Moodle and the Future of Learning Jason Cole NITLE Moodle Workshop October 4, 2007

Moodle and the Future of Learning Moodle today The context for change Possibilities for the future

Moodle today

The context for change

Possibilities for the future

Some Background Moodle and SFSU Moodle and the OU The book

Moodle and SFSU

Moodle and the OU

The book

Moodle Philosophy All of us are potential teachers as well as learners We learn particularly well from the act of creating or expressing something for others to see By understanding the contexts of others we can teach in a more transformational way Learning environment needs to be flexible and adaptable so it can respond to the needs of participants

All of us are potential teachers as well as learners

We learn particularly well from the act of creating or expressing something for others to see

By understanding the contexts of others we can teach in a more transformational way

Learning environment needs to be flexible and adaptable so it can respond to the needs of participants

Moodle Statistics 32,000 registered sites 70 sites with more than 20k users 13.4M users 1.3M courses 1.7M teachers 14M forum posts 11M quiz questions

32,000 registered sites

70 sites with more than 20k users

13.4M users

1.3M courses

1.7M teachers

14M forum posts

11M quiz questions

Moodle 2.0 – Early 2008 ePortfolios Content Repository Moodle Hub Conditional Activities Remote Moodle?

ePortfolios

Content Repository

Moodle Hub

Conditional Activities

Remote Moodle?

Context for Change Computing power Network Effects Globalization and jobs

Computing power

Network Effects

Globalization and jobs

Exponential Times

© Kurzweil

Network Growth © Kurzweil

Metcalf's Law The value of a network increases as a square of the number of users

The value of a network increases as a square of the number of users

Age of Participation Lulu.com Blogger Flickr Wikipedia

Lulu.com

Blogger

Flickr

Wikipedia

Information Overload 3,000 new books daily 40 exabytes generated each year A week of NY Times = average 18 th century lifetime information

3,000 new books daily

40 exabytes generated each year

A week of NY Times = average 18 th century lifetime information

Global Competition US ranked: 17 th for HS graduation 14 th for HE graduation 24 th for Math literacy 26 th for math problem solving

US ranked:

17 th for HS graduation

14 th for HE graduation

24 th for Math literacy

26 th for math problem solving

Jobs Disease Mapper Radiosurgeon Robot Programmer Information Engineer Genomic Consultant Second Life Lawyer

Disease Mapper

Radiosurgeon

Robot Programmer

Information Engineer

Genomic Consultant

Second Life Lawyer

Participatory Democracy Volunteers will form online communities around certain candidates only if they are motivated to do so. - Howard Dean, Chairman US Democratic Party

Volunteers will form online communities around certain candidates only if they are motivated to do so.

- Howard Dean, Chairman US Democratic Party

Learning for the next decade Content networks Analytics for learning Personalized instruction Virtual / augmented reality Learning for development

Content networks

Analytics for learning

Personalized instruction

Virtual / augmented reality

Learning for development

Content Networks With two-way TV .... (t)he child will be able to call up any kind of information he wants about any subject and get his latest authoritative TV documentary.... The answers to his questions and probings will be the best information that man has available up to that minute in history. - R.B. Fuller 'Education Automation'

With two-way TV .... (t)he child will be able to call up any kind of information he wants about any subject and get his latest authoritative TV documentary.... The answers to his questions and probings will be the best information that man has available up to that minute in history.

- R.B. Fuller 'Education Automation'

The Moodle Hub

Analytics for Learning

The unexamined life… Faculties seem inclined to use research and experimentation to understand and improve every institution, process, and human activity except their own.. Derek Bok – Our underachieving colleges.

Faculties seem inclined to use research and experimentation to understand and improve every institution, process, and human activity except their own..

Derek Bok – Our underachieving colleges.

Personalized Learning

Personal Learning Trajectories © IM&M

Personalized Support

Towards 2 Sigma

Towards 2 Sigma

Towards 2 Sigma

Towards 2 Sigma

Towards 2 Sigma

Augmented & Virtual Reality

Emotiv Systems

Learning for Development

Think mobile… 85% of small black businesses in South Africa In Tanzania, 97% could access a mobile phone while only 27% had access to a fixed line phone.

85% of small black businesses in South Africa

In Tanzania, 97% could access a mobile phone while only 27% had access to a fixed line phone.

And then…..

© Kurzweil

Most campuses have simply bolted new technologies onto a fixed plant, a fixed faculty, and a fixed notion of classroom instruction. Under these circumstances, technology becomes part of the problem of rising costs rather than part of the solution. – Carol Twigg, Congressional Testimony

Change Happens “… it is well to remember that the comprehensive world economics are going to force vast economic reforms of industries and nations, which incidentally will require utter modernization of the educational processes in order to be able to compete and survive.” “ We are called to be the architects of the future, not its victims.” -RBF

“ Revolutions tend to suck for ordinary people” – Paul Saffo, Institute for the Future Photo by: Keso http://www.flickr.com/photos/keso/59940663/