The strong emergence of mobile devices and social media in our everyday lives has transformed the way we communicate and relate, and how we learn and teach. Mobile technologies have changed the nature of knowledge, how it is distributed and how it is accessed. The widespread use of mobile phones by young people, players, tablets, game consoles and all devices describe a scenario in which you can create and access new forms of knowledge, but requires a solid conceptual basis for the which to base their development. In addition, our students-often defined as digital natives, showed great skill in its use, which promotes the proliferation of social tools that enable new forms of expression and new languages. In a globalized world completely, which blur the boundaries between the formal and informal, or virtual reality and where learning can take place anywhere at any time, it is absolutely necessary to include in the educational field the enormous potential these technologies and devices. Throughout the talk will offer an overview of these trends and address some of the challenges of teaching and learning in a mobile society. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

1. http://www.flickr.com/photos/a7nthony/6943503830
Amb el món a les nostres mans: reptes i tendències emergents per a
l’educació del segle XXI | Dra. Mar Camacho | Universitat Rovira i
Virgili | TEDxReus | Novembre 2012

3. outline
#1 The Knowledge Society: informing the
nature of 21st century learners
#2 m-learning & technologies to watch
#3 What we do #URV
#4 Future trends & challenges
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fabricedenola/463833209

4. http://www.flickr.com/photos/tsgentuso/

5. … “In my view, the concept of
‘knowledge societies’ is preferable to
that of the ‘information society’ because
it better captures the complexity and
dynamism of the changes taking place.
(...) The knowledge in question is
important not only for economic growth but
also for empowering and developing all
sectors of society.”
Abdul Waheed Khan (UNESCO general sub-director)

6. digital natives?

7. Marquina, 2008

9. learning
beyond the
classroom

10. Soft skills (EU):
informational literacy
communicative abilities
problem solving
critical thinking
attitude towards change
social intelligence

12. • At the time that a distinct learning culture
emerges, in which learners take mobility as a
departing point and become more visible as
innovators, creators and producers they
develop new skills, attributes and literacies
enabled by mobile devices that offer them
further possibilities to extend their learning
and link the use of social media to their own
context and interests.
(Kukulska-Hume, 2010)

13. #emerging
technologies

14. more personal – networked - fun -
more interactive – spontaneous-
shorter in duration - to the point -
for instant use- engaging users to
contribute and share -

16. The NMC Horizon Report: 2011 K-12 Edition

18. #mobile apps
Defined as the fastest growing
dimension of the mobile space in
higher education right now, with
impacts on virtually every aspect of
informal life,and increasingly, every
discipline in the university.

19. #tablet computing
higher education
institutions are seeing
them not just as an
affordable solution for
one-to-one learning,
but also as a feature-
rich tool for field and
lab work, often times
replacing far more
expensive and
cumbersome devices and
equipment.

20. emerging technologies to
watch
in education ...

21. #1 m-learning

25. #BYOD

26. #2 social
learning

27. La gente-jóvenes- que ahora pasan todas
estas horas en la red, en redes sociales,
mañana gobernarán el mundo.
Juan M. Núñez, 2010

29. - Challenge -> to facilitate open
processes and provide responses to
the needs of students, who use
social networks to communicate but
not to learn

30. #3 augmented reality

31. #4 game-based learning
Source: @jokay

32. #5 virtual worlds and
metaverses

34. we can do that &
more with the help
of our phones ....

35. taxonomia de
actividades
Actividades-tipo que pueden ser
llevadas a cabo a través de diferentes
dispositivos móviles:
(Laurillard, 2007)
exploración
investigación
grabación, captura de sonidos, imágenes
vídeos, textos ...
construcción colectiva
difusión
reflexión -> mobile portfolios

36. • To design and pilot test
the mobile phone
supporting functions to
enhance teacher
development
• To develop short training
courses, supporting
resources, and
interactive functions
that are appropriate for
the commonly used mobile
phone in the local
context.
• To explore the
institutionalization
mechanism to provide
sustainable content
development UNESCO, 2012

37. Olga Abadías, Alba Costa, Laura de la Morena

39. #m-activities

40. #geolocalization
#AR & QR
#mstorytelling
#scavenger hunts
#3D worlds

43. we can’t do anything
without the help of
our students ...
anyway

44. ... and here’s the
vision of our
students today ...

46. #to conclude ...

47. emerging technologies
... are reshaping the nature of
education.
... hold great potential for
increasing the access to information
as well as for promoting learning.
... are transforming classrooms
into more engaging, collaborative
learning environments and better
suited to student’s specific needs,
interests and learning styles…

48. our students
... are different from what they
used to be.
... need to be trained in the
acquistion of skills that will allow
them to inhabit and adapt to a
rapidly changing society.
... need to be aware of the
potential of mobile technologies for
empowering their learning

49. educational policies
... need to envision the
transformation of teaching and
learning for 21st-century skills and
citizenship.
... need to cater for non-
traditional learning models, which
can be further fueled by the
integration of emerging technologies.
... need to provide innovative
ways in which mobile technologies can
be used to enhance the quality of
education and transform learning

51. http://www.flickr.com/photos/a7nthony/6943503830
the world is in our hands ... WE AGREE ON
THAT...

52. ... we have the power to transform it!

53. moltes gràcies!!!
@marett
mar.camacho@urv.cat