Media and

Information
Literacy
Quarter 2 – Module 2.1:
Current and Future Trends in
Media and Information
Media and Information Literacy
Alternative Delivery Mode
Quarter 2 – Module 2: Current and Future Trends in Media and Information
First Edition, 2020

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Media and
Information
Literacy
Quarter 2 – Module 2.1:
Current and Future Trends in
Media and Information
Introductory Message
For the facilitator:

Welcome to the Media and Information Literacy – Grade 12 Alternative Delivery

Mode (ADM) Module on Current and Future Trends in Media and Information!

This module was collaboratively designed, developed and reviewed by educators

both from public and private institutions to assist you, the teacher or facilitator in
helping the learners meet the standards set by the K to 12 Curriculum while
overcoming their personal, social, and economic constraints in schooling.

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For the learner:

Welcome to the Media and Information Literacy – Grade 12 Alternative Delivery

Mode (ADM) Module on Current and Future Trends in Media and Information!

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 What I Need to Know

MOST ESSENTIAL LEARNING COMPETENCY

Describe the impact of massive open on-line course

OBJECTIVES

After going through this module, you are expected to:

1. Evaluate current trends in media and information and how it will

affect/how they affect individuals and society as a whole
2. Describe Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)
3. Predict future media innovation
4. Synthesize overall knowledge about media and information with
skills for producing a prototype of what you think is a future media
innovation.

What I Know

Multiple Choice: Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. Which of the following is NOT an example of modern wearable

technology?
a. Smart Watches c. Smartphones
b. Fitness Trackers d. Headsets

2. Technology that takes advantage of the user’s sense of touch using

computer applications
a. Contextual awareness c. VR Technology
b. Haptics d. Wearable Technology

3. It refers to the model for delivering content online to any person who
wants to take a course with no limit to attendance.

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 a. Education Model
b. Model of Online Learning
c. Massive Open Online Course
d. Electronic Learning Model

4. Refers to a type of learning that happens anytime, anywhere and with

anyone.
a. Global Learning c. Ubiquitous Learning
b. Online Learning d. Virtual Learning

5. A technology that provides a big picture of learning outcomes through

available data such as test results.
a. Analytics c. Online exams
b. Learning trackers d. All of the above

Lesso Current and Future

Trends in Media and
n 1 Information
Every time we browse the internet for leisure, we would most likely look into one
common item: trend. For sure, getting updated is the first thing we will care to
do as global citizens of the world wide web, because in this age where
information can be accessed in just a tap of a finger, we will never want to be left
behind.

What is trending right now as I write these words may not be the trend anymore
tomorrow. And so, more than just settling on what is “in” today, we always try to
look beyond and imagine what the future will hold. We better get back to
learning; the future may be just a click away.

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 What’s In

If you have access to YouTube currently, visit the link below and watch the video
“Watch your Day in 2020”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJUQENC-SVQ

Here are the answer guide questions:

1. According to the video, what information will you be able to see in the
bathroom mirror?
2. What will be the features of the appliances in the kitchen and bedroom?
3. Do you think these features can make the world better, as the video
states?
4. This video was uploaded five years ago. Do you think that these
predictions about technology back in 2015 were realized today?

If you do not have access to internet, look at this picture created in the 1900s
and answer the questions on its left.

1. What “futuristic drawing” can

you see in the picture?
2. This picture was drawn in 1905,
two years after Wilbur and Orville
Wright invented the first
successful airplane. Based on
your knowledge in science, do
you think that this airplane
model would materialize? Why or
why not?
3. What do you think is the next
major innovation in
transportation technology?

"Harry Grant Dart: Aerostatic cabriolet of tomorrow, ca.

1905" by trialsanderrors is licensed under CC BY 2.0

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 What’s New

The 10 New Paradigms of Communication in the Digital

Age

We began our discussion of MIL with a look into the models of communication. I
hope you can still recall the concepts they represented. However, these are
traditional models that were conceptualized in the 20 th century. Now that we are
in the Digital Age (which some experts consider as the Connected Age as you will
learn later), our outlook on communication changes too. Orihuela (2017)
proposes 10 new paradigms or concepts that characterize communication now:

PARADIGM 1: FROM AUDIENCE TO USER

The communication process in the actual scenario is user centered:

users have the control to choose, to decide, to search, to define and
configure, to subscribe or unsubscribe, to comment and, most
important: to write, talk and film.

PARADIGM 2. FROM MEDIA TO CONTENT

The media convergence has reset media identity. Media brand image
becomes one of the most valuable activities of media companies: a
source of credibility and prestige for digital content.

PARADIGM 3. FROM MONOMEDIA TO MULTIMEDIA

The multimedia identity of the actual environment allows all media

industries to converge online and traditional media (press, broadcast,
movies). Online media are multimedia, and multimedia is a new
language.

PARADIGM 4. FROM PERIODICITY TO REAL-TIME

Sharing news and opinions with the ability to interact in real-time are
the seed of cybercommunities. However, opportunities for reflection

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diminishes when information comes and goes as quick as time, but
today’s fast-paced information promotes dynamism and new
conversational styles.

PARADIGM 5. FROM SCARCITY TO ABUNDANCE

Space for the print media and time for broadcast media ceased to be
the limit to content and now the time of the user is the new scarce
resource. The overflow of information calls for new skills and tools to
manage data, news, and opinions.

PARADIGM 6. FROM EDITOR-MEDIATED TO NON-MEDIATED

Worldwide publishing without editors, but with a close peer review daily
process and in most cases open to comments from readers is the
nature of social web publishing. Hence, the agenda of relevant current
affairs goes beyond the established media land and now is share with a
wide variety of new sources, most of them not media.

PARADIGM 7. FROM DISTRIBUTION TO ACCESS

The access paradigm is complementary with the user center paradigm

and both explain the strong interactive nature of the new environment.
Access means to seek, search, navigate, surf, decide, an active
attitude, a will to connect and communicate, the contrary of the
passive reception of media content.

PARADIGM 8. FROM ONE WAY TO INTERACTIVITY

This has three levels:

First level: the possibility for the user to choose the format of
information display (browser and navigation interface
configuration).

Second level: the possibility for the user to produce input for a
system. This contribution could be co-authoring, writing
comments, answering pools and tests, posting news, and so on.

Third level: the possibility for the user to communicate with other
users of the system in real or delay time.

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 PARADIGM 9. FROM LINEAR TO HYPERTEXT

Hypertext becomes the grammar of the digital world. The pathways of

the info-spaces are built on links. Creating and activating links online
could be the new name of alphabetization. Reading and writing by
linking, this is, exploring and creating hypertextual environments daily
is the most strategic skill digital natives are achieving.

PARADIGM 10. FROM DATA TO KNOWLEDGE

The extraordinary amount of data these days bring back the role of
media as social managers of knowledge. Today, the strategic mission
of media is the information about the information: information
intelligence, interpretation, filtering and searching combined with the
challenge of new interactive multimedia narratives and delivered by a
wide range of channels.

Keep in mind these ten paradigms as we go over this lesson as well as the
succeeding ones.

What is It

Trends in Digital Technology

Many of the technological advances we are seeing today will shape our daily
lives in the future – the way we relax, interact, communicate and conduct
business. From virtual worlds, avatar emotions, artificial intelligence, computer
generated storytelling and narrative, interactive 360 holographic images, mixed
reality, stress disorder virtual therapies and so much more. ICT will continue to
advance, empower and transform every aspect of our life. Here are some of
these emerging technologies and trends.

Haptics technology
Is a feedback technology (using computer applications) that takes advantage of
the user’s sense of touch by applying force, vibrations and/or motions to the

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User. Simple haptics is used in
game controllers, joysticks and
steering wheels and is becoming
more common in
Smartphones. Haptics is gaining
widespread acceptance as a key
part of virtual reality systems (i.e.
computer simulated
environments)
- adding the sense of touch to
previously visual only solutions. It "Haptic and luminous screen 2" by jeanbaptisteparis is licensed under
CC BY-SA 2.0 is also used in virtual arts, such as

sound synthesis, graphic design and animation. There are many possibilities for
Haptics to be applied to gaming, movies, manufacturing, medical, and other
industries. Imagine your doctor operating on your local hospital from his
computer in Australia.

Contextual awareness
By combining ‘hard sensor’ information such as where you are and the conditions
around you, combined with ‘soft sensors’ such as your calendar, your social
network and past preferences - future devices will constantly learn about who
you are and how you live, work and play. As your devices learn about your life,
they can begin to anticipate your needs. Imagine your PC advising you to leave
home 15 minutes early or take a different route to avoid a traffic jam on your
way to work. Consider a “context aware” remote control that instantly
determines who is holding it and automatically selects the Smart TV preferences
for that person.

Voice and tone recognition

Not only can voice and tone recognition be used to confirm a person’s identity
but tone recognition can be used to detect a person’s health or emotional state.
This technology will open new opportunities in security and healthcare – with
mobile applications.

Intelligent routing to devices

This future technology will be useful to, for example, local councils. While on the
move, staff will be able to provide the precise description and location of a
streetbased issue using Smartphones and mobile devices that can take photos
and have GPS (global positioning system) support. Intelligent routing will then
alert the responsible team to action.

Eye tracking technology

Eye tracking technology measures eye positions and movements which are
analyzed through computer applications. Future laptops, smartphones and

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tablets could contain thousands of tiny
imaging sensors built into the display
screen. Eye tracking technology could
have many possible applications,
including:
• Law enforcement – lie detection
• Airport security – identifying
suspicious behavior, e.g. to catch
"Google Glass" by jurvetson is licensed under CC BY 2.0
terrorists before they strike
• Retail – recording, monitoring and analyzing consumer behavior to ‘tailor’
marketing to individuals
• Safety - alerting and awakening a drowsy or distracted driver would save
many lives
• Health care – assisting people with disabilities or paralysis to communicate
(laptop) and improve mobility (electric wheelchair)
• Human-computer interaction – using screen icons and a blink here or a
gaze there. Say goodbye to the mouse and keyboard.

Internet glasses
Technology that can display images directly onto our retinas while not blocking
our sight is being developed. This technology can be used in eyeglasses and
have uses ranging from e-Gaming to military defense. In the next 10-20 years
experts predict that Internet glasses will replace Smartphones. Imagine these
viewing experiences:
• Seeing building schematics and locations of others (especially useful for
security or fire fighters)
• Giving a speech while information is streamed to your eyeglasses in real
time
• Receiving turn by turn directions as you walk toward your destination
• Viewing virtual recipes while cooking without losing your rhythm
• Walking down the street, seeing one of your friends show up "on screen" 2
blocks and 1 cafe away

Wearable Technology

Wearable technologies today are smart watches. These watches are worn as a
typical wristwatch but do more than just tell time. Modern smart watches
perform the same functions as smartphones.

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Smart watches as a wearable are developed for convenience, but its inability to
function as an independent
gadget puts it at a distinct
disadvantage.

Another example is a Fitness

tracker. It is derived from smart
watches in form and physical
design but serves
health applications. Fitness
trackers aim to promote health
and wellness among its
enthusiasts, unfortunately,
issues in their accuracy have
been raised in several reviews.

Virtual Reality (VR) wearable technology is gradually growing in popularity

among enthusiasts.
Wearable technology takes users to computer generated worlds and let them
experience it as if they were "Wearable Technology" by ForbesOste is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
actually there.
However, concerns were raised about VR technology’s potential to cause a
total disconnection from the physical world.

What’s More

The Massive Open Online Course and its implications

The media and information are in a constant change, and its development is a
continuous process. This development is highly dependent on how connected
entities are. In fact, while some books would refer to this age as the Age of
Information, others would fittingly call this time as the “Connected Age.”
Oblinger (2013) provides explanation to the current ways of the world:

The change started with the network. Moving digital information instantly from
one place to another has reshaped delivery systems, business models, and
economics and has led to the globalization of almost every industry.
However, this "network effect" is about more than the dissemination of

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information. It is about
connections. We are no
longer in the information
age—we are in the
connected age. Everyone
and everything is
interconnected. Anyone
who can access the web can
participate. The connections "Perception, Action and the Brain" by brewbooks is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
magnify the reach and value of not just information but also our relationships,
creating opportunities for learning, working, and collaborating on an
unprecedented scale.

Keep in mind the concept of the spider’s web. A web cannot hang on its own with
just a single strand. For it to spread out, each of its strand must be
interconnected, and a spider’s power to capture its prey depends on how wide its
web spreads and how many connections it has.

With that said the next matter to be considered is on how we as citizens of this
age keep ourselves connected to the worldwide network. It cannot be argued
that getting updated as often as possible is the key to our connectedness.
Hence, the educating aspect of the connected age becomes a prime concern,
and with this, MOOC comes in the frontline.

The Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) is defined as a model for

delivering learning content online to any person who wants to take a course, with
no limit on attendance. It can be characterized by the following:

1. A revolutionary approach to education that moves away from the

physical to the virtual

2. A kind of learning that happens online, breaking the norm of traditional

schools or universities for higher education.

3. Utilizes information technologies like analytics to help instructors

gauge their student’s learning.

4. Emphasis on connectedness.

The Implications

1. By taking learning into virtual space, attendance is no longer a

determining factor in one’s education. This makes MOOC learning a
popular alternative for those whose life situations make them unable to
attend regular schools
2. Managing MOOC is relatively cheaper than running educational
institutions. By taking out the experiences of Universities – which are

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 passed down to students in exorbitant fees- MOOC addresses the high
cost of education.

3. Analytic provides information about the learning process of students.

Through the use of data collected through analytics, MOOC provides a
means to improve learning.

4. Since it focuses on connectedness as part of the learning process, MOOC

allows education to take place on a global scale, connecting learners and
instructors all over the world to one another to maximize education.

References

Commission on Higher Education (2016). Teaching Guide for Media and

Information
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GetMania tech (2015, January 19). Watch your day in 2020 [ Future Technology ]
[HD] [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJUQENC-SVQ

Gonzales, E.D. (2016). Media and Information Literacy. JFS Publishing Services:
Pasay City.

Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) (2020). Educause Retrieved on 30 October

2020 from https://library.educause.edu/topics/teaching-and-learning/
massive-open-online-coursemooc#:~:text=What%20Is%20a%20MOOC
%3F, with%20no%20limit% 20on%20attendance.

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Oblinger, DG. (2013). “Higher Education in the Connected Age.” EDUCAUSE
Review. Retrieved from https://er.educause.edu/articles/2013/4/higher-
educationin-the-connected-age.

Orihuela, J.L. (2017). “The 10 new paradigms of communication in the digital

age.” Retrieved on 2 November 2020 from https://medium.com/@jlori/the-
10-newparadigms-of-communication-in-the-digital-age-7b7cc9cb4bfb.

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