Monday, July 14, 2008

The student YouTube generation

The students of Michael Wesch, an Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Kansas State University have made: A Vision of Students Today, a video which summarizes how students learn in the modern world.

There's no doubt in my mind that TV as a media and the Internet as a delivery mechanism will become far more intertwined in the future. How we make sense of this and use it most effectively will surely be the next challenge!

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Nice piece and video Hayden. I think students in general are a bit lost with the education they think they will have and then get. And I wonder if it will reach critical mass in 20 years that the students want to over through the lecture / class room for a lot of learning as it is more available outside?
The advantages of the social group in the class or school are mostly only taken advantage of by the students with each other or online after hours so what do they get in school for all that debt? It just becomes a framework for focus and not always learning.