Hearts, Minds and Screens:

Taming the Future

Dr. Gilly Salmon

Centre for Innovation,

Knowledge & Enterprise

Open University Business School



Keynote Speech

EduCAT Summit

Innovation in e-Education

3rd-5th April 2002

Hamilton New Zealand

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To briefly recapituate Gilly Salmon's Four 'Worlds':

Contenteous

technology as a delivery system for content
instructors as content experts
libraries, repositories, databases
institutionally centered
Instantia

based on the idea of learning objects
instructors as content assemblers
context-senstitive, just-in-time learning
repository or aggregator centered
Nomadict

learning travels with the learner
mobile learning, alternative delivery systems
learner centered
instructors as 24-hour help desks
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learning communities, communities of practice
asynchronous and synchronous communication
focus on professional development and tacit knowledge
instructors as moderators