Schaffert,2008, p. 3)

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Future learners frame of reference will
determine the knowledge created

Acquire Data Identify sources Process data

Insightful
Questioning Re-evaluate Knowledge

Learners personal
History
 Educate

Chat Blog Draw diagrams

Organize
Send large files
Search
Personal Learning Cite and store
Bookmark Environment Will be a references
place to

Share multimedia
Schedule
Network
Collaborate

Be educated
Redefining of “self
organized learning”
(Schaffert & Hilzensauer, 2008, p. 1)
Ownership of data
will come into
question
in a
Personal Learning
Environment.
The evolution of
the teacher and
learner
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 Footnotes

1. http://www.fxprotrend.com/uploads/computerGuy.jpg
2. http://www.allthingsdistributed.com/images/globe-europe.jpg
3. http://www.watchingthenet.com/wp-content/uploads/image/wireless-
signal.png
4. http://www.top20training.com/website/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/teacher-
and-student-help.jpg
5. http://www.committedsardine.com/images/blog/Traditional_teacher.jpg_blog.p
ng
6. http://www.almightydad.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/1589846-teacher-
in-classroom.jpg
7. http://www.krauseinnovationcenter.org/ewyl/images/image001.gif
8. http://freeonlinebooks.net/iserial/02_WQS.gif
9. http://www.nixrob.co.uk/images/reality.jpg
10. http://www.internettime.com/itimegroup/forum/learnercentered.jpg
11. http://www.virtuallyscholastic.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/my-ple.png
12. http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:0hYjjwSWWB6sEM:http://moodle.sd58.bc.c
a/moodle/file.php/218/7Y7Z_site_back_up_1/math-teacher.jpg&t=1
13. http://teachereducations.info/images/teachers/teachers_385x261.jpg
14. http://www.west.asu.edu/achristie/545/sample/images/teacher.jpg
15. http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3366/3293199214_76faa561f2_o.jpg
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