Web 2.0 - Steve Hargadon Distills and Channels the Future of Education
Curious about how Web 2.0 is going to affect education? Steve Hargadon has distilled into one blog post an excellent summary of the trends that are leading us there and what teachers can do to help their students thrive in this new environment.
Much of what Steve talks about has been part of a vision for education long before computers were going into schools. There is a clear link from Dewey, Piaget, Vigotsky, and even the constructivist critic Mayer to the ideas Hargadon lays out.
Both the technology and the culture that surrounds it have matured to the point where this vision can transform into the dominant paradigm. Quantitative and anecdotal evidence backs this assertion up.
He describes in some detail the following shifts that are taking place:
“From consuming to producing
From authority to transparency
From the expert to the facilitator
From the lecture to the hallway
From “access to information” to […]
Source: Hurley Goodall