{"id":223,"date":"2011-10-22T22:49:35","date_gmt":"2011-10-22T22:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.blogs.soton.ac.uk\/digitaleconomy\/2011\/10\/22\/the-future-of-technology-in-education-fote11\/"},"modified":"2014-01-29T08:47:21","modified_gmt":"2014-01-29T08:47:21","slug":"the-future-of-technology-in-education-fote11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsi\/the-future-of-technology-in-education-fote11\/","title":{"rendered":"The Future of Technology in Education #FOTE11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Key takeaways for me from a great day at <a href=\"http:\/\/fote-conference.com\/wordpress\/category\/fote11location\/\">Future of Technology in Education<\/a> (#FOTE11) at the University of London yesterday:<\/p>\n<p>There was angst from the IT department as the ever increasing consumerisation of technology challenges creaking university systems and a too prevalent culture of \u2018computer says no\u2019. It is more productive for staff and students to collaborate and operate outside the system using free online tools (Google docs, Dropbox and Skype do the job perfectly well for me).<\/p>\n<p>Vendors who try too hard to plug their stuff to an ed tech audience risk the ire of the backchannel (you know who you are!)<\/p>\n<p>While a sense of place is still important, (we had a great tourist\u2019s guide to Bristol from @nick_skelton ) mobile phones have allowed people to make their meeting plans on the fly (for example, student bars are struggling) and economics keep many students away from campus (eg living with parents). And this is before the increase in fees\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Time and time again we heard examples of poor communication (between university and students, teaching staff and students, IT and staff\/students\u2026etc)<\/p>\n<p>We don\u2019t know enough about what students want and how students live \u2013 it was agreed we should try *asking them*more often.<\/p>\n<p>The importance of digital literacy \u2013 plenty of staff and students just don\u2019t have it. Thankfully, there seemed to be general agreement that the \u2018digital native\u2019 is simply a myth. @suebecks gave a great presentation with many fascinating examples of the importance of digital skills to employability.<\/p>\n<p>There was more emphasis on challenges than solutions. How do we take change forward\u2026we have identified the need for it, but how to make change actually happen? Andrew Bollington provided a reality check, suggesting that appreciating and incorporating the contrasting perspectives of finance, strategy and marketing would be a good start.<\/p>\n<p>@andypowe11 provided a <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/d1KOBMqp\">great summary<\/a> of who and what was shared on Twitter \u2013 as you can see, quite a lot!<\/p>\n<p>Originally published on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lisaharrismarketing.com\">www.lisaharrismarketing.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key takeaways for me from a great day at Future of Technology in Education (#FOTE11) at the University of London yesterday: There was angst from the IT department as the ever increasing consumerisation of technology challenges creaking university systems and a too prevalent culture of \u2018computer says no\u2019. 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