Edutech 2017 - Cyberstudents, neuroscience and the revolution in education technology. Dr John Collick

The Anarchy of Technology

Analogy of student being on Mt Space - then teachers making use of My Space for learning - student put off by teachers being there too - then moved to Bebo, Facebook

Can't control students engagement with technology

The Exoself - Greg Egan
The cloud of identities, bank acounts, etc - surrounds you and extends your personality.
Each student has an exocself that is totally unique and personal

Analytical skills / metacognition important part of paradigm


Curated libraries opf Apps and utilities - students can access and build knowledge banks

analytical skills
Cybersecurity - need to be proetected at deep level. Power to proptect selves

Cede Control - students plan own learning. Give students analtyical skills and metacognition to manage self

Metacognition

Neuroscience

Failure increases learning - physical component - seratonin levels increase more through failure than through success - abilty for new learning better

If see someone else fail - seratonin levels also increase

Higher order mammals learn via play - make learning play.

Neuroplasticity - brain constantly grows and changes - not fixed. massive potential to develop and adapt.

Spacial imagination drives creativity - moving helps learning more than being static. Cognition boosted.

Stress physically reduces the brain's ability to think - amygdala - fires up automatic fight / flight - stop thinking. http://brainmadesimple.com/amygdala.html. Fear of being bullied, failure - amigdula firing off signals, surpressing learning.

Failure is positive
Play - foundation on which we build learning
Emotion
3D space

So what?
Assessment for learning - failure is encourgaed, rather than summative pass/fail. fail = bad
Gamification fundamental part of learning
3D space and objects
Emotional Secutrity - student not stressed when learning. Brain not under attack
Metacognition - introduce students to an understand of how learning best, and best use technoogy.

= more powerful and healthy learning paradigm

The Coming Revolution

Self-aware learners
The exoself - understanding how works. How we can support
Learning Playlists - moving away from big data systems. Can assemble own, individual curriculum. from birth until end of life.

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