Digital Media and the Future of Schooling

Erica and Richard Halverson, Digital Media and the Future of Schooling: A Look at the 2050 Classroom, part of the Academy Evenings lecture series Wisconsin 2050: Pioneering the Future

Digital media, such as video games, social networking, and virtual performance spaces, is transforming how we teach and learn, both in and out of the classroom, reframing learning in terms of production of new ideas, rather than the consumption of existing ideas. UW-Madison Professors of Education Erica and Richard Halvorson discuss how evolving digital media environments will result in powerfully different learning environments, blurring the boundaries between classroom and the world beyond.

The Wisconsin 2050: Pioneering the Future series is sponsored by the Pleasant T. Rowland Foundation, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, University of Wisconsin-Madison, M&I Bank, the Evjue Foundation, and Isthmus Publishing Company.