{"id":276,"date":"2023-10-18T14:55:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T21:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0277\/?p=276"},"modified":"2023-10-18T14:55:01","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T21:55:01","slug":"the-pace-of-change-in-edtech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0277\/the-pace-of-change-in-edtech\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pace of Change in EdTech"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"719\" height=\"479\" data-src=\"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0277\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/259\/2023\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-10-13-at-10.17.53-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-277 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0277\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/259\/2023\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-10-13-at-10.17.53-AM.jpeg 719w, https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0277\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/259\/2023\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-10-13-at-10.17.53-AM-300x200.jpeg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 719px) 100vw, 719px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 719px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 719\/479;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Image attributed to: Articulate Content Library<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How does one even begin to speculate what the future of EdTech will look like in 10 years, 5 years, or even next year? In my own 17-year experience working in Education I\u2019m often dizzy with the pace of change occurring in my industry. Martin Weller echoed this in the final chapter of his book <em>25 Years of Ed Tech<\/em>, describing how \u201ceducation \u2014 perceived as slow, resistant to change, and old-fashioned \u2014 is seen as ripe for disruption, and ed tech is the means through which such change is realized.\u201d (Weller, 2020, p. 170). Weller further described this disruption in his accompanying blog, identifying the Online Pivot in 2020, the rise of Microsoft Teams in 2021, AI-generated content in 2022, and the implosion of Twitter in 2023 (Weller, 2023) as providing further evidence of this disruption. The Educause 2021 report we reviewed this week further highlighted the importance transformation will play in the coming years of Ed Tech, predicting a greater focus on life-long learning, flexible learning, and fitting self-directed learning into small pockets of time in our busy lives (<em>2021 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report: Teaching and Learning Edition<\/em>, 2021). Not that we haven\u2019t been encouraging this for years upon years in education, but the pace of change which was only heightened by a global pandemic and the Online Pivot has quickened this pace.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I remember a teacher once telling me that when you put yourself in uncomfortable positions, when you embrace new ideas or strategies, that is where true growth becomes. What about the changes in the Ed Tech landscape make you feel uncomfortable, and do you think you can lean into that discomfort in order to grow?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>References<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>2021 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report: Teaching and Learning Edition<\/em>. (2021, April 26). https:\/\/library.educause.edu\/resources\/2021\/4\/2021-educause-horizon-report-teaching-and-learning-edition<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Weller, M. (2023). 25 Years of Ed Tech Blog. <em>The Ed Techie<\/em>. https:\/\/blog.edtechie.net\/category\/25yearsedtech\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Weller, M. (2020, February). <em>25 Years of Ed Tech<\/em>. AU Press\u2014Digital Publications. https:\/\/read.aupress.ca\/projects\/25-years-of-ed-tech<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image attributed to: Articulate Content Library How does one even begin to speculate what the future of EdTech will look like in 10 years, 5 years, or even next year? In my own 17-year experience working in Education I\u2019m often dizzy with the pace of change occurring in my industry. Martin Weller echoed this in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lrnt523"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0277\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0277\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0277\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0277\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0277\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0277\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":278,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0277\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276\/revisions\/278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0277\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0277\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0277\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}