Knowledge Belongs to Everyone: David Ernst at TEDxKyoto 2012
Channel: TEDx Talks
Date: 2012-10-18

David Ernst plugs education into the future as he seeks bring open-licensed textbooks into the classroom.

David Ernst
Education innovator
Books. Paper. Pencils. A room, a teacher and students. These have long been the tools with which we've cultivated young minds and shared great thoughts. Now imagine a room full of young learners taking part in a lesson utilizing real-time video sharing that links them with a classroom across the world. Or a high school program where the textbooks are online, not only enabling us to conserve valuable natural resources, but also freeing students from carrying heavy tomes between home and school. These educational possibilities—and so many more—are part of a growing movement to add another tremendous tool our list of teaching resources: technology. Dr. David Ernst is one of a select group of visionaries who understands that education is our species' greatest hope and finest inspiration. Using the vast and powerful array of technology available to us today, Dr. Ernst strives to fuse learning at all levels with tools such as mobile technologies, openly-licensed textbooks and video sharing. As Chief Information Officer in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota, Dr. Ernst is uniquely positioned to combine the vast array of tools at our disposal to bring change both to education, and to the world beyond.

http://www.tedxkyoto.com/en/events-2/tedxkyoto/

デイビッド アーンスト
教育イノベーター
教科書、プリント、鉛筆、そして向かい合う先生と生徒。こうした教室での学習風景を通じ、これまで子どもたちは多くの知識を身につけてきました。しかし、ビデオ会議システムを活用すれば、世界中の教室がリアルタイムでつながっているというあたらしい授業風景が生まれます。また、教科書が全てオンライン上にある高校なら、資源の節約につながるだけでなく、生徒たちが重い教科書を持って家と学校を往復する必要もなくなるでしょう。これらの新たな可能性は、教育現場の大きな変化の一つで、従来の教科書、プリント、鉛筆などの「道具」に加え、新たに「技術」の導入が試みられているのです。こういったあたらしい教育こそが人類にとって最大の希望であり、現代社会が直面する問題解決の糸口を劇的に見つけることができるかもしれない......。ミシガン大学の教育・人間開発学部の情報主任、デイビット・アーンストさんは、それを理解している、世界でも希有な存在。教育、そして世界を変えるために、モバイル技術や、オープンソース化された教材や動画共有システムなどの現代技術を駆使し、より多くの子どもたちの学習意欲を引き出そうと努力し続けています。

http://www.tedxkyoto.com/ja/events-2/tedxkyoto/

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