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The dawning era of peer-to-peer education

20 September 2018
5.00pm – 6.30pm AEST
TYREE ROOM, JOHN NILAND SCIENTIA BUILDING
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A Scientia Education Academy public lecture

Technology-enabled peer-to-peer sharing of goods and services has created significant disruption in the business world, and there are already hints about how it might affect education.  

However there is also a myriad of questions: What technology is needed? What kinds of new learning interactions could be enabled? How would it work with existing learning and teaching practices? What kinds of effects might it have on the education status quo? 

This lecture begins with a case study of remote mentoring applied to a second-year electrical engineering course, and reflects on nearer-term insights into how students can be assisted in a context where much of their formative self-directed learning occurs. It then progresses to a wider exploration of the learning modes that might be unleashed by peer-to-peer education, an area that is overflowing with opportunities for innovation.

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