eLearning: Expanding Access:How Digital, Networked Technologies and SharingChanges EducationCable GreeneLearning Director

http://www.slideshare.net/cgreen

Let’s talk about the big trends & how to prepare for inevitable change&how the Workforce Community can think in new ways to prepare graduates for a digital, networked world…

Hold On!

“We are in the midst of a technological, economic, and organizational transformation that allows us to negotiate the terms of freedom, justice, and productivity in the information society”Yochai Benklerhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/lonewolf23/1570632701/

Yes… We Really are Networked…seamless connection of people, resources & knowledgedigitization of contentmobile, personalglobal platform for collaborationoutsourcingAnyone notice our global economy?

"According to an IBM study, by 2010, the amount of digital information in the world will double every 11 hours."

And we can makeall of our “digital stuff”available toall people…and most of itwill get used...by someone.

“Long Tail” of Publishing$long tailHarryPotterHyper-geometricpartial differentialequations

We All Get to Participatehttp://wiki.elearning.ubc.ca/ComingApart

In a flat world, the artists, the synthesizers of ideas will rule. And they will use web 2.0 software standards, and practices to distribute their ideas.

And they want serviceslike this:Backup

So how do we prepare students for jobs that don’t yet exist, usingtechnologies that haven’t beeninvented, to solve problems wedon’t even know are problems yet?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHWTLA8WecI

(1) Engage Participatory / “Web 2.0+”Tools & Practices

- JSB

RSS

Social Networking

Social Bookmarkinghttp://delicious.com/geoffcain/oer

Share Photoshttp://www.flickr.com

Wiki

Share Slides (and use others’)http://www.slideshare.net

Share Video

Online Meetings, Conferences…Elluminate 1,500+ faculty & staff accounts 11,300+ rooms created 2,250+ meetings have taken place unlimited license, hosting, training 24/7 help desk unlimited license, hosting, training

1,500+ faculty & staff accounts

11,300+ rooms created

2,250+ meetings have taken place

unlimited license, hosting, training

24/7 help desk

unlimited license, hosting, training

Bloghttp://www.blogger.com

Tweethttp://twitter.com

Useful or Stupid?http://www.edtechpost.ca/wordpress/2009/08/14/findoerafrica/

(2) eLearningWhy call it “eLearning?”

“Distance” is about geographic separation.“eLearning” is about leveraging the unique affordances of digital, networked technologies to support new ways of learning in new spaces.Online, Hybrid, Enhanced“eLearning”

Going to Web and Mobile

Ongoing Online Learning GrowthOver 96,600 students learn online each yearOnline FTE up more than 22%Hybrid FTE up more than 45%11 percent (and growing) of community and technical college courses are fully online35

Ongoing Online Learning Growth 45% of all CTC graduates earn 15 or more credits online or hybrid23 colleges offer 86 different degrees and certificates online16 colleges offer an AA degree online36

Why does this growth matter?

Educate More CitizensHECB Master PlanI. Raise educational attainment to create prosperity, opportunity Policy Goal: Increase the total number of degrees and certificates produced annually to achieve Global Challenge State benchmarks. By 2018, raise mid-level degrees and certificates to 36,200 annually, an increase of 9,400 degrees annually.

HECB Master Plan

I. Raise educational attainment to create prosperity, opportunity

Policy Goal: Increase the total number of degrees and certificates produced annually to achieve Global Challenge State benchmarks.

By 2018, raise mid-level degrees and certificates to 36,200 annually, an increase of 9,400 degrees annually.

2008 Online + Hybrid LearningGas / Carbon Savings1.9M round trips avoided= reduced traffic congestion2.1M gallons of gas saved40http://www.fhcrc.org/about/pubs/center_news/weekly/img/2007_0806_i5_traffic.jpg

(3) Open Educational Resources

Why is “Open” Important?Because when we cooperate and share, we all win – exponentially.Faculty have new choice when building learning spaces.…the more eyes on a problem, the greater chance for a solution.Affordability: students can’t afford textbooksSelf-interest – good things happen when I shareIt’s a social justice issue: everyone has the right to access global knowledge.

Definition of OERDigitized materials, offered freely and openly for educators, students, to use and re-use for teaching, learning and research.

(a few) Open Content RepositoriesOpenLearn (UK) - DEMOOCW – MIT (MIT HS)China Open Resources for Education has translated 109 MIT OCW courses into Simplified Chinese.Rice Connexions

Lenses @ Rice Connexionssocial software for peer review & quality controlCaliforniaCommunityCollegesOhioCommunityCollegesWashingtonCommunityColleges

and there is this smallcollection of articles:

The Old EconomicsPrint, warehouse, and ship a new book for every studenthttp://www.flickr.com/photos/nationalmediamuseum/2780164461/

The New EconomicsUpload one copy, and everyone uses it simultaneouslyMaking copies, storage, distribution of digital stuff = “Free”http://cnx.org/content/col10522/latest/

Why do we Need Open Textbooks?2005 GAO report: College textbook prices have risen at twice the rate of annual inflation over the last two decadeshttp://www.gao.gov/new.items/d05806.pdf

Why do we Need Open Textbooks?The College Board reported that for the 2007 through 2008 academic years each student spent an estimated $805 to $1,229 on college books and supplies…http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/about/news_info/trends/trends_pricing_07.pdf

Why do we Need Open Textbooks?The gross margin on new college textbooks is currently 22.7 percent according to the National Association of College Stores.Products available in college stores are sold with a margin, as in any retail operation. Margin is the difference between cost and retail price, reflecting work required to bring products to market. http://www.nacs.org/public/research/margins.asp

May, 2007: Dept of Ed.

http://www.maketextbooksaffordable.org/course_correction.pdf

Comparison of Statistics Textbooks

Why so urgent?Consider One High Enrollment Course:English Composition I37,226 enrollments / yearX $100 textbook= $3.7 Million + (cost to students)What if we looked at 100, 200, 300 high enrollment courses?http://rtnl.files.wordpress.com/2007/01/thinker21.jpg

Impact on Students?Work longer hoursAdditional debtCredit card debtNot purchase textbooks

Math in Society (Open Textbook)David Lipmann, Professor @ Pierce College 3,972 annual enrollmentsTextbooks savings to RTC students?List of open and free textbooksthat may be suitable for use in community college courses

Hey Higher Ed!We must get rid of our “not invented here” attitude regarding others’ contentmove to: "proudly borrowed from there"Content is not a strategic advantageNor can we (or our students) afford it

“As uncomfortable a proposition as this new openness may be for some, I believe it is the future of higher education.”In web 2.0, everything is public & higher education needs to get used to it.Future of Openness in EducationDavid Wiley 2006. Open source, openness, and higher education.

What Happens if weDon’t Change?Harder to catch-up …Or even understand.Google, Amazon, Apple, Open Source,Open Content, Open Textbooks…Functional PossibilitiesHigher EducationTime

65How is the fiscal healthof your local newspaper?

http://techplan.sbctc.edu66“We will cultivate the culture and practice of using and contributing to open educational resources.”

System Strategic Technology Plan Access for all students and all collegesSingle, centrally funded solutions for common systemsRule of 1: do it once Rule of 0: don’t do itDon’t build software, don’t host serversRetain local branding and admin controlAll instructional technologies are architected to make it easy to share content.67

But using open educational resources – and contributing to them – requires significant change in the culture of higher education. It requires thinking about content as a common resource that raises all boats when shared. It requires replacing our “not invented here” attitude with a “proudly borrowed from there” orientation. (p.11)68

WA LegislationSSHB1946 – two big ideas – share technology and share content.(v) Methods and open licensing options for effectively sharing digital content including but not limited to: Open courseware, open textbooks, open journals, and open learning objects…69

Student AdvocacyWA CTC 2009 Student Voice Academy(1) CUTTING TEXTBOOK COSTS“The high cost of textbooks is a burden to students. Textbooks available in a printable, online format as well as in a traditional format would make curriculum easily accessible to students and instructors. Legislation that requires college instructional divisions to enhance available college online options for every required textbook whenever possible is requested.”70

Redesigning 81 Common CoursesFoundation + Legislature + SBCTC + CollegesIncrease number of gatekeeper course sections available so students can get courses when they need themImprove course completion ratesCourses are digital – can be taught online, hybrid, web-enhanced and/or faculty can re-mixOpen CC Licensing – share with the worldFree or very low cost textbooks / course packssections in 81 courses = $42M+ / year in textbook costsDevelop a culture of sharing content in the WA CTCs71

Partnering with Consortia & ???CCC OERList of open and free textbooks that may be suitable for use in community college coursesWA CTCs redesign 80 coursesConversation with FL, CA, TX, CT, OH…72

Federal Movement on Open?Obama’s American Graduation Initiative$50M / year for the creation of open coursewareSenator Dick Durbin (IL)$15M / year: Open TextbooksUndersecretary of Education Martha Kanter@ Seattle DistrictOER leader when Chancellor @ Foothill-De Anza Community College DistrictFederal Research Access Act of 2009increasing public access to academic research that is funded by the federal government (free after 6 mos)73

Important Messages are:This is not about mandated curriculum.All stakeholders need to be in the discussion.Open resources provide more choice for faculty and lower costs (& increased access) for students.74

NEW HE Models are En Route

Choices:(1) Open up andleverage global inputOR (2) close up shop

Think Big Crazy Ideas….We could share all of our instructional digital resources including: courses, textbooks and library resources with the world… and, more important, use global digital materials.We could use common teaching & learning, student services, and administrative technologies and support services.We could design courses that enable and encourage students to contribute, change, remix course content.

Blogs: http://blog.oer.sbctc.edu http://blog.elearning.sbctc.edu Twitter: cgreenSlides @ http://www.slideshare.net/cgreen Dr. Cable GreeneLearning Directorcgreen@sbctc.edu (360) 704-4334