Teacher is Avatar

Leerkracht als nieuwe Avatar (Teacher being the new avatar), is the subtitle of the new research lab ‘crossmedia didactics’ at Iselinge Hogeschool / IJsselgroep in Doetinchem, the Netherlands, led by Joost Cohensius. The goal is to bridge academic learning wisdom with crossmedia trends from the publishing/social domain. Teachers in primary schools slowly growing into new roles as the ‘industrial’ way of learning no longer fulfills children needs and society demands. The teacher is becoming partly virtual (avatar) and partly ‘conductor’ of learning material and goals. Today was the launch of ISE2020 and the presentation of the complete 2010-2012 research and development plan. The setting was state of the art; The ISE2020 Film was shown with real 4D ambilight!