Designing New Learning Landscapes: The role of the learner, the teacher and the system George Siemens ABEL 2008 Toronto, Ontario August 18, 2008

Cycles and Patterns of Change How We Approach Teaching Communication Technologies, Content Creation, Collaboration Systemic Change: Significant Pressure? Scenarios and Future Directions

Cycles and Patterns of Change

How We Approach Teaching

Communication Technologies, Content Creation, Collaboration

Systemic Change: Significant Pressure?

Scenarios and Future Directions

Cycles and Patterns of Change How We Approach Teaching Communication Technologies, Content Creation, Collaboration Systemic Change: Significant Pressure? Scenarios and Future Directions

Cycles and Patterns of Change

How We Approach Teaching

Communication Technologies, Content Creation, Collaboration

Systemic Change: Significant Pressure?

Scenarios and Future Directions

What kinds of questions were we asking 10 years ago? Is technology effective in classrooms? What’s the difference between F2F and online learning? How do we teach/facilitate online learning?

Is technology effective in classrooms?

What’s the difference between F2F and online learning?

How do we teach/facilitate online learning?

Questions we are asking today How do learners make sense in abundant, multi-perspective information climates? Do we need to change our conception of “a course”? How should we design learning in a networked world?

How do learners make sense in abundant, multi-perspective information climates?

Do we need to change our conception of “a course”?

How should we design learning in a networked world?

What are those kids up to??

ECAR, 2007 Undergraduate Students and IT Preference for IT Use in Courses

ECAR, 2007 Undergraduate Students and IT

ECAR, 2007 Undergraduate Students and IT

ECAR, 2007 Undergraduate Students and IT

ECAR, 2007 Undergraduate Students and IT Most Valuable Benefit from IT in Courses

ECAR, 2007 Undergraduate Students and IT

Technology access …

Oxford Internet Institute: Internet in Britain 2007

Oxford Internet Institute: Internet in Britain 2007

Oxford Internet Institute: Internet in Britain 2007

Changing climate of learning and working

By 2015: 70+% of all new jobs will require PSE Canadian Council for Learning, 2007

Canadian Council for Learning, 2007

FT Enrolment: Universities 2000-2006: 30% increase 2006-2016: 9-18% projected increase AUCC, 2007

2000-2006: 30% increase

2006-2016: 9-18% projected increase

AUCC, 2007

Signal Hill 2007 Post Secondary Fact Book

“ Prototypical US industry in 10 years, if all goes well” National Center on Education and the Economy: Tough Choices or Tough Times

Trends in Online Education Over 2/3 of all HE institutions offer online learning 3.5 million students taking online course (in fall 2006) 20%+ percent annual growth rate since 2003 Online Nation (Allen & Seaman, 2007)

Over 2/3 of all HE institutions offer online learning

3.5 million students taking online course (in fall 2006)

20%+ percent annual growth rate since 2003

Online Nation (Allen & Seaman, 2007)

Cycles and Patterns of Change How We Approach Teaching Communication Technologies, Content Creation, Collaboration Systemic Change: Significant Pressure? Scenarios and Future Directions

Cycles and Patterns of Change

How We Approach Teaching

Communication Technologies, Content Creation, Collaboration

Systemic Change: Significant Pressure?

Scenarios and Future Directions

social, flexible, situated, contextual, active, doing Increased focus on learner Shift away from lecture-based

social,

flexible,

situated,

contextual,

active,

doing

Increased focus on learner

Shift away from lecture-based

Limitless dimensions of learning CCL, 2008

Limitless dimensions of learning

CCL, 2008

An approach mismatched to need…

Complicated

To know the right answer

Complex

Cycles and Patterns of Change How We Approach Teaching Communication Technologies, Content Creation, Collaboration Systemic Change: Significant Pressure? Scenarios and Future Directions

Cycles and Patterns of Change

How We Approach Teaching

Communication Technologies, Content Creation, Collaboration

Systemic Change: Significant Pressure?

Scenarios and Future Directions

Content Creation

Communication

Collaboration

Has the design of our institutions matched the changes in our interactions with information and with each other?

Cycles and Patterns of Change How We Approach Teaching Communication Technologies, Content Creation, Collaboration Systemic Change: Significant Pressure? Scenarios and Future Directions

Cycles and Patterns of Change

How We Approach Teaching

Communication Technologies, Content Creation, Collaboration

Systemic Change: Significant Pressure?

Scenarios and Future Directions

K-12 public schools are falling short in preparing students for the twin challenges of globalization and technological change NY Times, Aug 2008

K-12 public schools are falling short in preparing students for the twin challenges of globalization and technological change

NY Times, Aug 2008

Tension points of education Open/Closed Amateur/Expert Foster/Command Network/Hierarchy

Open/Closed

Amateur/Expert

Foster/Command

Network/Hierarchy

What are the change pressures ?

Learners Parents Higher education Society Corporations Globalization Technology

Learners

Parents

Higher education

Society

Corporations

Globalization

Technology

Systems in change Paul A. David

Systems in change

Paul A. David

Technology as lever of transformation DCSF, UK

Technology as lever of transformation

DCSF, UK

The backlash

Cycles and Patterns of Change How We Approach Teaching Communication Technologies, Content Creation, Collaboration Systemic Change: Significant Pressure? Scenarios and Future Directions

Cycles and Patterns of Change

How We Approach Teaching

Communication Technologies, Content Creation, Collaboration

Systemic Change: Significant Pressure?

Scenarios and Future Directions

What are the options ?

Bureaucracy Re-schooling De-schooling Melt-down OECD, Schooling for tomorrow

Bureaucracy

Re-schooling

De-schooling

Melt-down

OECD, Schooling for tomorrow

“Beyond Current Horizons aims to ensure that the UK education system has identified and prepared for a wide range of potential social, technological and cultural futures.”

“Beyond Current Horizons aims to ensure that the UK education system has identified and prepared for a wide range of potential social, technological and cultural futures.”

Thinwalls: http://thinwalls.edublogs.org/

Thinwalls: http://thinwalls.edublogs.org/

What technology negates Classrooms Single-instructor model Single-perspective content/idea filtering Centralized curriculum

Classrooms

Single-instructor model

Single-perspective content/idea filtering

Centralized curriculum

Network administrator Curator Atelier

Network administrator

Curator

Atelier

Require a model that is Adaptive Scales (for content and interaction) Reflective of all stakeholder needs

Adaptive

Scales (for content and interaction)

Reflective of all stakeholder needs

Redesign begins (partly) with the physical space Oblinger, 2006

Redesign begins (partly) with the physical space

Oblinger, 2006

What do we understand about how technology is being used…for learning?

Gaps in understanding COHERE research Changing face of education

COHERE research

Changing face of education

What about assessing learning?

Peer Distributed Multi-perspective Yes, but what type of model??

Peer

Distributed

Multi-perspective

Yes, but what type of model??

Development of educators

MOOC: Massive Open Online Course Connectivism Online Course with Stephen Downes http://ltc.umanitoba.ca/connectivism/

Connectivism Online Course

with Stephen Downes

http://ltc.umanitoba.ca/connectivism/

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www.elearnspace.org

www.knowingknowledge.com

www.connectivism.ca

http://ltc.umanitoba.ca/wordpress/

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