Futures Business: Harnessing Emergent Technologies
Title
Futures Business: Harnessing Emergent Technologies [ Abstract ]
Date/s
2005
Location
Perth, Western Australia
Discipline/s
Education | Pedagogy
Affiliation/s
Swan TAFE, Curriculum & Learning, Bentley Campus, Bentley, Western Australia
Australian Flexible Learning Framework (AFLF)
TAFE NSW ‘Reframing The Future’ COPP Network
Challenger TAFE, Western Australia
Mandurah Senior College, Western Australia
Mandurah, Flex-e Learning Centre, Western Australia
Author/s
Alexander Hayes
Abstract
The relational paradigm of human-computer interactions which meld user experience with curriculum will always challenge learners and educators within the VET sector. Harnessing the interpersonal relationships that have developed with the assistance of these emergent mobile devices however, seems to be at the pinnacle to the authenticity crisis the VET sector as a whole faces with it's aging practitioner population. Interacting with a shifting field of virtual spaces and places, where interaction is fast and seemingly disjointed may well be isolating a generation of elders who not so cleverly use nomenclature such as 'disengaged' to describe those learners who opt out of the instructivist mode for service delivery. The TxTMe research project has explored the concept of the use of SMS technologies to engage, retain and motivate young people in a variety of learning settings. The project has also sought to address the 'future's business' including bringing VET practitioners into the interactive world of mobile technologies and the differing relatedness that this emergent electronic interface demands.
Keywords
pedagogy, technology, computer, mobile, VET, training, relationships
Citation
Hayes, A. (2005) Futures Business: Harnessing Emergent Technologies. AVETRA 2005 Conference, Sheraton Brisbane Hotel, Brisbane, Queensland Australia.
Links
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