Online presentation to a Balkan seminar on Lifelong Learning in the digital age on Sunday October 4, 2020 by Professor Omar Hasan Kasule Sr MB ChB (MUK), MPH (Harvard), DrPH (Harvard).
1.0 WHAT HAS CHANGED IN SOUND COMMUNICATION?
- Original sound transmission: cortex
mouth and related structures
sound waves through the air
outer and inner ear
cortex.
- New sound transmission: cortex
mouth and related structures
sound waves through the air
electromagnetic waves by internet
sound waves through the air
outer and inner ear
cortex.
2.0 WHAT HAS CHANGED IN LIGHT COMMUNICATION?
- Original light transmission: electromagnetic waves through the air
eye
cortex.
- New light transmission: electromagnetic waves through the air
electromagnetic waves through the internet
electromagnetic waves through the air
eye
cortex.
3.0 FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS
- 3-dimensional holograms
- Self-directed teaching / learning
4.0 CHANGE OF THE MEANING OF TEACHING
- Artificial Intelligence as a teacher
- Change of the meaning of teaching: a lot of information is already available
- Focus is on causal relations among phenomena and not the phenomena themselves
5.0 SITE OF LEARNING
- Change home architecture to accommodate several classrooms: father, mother, children
- Learning centers to provide socialization although learning is online
6.0 RESEARCH
- Access to too many resources on the internet
difficult to select
- Too many ideas and theories available and can cause confusion
- Networking with many researchers
- False/misleading/fake information
7.0 THE CHALLENGE
- Research on how to teach Qur’an and sunnat to the young using online systems
- Research on the online mosque teaching and preaching
- Research on teaching fiqh for daily living