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Education Today and Tomorrow: Maintaining the Personal Touch in a High-Tech Learning Environment

Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

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Student

Learner

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STUDENT

LEARNER

Autonomous

Competent

Connected

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STUDENT

LEARNER

This requires human relationships

Through technology

Not in spite of it

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Use technology to COMMUNICATE

  • Multi-way and multi-channel
  • More than just text
  • More than just information

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Use technology to CONNECT

  • Human to human
  • Idea to idea
  • Human to idea

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Use technology to CREATE

  • Upgrading assessment
  • Involving the learner
  • Making learners future proof

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Use technology to COMMUNICATE

to CONNECT

to CREATE

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To turn students into learners and learners into great students

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For a more fully human education

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  • Human connection and relationships are how learning happens in every case.
  • Technology is not our enemy! Tech can be a tool, not an obstacle for building relationships.
  • Technology can be used to communicate, connect, and create.

Takeaways

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THANK YOU ♡

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Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

Department of Mathematics

Presidential Fellow for the Advancement of Learning

Grand Valley State University

talbertr@gvsu.edu | rtalbert.org

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