The document discusses the future of academic technology and the next generation of digital learning environments (NGDLE). It envisions NGDLE as being more personalized, adaptive to individual learners, and making greater use of big data and open educational resources. In the meantime, the concept of "IndieEdTech" is presented as remixing, reusing, and hacking existing tools like video platforms, Google Docs, and conferencing tools to solve educational problems now rather than waiting for NGDLE. The document concludes by quoting Joi Ito's view that education is becoming a process of connecting in a broad network of distributed creativity rather than centralized instruction.

1. Scott Robison, Ph.D.
scottarobison@gmail.com
@otterscotter
On the Future of Academic Technology

3. Possibilities…
• Next Generation Digital Learning Environment (NGDLE)
• What will it be? What will it look like?
• From scratch or evolution of LMS?

4. • More publisher content/services?
• More adoption of Open Educational Resources (OER)?
• Adaptive learning, personalized learning, big data
http://bit.ly/1cN8Pru

5. Forces Shaping NGDLE
• Personalization of environment (inst. & student)
• Configuration
• Adaptive learning component
• Big data

6. Forces Shaping NGDLE (con’t)
• Opportunities for collaboration – inside and outside LMS
• Shift in emphasis/focus from the instructor to the learner

7. Do we have to wait for NGDLE?
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8. No! -- #IndieEdTech
Image: CCBYNCND Christer https://flic.kr/p/9Ju5vb
Remix, reuse, rethink, subvert, hack…
to solve new/different problem

9. Image: CCBYNCND Christer https://flic.kr/p/9Ju5vb
Examples:
• Video
• Google Docs
• Periscope.tv, appear.in
• Hypothes.is
• Domain of One’s Own – reclaimhosting.com

10. Thinking about how technology has impacted
teaching and learning practices.

12. Image by Daniel Lynds, @daniellynds

14. “I don’t think
education is about
centralized instruction
anymore; rather, it is
the process [of]
establishing oneself
as a node in a broad
network of distributed
creativity.”
– Joi Ito @joi
Slide: CC-BY-SA catherinecronin Image: CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 yobink

15. This work is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
International License.
Scott Robison
scottarobison@gmail.com
@otterscotter