I have to say that I do enjoy Steve Wheeler’s presentations and the one I saw, albeit via a scratchy videolink, the other day was one of the more intriguing. Some of you may know Steve as @timbuckteeth on twitter, if you don’t already follow him, then I strongly suggest you do.

Why do I like his presentations? Well first of all, he has a string visual style in his PowerPoints slides and also a sense of humour that appeals to me. A visual style and a sense of humour both go a long way to creating a good presentation and they are certainly elements I wish I had in my own presentations. Another reason, I like his presentations is that he makes you think and generally takes you deeper into the subject of his presentation; that is to say deeper than you might otherwise have gone! A third reason I like his presentations is that he shares them via slideshare.net. All credit to him for sharing and not keeping his work hidden away like so many other (mind you those others may well be embarrassed by their presntations)

Okay, so what is it about Steve’s latest presentation that makes me want to include it on my own blog? Well, first of all, it is about web 3.0, which I’ve also known as the semantic web. But Steve goes beyond just web 3.0 and gives us an insight into what he feels could be coming on the horizon. All of which has potential for the future of education and learning. It is sadly ironic that this presentation should be shown at a time when schools in the UK seem to be going backwards somewhat, owing to the current government’s education ‘policy’. Nevertheless, it is refreshing to see that some of us still have a forward looking frame of mind. I know Steve is in the HE sector and perhaps doesn’t feel the effects in quite the same way that we are in schools. Moreover, as you can see from his presentations, he raises some questions whether ICT or tech in schools will remain the same as it has done up to now; so perhaps this is a time to shift the direction of educational technology?

I’ll try to embed Steve’s presentation at the end of this post so you can all view it and see what you think. I have to say that a year or two ago, I tried to interest a creator of VLE’s to take an interest in web 3.0 and they all but laughed at me. I hope they’re watching now and perhaps they’ll think differently.

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Tags: Education, powerpoint, Semantic Web, Steve Wheeler, Technology, Virtual learning environment, VLE, Web 3.0

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