ILTA EdTech 2017 Conference - TEL in an Age of Supercomplexity Challenges, Opportunities and Strategies
As our own CELT Symposium looms at the end of the week , it seems fitting that I finally reflect on the last conference I attended. This year's EdTech theme allowed us to pause and reflect about TEL in a complex age. Throughout the two day event, it was evident that we are indeed facing challenges, but also using those challenges to create strategies and opportunities. The first keynote of day one was from Gráinne Conole , who is currently a visiting professor at DCU. She focused on the future of learning and harnessing technologies. Her presentation encompassed so much of the landscape and set the scene well for what was to come. In discussing the characteristics of the 21st century learner, necessary digital literacies, the integration of OERs, structures of MOOCS, and the benefits for students; she arrived at a heutagogical approach that allows students more affordances in the Web 2.0 landscape. @gconole links heutagogical approach & autonomous le...