Abstract
We are told that the post-digital age is approaching – where digital technology will be both completely embedded in our everyday lives and completely ‘taken-for-granted’ by its users. But are our HE courses fully prepared for this next stage of our technical and social development? We may be making significant advances in learning and teaching but what about other key systems like curriculum design? If they are not keeping up with the pace of change then this could stifle or frustrate any advances we can achieve in learning and teaching.
Highlights
We are told that the post-digital age is approaching – where digital technology will be both completely embedded in our everyday lives and completely ‘taken-for-granted’ by its users
Are our HE courses fully prepared for this stage of our technical and social development? We may be making significant advances in learning and teaching but what about other key systems like curriculum design? If they are not keeping up with the pace of change this could stifle or frustrate any advances we can achieve in learning and teaching
This piece is being written just before the November 2014 SEDA conference which aims to address the following fundamental question – how should academic development help higher education institutions move into the post-digital age? ‘Academic development’ is interpreted broadly here to mean all curriculum innovation and not just the work of educational developers
Summary
This piece is being dictated into a laptop courtesy of Dragon Dictate 4, and this software illustrates some of the key issues we are facing For those of us who can remember the pre-digital age, this dictation process is a little less than magical. It has only achieved penetration in areas where it could do more harm than good – some disability and study skills services do recommend this software to students with significant language issues and may be doing them a disservice Effective use of this software does demand a reasonably sophisticated command of language before you start. Speech recognition is an example of software which, despite significant advance in its functionality and ease of use, is often poorly understood It is not being used by many people who could benefit from it – it does not fit their existing social practices. I have to change my practice to take advantage of all this technology.”
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