A recent editorial from the Wisconsin State Journal’s editorial board makes note of some thoughts from UW-Madison’s Richard Halverson.
Halverson is the School of Education’s associate dean for innovation, outreach, and partnerships, and a professor with the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. He leads the School’s office of Professional Learning and Community Education (PLACE).
The editorial focuses on shifts in education from in-person to online as COVID-19 forces schools across the nation to close their doors. While this is an uncomfortable and difficult situation for many, others are looking at this as an opportunity to better understand technology.
“In my world,” said Halverson, “there’s a lot of sadness and apprehension. But I’m looking at an emergence of an entirely new form of literacy for teachers and learners — technology-enabled learning literacy, which is kind of remarkable. It might be the next revolution in how we think about education.”
Halverson, who wrote the 2018 book “Rethinking Education in the Age of Technology,” with Allan Collins, told the State Journal that he’s been wondering for years when technology would be integrated into day-to-day learning “and it looks like right now – the spring of 2020.”
Read the editorial here.