AADES Leadership Forum Authentic Innovation: Beyond the Next Best Toy Bill Wade, CDU [email_address] Darwin, NT Aug 27-29, 2008

A Heartfelt Thank You … Photo courtesy Leslie Leong

Welcome to AADES 2008 Forum Photo courtesy Leslie Leong

A DE Story … 1976 print 1979 print, audio SP 2000 print, audio video, web SP, TP, CP Overseas Delivery

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Authentic Innovation in DE What is it? It’s not just pie in the sky ideas It’s not just fantastic statistics It’s not just a great R.O.I It’s not just the next best toy Photo courtesy http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattjb

What is it?

It’s not just pie in the sky ideas

It’s not just fantastic statistics

It’s not just a great R.O.I

It’s not just the next best toy

DE and Innovation Defined “ I’ll know when I see it.” Shale, D. (1988). Toward a reconceptualization of distance education. American Journal of Distance Education. 2 (3), 25-35. Engaged and successful students Excited, passionate and energetic teachers Positive, supportive administrators

“ I’ll know when I see it.”

Shale, D. (1988). Toward a reconceptualization of distance education. American Journal of Distance Education. 2 (3), 25-35.

Engaged and successful students

Excited, passionate and energetic teachers

Positive, supportive administrators

DE and Innovation Defined 1 : the introduction of something new 2 : a new idea, method, or device Photo courtesy http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Rocket000 Source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/innovation viewed Aug 2008

1 : the introduction of something new

2 : a new idea, method, or device

Innovation and New Technologies Every week I’m learning something new and more frequently I have to sheepishly admit, “nope, haven’t really used that one yet, New applications emerge almost daily … Take a look at this http://go2web20.net

Every week I’m learning something new and more frequently I have to sheepishly admit, “nope, haven’t really used that one yet,

New applications emerge almost daily … Take a look at this http://go2web20.net

Innovation and Technology Link Connection between educational technologies and “perceived” innovation. Promises, promises, promises Images of technology slideshow

Connection between educational technologies and “perceived” innovation.

Promises, promises, promises

Images of technology slideshow

Critical Frameworks Anthony (Tony) Bates (1995) ACTIONS Model A ccess C osts T eaching functions I nteraction and user-friendliness O rganizational issues N ovelty S peed of course development/adaptation A C T I O N S

Anthony (Tony) Bates (1995)

ACTIONS Model

A ccess

C osts

T eaching functions

I nteraction and user-friendliness

O rganizational issues

N ovelty

S peed of course development/adaptation

Models of Inquiry R. Garrison, T. Anderson, W. Archer and L. Rourke et al., (2007) You’ll know DE and you’ll know authentic innovation when you see it … Pat Fahy Transcript Analysis Tools (TAT) Source http://edutechwiki.unige.ch/en/Community_of_inquiry_model viewed Aug 2008

R. Garrison, T. Anderson, W. Archer and L. Rourke et al., (2007)

You’ll know DE and you’ll know authentic innovation when you see it …

Pat Fahy Transcript Analysis Tools (TAT)

Ongoing anecdotes and qualitative evidence of social networking at CDU and collaborations with other TAFES and Unis. Innovations from My Trench

Ongoing anecdotes and qualitative evidence of social networking at CDU and collaborations with other TAFES and Unis.

Innovative Distance Workshops … Deliver workshops at a distance via dynamic blogging http://asprsocialnetworking.blogspot.com/ More dynamic presentations, publish postings when ready and use browser refresh. Audio streamed and recorded through Eliminate.

Deliver workshops at a distance via dynamic blogging http://asprsocialnetworking.blogspot.com/

More dynamic presentations, publish postings when ready and use browser refresh.

Audio streamed and recorded through Eliminate.

Innovative Evidence for VET Certificate III in Multimedia Overcoming logistical barriers How to supervise an apprenticeship when you have to teach on the same day Meet Jake … Switched onto blogging! http://apprenticejakec.blogspot.com/

Certificate III in Multimedia

Overcoming logistical barriers

How to supervise an apprenticeship when you have to teach on the same day

Meet Jake … Switched onto blogging!

http://apprenticejakec.blogspot.com/

Blogs for Classroom Delivery http://dsgn133bwade.blogspot.com/ Sample Metaphors podcast … Running virtual classes concurrently with a blog to stream video and audio

http://dsgn133bwade.blogspot.com/

Sample Metaphors podcast …

Running virtual classes concurrently with a blog to stream video and audio

Group Networks on Delicious Student share URLs and links to valuable resources http://del.icio.us/2D3DCDU Minipresentations and Video tutorials

Student share URLs and links to valuable resources http://del.icio.us/2D3DCDU

Minipresentations and Video tutorials

Blogger and E-Portfolios Facilitate both “developmental” and a “reflective” practice amongst advanced graphic design students. http://dsgn133marisa.blogspot.com/ Developmental & Reflective

Facilitate both “developmental” and a “reflective” practice amongst advanced graphic design students. http://dsgn133marisa.blogspot.com/

Developmental & Reflective

Leveraging Flickr, CC & Sets Teaches ways for graphic designers to upload and share their proposed responses to a design brief http://www.flickr.com/photos/68693739@N00/sets/72157602695461364/ Working with clients at a distance … Multiple freelance designers all working from different locations

Teaches ways for graphic designers to upload and share their proposed responses to a design brief http://www.flickr.com/photos/68693739@N00/sets/72157602695461364/ Working with clients at a distance …

Multiple freelance designers all working from different locations

Flickr Badges to Showcase Work Student work and samples on a “representational” style E-Portfolio … http://dsgn133michael.blogspot.com/ Representational

Student work and samples on a “representational” style E-Portfolio … http://dsgn133michael.blogspot.com/

Representational

Collaborative Video Editing Garma 2008 Multimedia Program Keeping connected with school students from remote communities Student self generated edits and productions

Garma 2008 Multimedia Program

Keeping connected with school students from remote communities

Student self generated edits and productions

Innovative Environments Those that promote and those that don’t … Remember Peter Senge (1994) learning organizations are: … organizations where people continually expand their capacity to create the results they truly desire, where new and expansive patterns of thinking are nurtured, where collective aspiration is set free, and where people are continually learning to see the whole together. Senge, P. et. al. (1994) The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook: Strategies and Tools for Building a Learning Organization

Those that promote and those that don’t …

Remember Peter Senge (1994)

learning organizations are:

… organizations where people continually expand their capacity to create the results they truly desire, where new and expansive patterns of thinking are nurtured, where collective aspiration is set free, and where people are continually learning to see the whole together.

Senge, P. et. al. (1994) The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook: Strategies and Tools for Building a Learning Organization

Innovative Environments The “innovation challenge” The tension between being challenged to be innovative educators and being blocked from using many innovative tools. The “innovation paradox”

The “innovation challenge”

The tension between being challenged to be innovative educators and being blocked from using many innovative tools.

The “innovation paradox”

Current Challenges to Innovation What are they? ? ? ? ? The Horizon Report 2008 The New Media Consortium http://www.nmc.org/pdf/2008-Horizon-Report.pdf

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The Horizon Report 2008

The New Media Consortium

http://www.nmc.org/pdf/2008-Horizon-Report.pdf

Risky Innovation AIMIA – Monetising Digital Video … Online Video Anderson (2008) is video the next BIG power app? Our BLOG @ aades2008.blogspot.com

AIMIA – Monetising Digital Video …

Online Video

Anderson (2008) is video the next BIG power app?

Our BLOG @ aades2008.blogspot.com

Gauging Authentic Innovation Michael G. Moore’s transactional distance S – S S – T S – C* T – T T – I I – S S – S (t) Students Teachers Content Industry Parents Volunteers Technology Elders / Relatives

Michael G. Moore’s transactional distance

S – S

S – T

S – C*

T – T

T – I

I – S

S – S (t)

Gauging Authentic Innovation How do we improve these engagements and interactions? How do young people want to engage online and at a distance? Mobilizethis.wikispaces.com – Oct 23-24, 2008

How do we improve these engagements and interactions?

How do young people want to engage online and at a distance?

And Finally …