Lecture 4: Global Trends
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The document summarizes key points from a lecture on global internet trends: 1) The lecture covered the evolution of the internet from its origins as a military network to today's massive global network, trends in internet usage in the UK, and global trends. 2) Some highlights included that most children use the internet for schoolwork and research, while social media allows some to express support for causes, and informal learning through online communities is growing in importance. 3) However, significant divides still exist worldwide in terms of access and skills, with millions of children who could benefit most still not online, and greater efforts are needed to manage risks as children's internet use increases.
![“Schools can be more focused in their teaching and help building
capacities and skills that students can use for their daily life and future
work.” (Thailand, girl, 18)
“They could teach us not only more thing related to ‘the typical job’
(writing and typing), but also designing and programming [and] not
only from the intellectual side, but also social and personal.” (Uruguay,
girl, 14)
“I learnt coding through YouTube. I watched so many videos about
coding and thus I have learned coding.” (Bangladesh, girl, 17)
The school program has got old and doesn’t correspond with the
modern world (including programming languages in schools).”
(Belarus, girl, 16)](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/globaltrendslecture4-191023100302/85/Lecture-4-Global-Trends-57-320.jpg)
Lecture 4: Global Trends
- 1. Lecture 4: Global Tends Dr James Stanfield Tuesday 22nd October 2019
- 2. Plan of Action Part I: UK & Global Trends Part II: The Dark Side
- 3. • Evolution of the Internet • UK Trends • Global Trends Part I: Global Trends
- 4. “The internet is intangible, like spirits and angels. The web is an immense ghost land of disembodied places. Who knows if you are even there, there. Yet everyday we navigate through this ethereal realm for hours on end and return alive. We must have some map in our head”. Kevin Kelly, Founder Wired magazine
- 5. World largest network of computers got its name from the US military arm that funded it: Arpanet – Advanced Research Projects Agency. It was renamed Internet in 1984 when it linked approximately 1000 hosts at university and corporate labs. A Brief History of the InternetHobbes Internet Timeline.
- 8. Barrett Lyon / The Opte Project Visualization of the routing paths of the Internet.
- 9. The Internet Map by Ruslan Enikeev
- 10. How the internet works in 5 minutes The network of networks
- 11. The brain is something very complicated we don’t understand – yet we rely on it. The web is very complicated too and, though we built it, we have no real data about the stability of the emergent systems that have cropped up on it. Tim Burners Lee: We no longer fully understand the web
- 12. Nothing like the Web has ever happened in all of human history. The scale of its impact and the rate of its adoption are unparalleled. This is a great opportunity as well as an obligation.... The Web is the largest human information construct in history. The Web is transforming society. In order to understand what the Web is, engineer its future and ensure its social benefit we need a new interdisciplinary field that we call Web Science.
- 14. The evolution of the internet - Started as a way for universities to share data - Significant disruptive changes to many businesses - New tools enabled people to both consume and produce content - Increasing information shared about users - Emergence of social networks and a more personalised experience - Power structures have changed – small number of powerful companies now control data - Increasing interest in big data and data analytics - Growth of the sharing economy (zooniverse, uber, airBnB, patientslikeme.com) - Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things (cars, smart cities) - From public space of documents towards automated, personalised transactions and highly connected social networks A Manifesto for Web Science @10 by Wendy Hall, Jim Hendler, Steffen Staab
- 18. • Many learners move into a variety of different fields over their lifetime. • Informal learning is a significant aspect of our learning experience. • Learning now occurs in a variety of ways – through communities of practice, personal networks, and through completion of work-related tasks. • Learning is a continual process, lasting for a lifetime. • Technology is altering (rewiring) our brains. The tools we use define and shape our thinking. • Many of the processes previously handled by learning theories (especially in cognitive information processing) can now be off-loaded to, or supported by, technology. • Know-how and know-what is being supplemented with know-where (the understanding of where to find knowledge needed). ‘Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age‘ George Siemens, 2004. Significant trends in learning
- 19. • to provide a rich picture of the different elements of media literacy across the key platforms: the internet, television, games, and mobile phones; • to identify emerging issues and skills gaps • to provide data about children’s internet habits/opinions and parents’ strategies to protect their children online; UK Trends
- 20. The highest YouTube earner of last year made nearly $5 million just by opening Disney toy packages. Demystifying the Huge & Unconventional Unboxing Video Business by Cornelia Cozmiuc
- 33. The Silent Generation: Born 1928-1945 (73-90) Baby Boomers: Born 1946-1964 (54-72) Generation X: Born 1965-1980 (38-53) Millennials: Born 1981-1996 (22-37) Generation Z: Born 1997-Present (0-21)
- 43. Most of the children were using the internet to learn about new things and to help with homework. • checking facts and finding out new information – in particular to help with homework. • using YouTube tutorials to learn new skills, such as learning the piano. Some children were proactively going online to explore new interests. • proactively exploring niche or alternative content online, • giving them access to information and worldviews they might not be able to find out about elsewhere. Some felt they could use social media as a means of expressing solidarity for certain causes. • using social media as a means to express solidarity • feeling empowered by the internet to make a positive change – for example by signing online petitions.
- 54. “If we do not use the computer, if we do not know the computer, then we do not know anything, including... The good things for our lives.” (Timor-Leste, girl, 14) “When I grow up I will use technology to work, have fun, create, get informed, communicate, express, give my point of view.” (Uruguay, girl, 14) “When I grow up I will use technology to widen my knowledge, to create my own technology stuff, and to help other people” (Malaysia, boy, 15) “When I grow up I will use technology to connect with people, search for information, organise myself and get informed about what’s happening in the world.”(Paraguay, girl, 15)
- 55. “We are not allowed to bring our device to school” (Nigeria, boy, 16) “Students must turn off their phones at school, and have them stored by the teachers every morning” (Japan, boy, 16). “Devices are forbidden, if you are caught with a phone, first it is confiscated for the rest of the year and then you lose points in education.” (Burundi, boy, 16) “You can use your phone during recess only if you have a letter from your parents and only if the reason for taking it to school should be valid for school work.” (Fiji, girl, 16) “Students’ own devices are strictly forbidden as the school believes that it provides the necessary equipment for our learning.” (Democratic Republic of Congo, girl, 14)
- 56. “Electronic devices have an important role in helping you do your homework.” (Kiribati, group response) “It allows me to reinforce what I learn at school and to enrich my knowledge.” (Democratic Republic of the Congo, girl, 16) “Technology helps me to do research for my homework and also, if I miss a class, I can contact a friend on Whatsapp to get information or work together.” (Burundi, girl, 18) “Sometimes I spend a lot of time on the telephone/internet. After that I don’t have any time for doing homework”. (Republic of Moldova, boy, 14) “Sometimes I get too distracted, and many times I’ve even forgotten to do my homework because I had spent all day on the cellphone”. (Peru, girl, 16)
- 57. “Schools can be more focused in their teaching and help building capacities and skills that students can use for their daily life and future work.” (Thailand, girl, 18) “They could teach us not only more thing related to ‘the typical job’ (writing and typing), but also designing and programming [and] not only from the intellectual side, but also social and personal.” (Uruguay, girl, 14) “I learnt coding through YouTube. I watched so many videos about coding and thus I have learned coding.” (Bangladesh, girl, 17) The school program has got old and doesn’t correspond with the modern world (including programming languages in schools).” (Belarus, girl, 16)
- 58. “School should help me know the bad and good effects of technology, the impacts.” (Fiji, girl, 12) “Schools should guide the students in terms of positive and negative impacts of digital technology.” (Bhutan, girl, 18) “Teachers should teach classes that help us use digital technology appropriately.” (Japan, girl, 17) “School educators should make time for children to better understand and therefore make better use of technology, to know the advantages and the disadvantages.” (Democratic Republic of the Congo, boy, 16)
- 59. Digital technology has already changed the world – and as more and more children go online around the world, it is increasingly changing childhood. • Youth (ages 15–24) are the most connected age group. • Worldwide, 71 per cent are online compared with 48 per cent of the total population. • Children and adolescents under 18 account for an estimated one in three internet users around the world. • A growing body of evidence indicates that children are accessing the internet at increasingly younger ages. In some countries, children under 15 are as likely to use the internet as adults over 25. • Smartphones are fuelling a ‘bedroom culture’, with online access for many children becoming more personal, more private and less supervised.
- 60. Connectivity can be a game changer for some of the world’s most marginalized children, helping them fulfil their potential and break intergenerational cycles of poverty. • Digital technologies are bringing opportunities for learning and education to children, especially in remote regions and during humanitarian crises. • Digital technologies also allow children to access information on issues that affect their communities and can give them a role in helping to solve them. • Digital technologies can deliver economic opportunity by providing young people with training opportunities and job- matching services, and by creating new kinds of work. • To accelerate learning, information and communication technology (ICT) in education needs to be backed by training for teachers and strong pedagogy.
- 61. But digital access is becoming the new dividing line, as millions of the children who could most benefit from digital technology are missing out. • About 29 per cent of youth worldwide – around 346 million individuals – are not online. • African youth are the least connected. Around 60 per cent are not online, compared with just 4 per cent in Europe. • Digital divides go beyond the question of access. Children who rely on mobile phones rather than computers may get only a second-best online experience, and those who lack digital skills or speak minority languages often can’t find relevant content online. • Digital divides also mirror prevailing economic gaps, amplifying the advantages of children from wealthier backgrounds and failing to deliver opportunities to the poorest and most disadvantaged children. • There is a digital gender gap as well. Globally, 12 per cent more men than women used the internet in 2017. In India, less than one third of internet users are female.
- 64. The more children use the internet the more digital skills they gain and the higher they climb the so-called ladder of opportunities Children’s digital skills are positively linked to online risks. Indeed, the more digital skills they gain, the more opportunities they tend to enjoy and the more risks and potentially harm they are likely to encounter. Therefore as children’s use of the internet increases, greater efforts are required to manage those risks, ideally without restricting children’s opportunities
- 65. Interviewer: “Do you ask your teachers for help?” Respondent: “They ask me. They always ask us.” (14-17 year-olds, Eastern Cape, South Africa) Interviewer: “So what are some of the bad things that can happen to you if you’re using your phone?” Respondent: “You can get into contact with someone that you don’t even know and then they ask you questions and then you answer them and then they come and kill you.” (9 to 11 year-olds, Eastern Cape, South Africa)
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