This paper is about eEducation more generally than eLearning in compulsory sector classroom settings. This paper has theoretical, historical and empirical aspects.

Technology use and development is arguably an aspect of human nature. Experimentation, problem solving, innovation and blue skies thinking have seen the tools we use become more and more sophisticated and yet we still use tools invented long ago (The printing press, the pencil, the paper clip). Some technologies have come and gone like vhs video tape, and others have come, gone and then return in some way, e.g. the typewriter.

Teaching and learning is also an aspect of being human. In this paper we explore the intersection between technolgy use and human beings in educational endeavours. We look to learn what past developments can teach us, we examine more closely contemporary and digital technology use in education outside school classrooms and conclude with an exploration of trends in order to make our own predictions of what the future of teaching and learning might look like for teachers and students.

We will develop knowledge and confidence with vocabulary in this area, an understanding of human drivers, reactions, and applications of technological, particularly digital, innovation and the intersection of education and technological developments. We will explore the continuity of teacher and student experience in the use of technologies for teaching and learning and trends in technolgy and pedagogy to fuel our imaginations for future possibilities.

This paper is taught entirely online between Monday, 10 July and Friday, 6 October. All class interaction takes place in Moodle, the Learning Management System used at the University of Waikato. Most of the activity is asynchronous.

There are four modules of work, each lasting three weeks.

This paper has a credit value of 20 points. The expected workload in a 300-level paper is a minimum of 200 hours. For some students it will be less than this and for others who are new to online learning extra time may be needed. Generally, your class time will be spent:

• Reading through the online material.
• Reading related information and literature.
• Preparing your responses to questions and activities in the four modules.
• Participating regularly to the discussion topics.
• Thinking, reflecting, questioning….
• Maintaining contact with teaching staff and the class.
• Seeking and sharing found resources with others in the class.
• Improving your own information communication technology (ICT) skills and information literacy.