Making Learning a Part of Life in the Digital Age

With the advent of digital technology, many of our old methods of learning and working are being replaced. This occurs both outside and within the classroom. It is evident that a new way of learning is needed to be developed. But how will this be done? It’s not just about creating digital infrastructure to support learning but will also require addressing the fundamental questions of what education and learning will be for in the coming years.

This article outlines how to integrate learning into daily life in the modern world, drawing upon contributions from teachers and researchers around the globe. This article is aimed at learners (including students and parents), educators who develop curriculum, researchers and experts in the field of learning sciences.

There are a myriad of opinions about what learning in the digital age should look like, there’s an overall consensus that we need to support the co-evolution of learning and the latest technologies for communication. This means exploring the possibilities to develop radical new ideas about learning, as well as establishing methods that can be supported by the latest technologies in communication.

One of the biggest challenges is that the most current applications of information technology for learning remain a form of “gift wrapping” (Fischer, 1998). These technologies are added to existing frameworks, including instructionism and fixed curriculum. They also function as a complement to uncontextualized, also known as decontextualized learning. Many comparative studies utilize the face-to-face setting as a base. This limits the study to tasks and functions that are only accessible digitally.

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