This document discusses how digital technologies and networking are changing higher education. It argues that capstone graduation requirements should prepare students for jobs that don't yet exist using technologies not invented to solve unknown problems. Specifically, it suggests that capstones could require students to (1) engage participatory tools like wikis and social networks, (2) take an online or hybrid course, and (3) contribute to or evaluate open educational resources. The document also discusses trends like growing online enrollments, open educational resources that can lower costs, and challenges higher education faces if it does not change to leverage the affordances of digital networks.

2. Digital, NetworkedTechChanges the Game:Capstone Requirements for Synthesizer GraduatesCable GreeneLearning Director

3. http://www.slideshare.net/cgreen

4. Let’s talk about the big trends & how to prepare for inevitable change&what RTC can do now to help your graduates prepare for a digital, networked world…

5. Hold On!

6. “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/

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

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

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

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

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

14. 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.

15. And they are not afraid to:

16. And they want serviceslike this:Backup

17. So, what might be in capstone graduation requirements to:prepare students forjobs 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

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

19. RTC Capstone #1All RTC students contribute knowledge to an open, public, social network in their field of study… if none exists – the student starts a new online community.

21. - JSB

23. “Welcome back to humanity. Some technologies take us away from ourselves and others bring us back. Web 2.0 is helping us rediscover our naturally cooperative, creative, and gregarious nature.Don't think, therefore, of Web 2.0 as something foreign or hyped-up or all about geeks; Web 2.0 is the rebirth of teaching and learning that fits what we are as a species.”Why is Web 2.0 Important to Higher Education?

24. RSS

26. Social Networking

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

29. Share Photoshttp://www.flickr.com

30. Wikihttp://pbwiki.com

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

32. Share Video

33. Online Meetings, Conferences…Elluminate 1,500+ faculty & staff accounts

34. 11,300+ rooms created

35. 2,250+ meetings have taken place

36. unlimited license, hosting, training

37. 24/7 help desk

38. unlimited license, hosting, trainingBloghttp://www.blogger.com

39. Tweethttp://twitter.com

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

41. http://www.flickr.com/photos/doctabu/3657942692/in/set-72157620497679512/

42. (2) eLearningWhy call it “eLearning?”

43. RTC Capstone #2All RTC students take at least one online or hybrid coursebefore graduating.

44. “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”

45. Ongoing Online Learning GrowthOver 83,000 students learn online each yeareLearning enrollments up more than 41% (Winter 08 – Winter 09)11 percent of community and technical college courses are fully online41

46. 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 onlineCommunity and Technical Colleges teach over 80+% of all online [state supported] FTE in WA42

47. What’s Happening @ RTC?

48. Going to Web and Mobile

50. Why does this growth matter?

51. Educate More CitizensHECB Master Plan

52. I. Raise educational attainment to create prosperity, opportunity

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

54. 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 saved48http://www.fhcrc.org/about/pubs/center_news/weekly/img/2007_0806_i5_traffic.jpg

55. (3) Open Educational Resources

56. RTC Capstone #3All RTC students actively contribute to, redesign, and/or evaluate open educational resources, as a faculty guided assignment, in at least one RTC course.

57. Because when we cooperate and share, we all win – exponentially.Reedʼs Law: Networks grow [in value] exponentially by the number of nodes.It’s a social justice issue: everyone has the right to access global knowledge.Why is “Open” Important?Institute for the Future whitepaper: Technologies of Cooperation

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

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

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

61. (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

62. Lenses @ Rice Connexionssocial software for peer review & quality controlCaliforniaCommunityCollegesOhioCommunityCollegesWashingtonCommunityColleges

63. and there is this smallcollection of articles:

65. 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

66. 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

67. 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

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

69. 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

70. Redesigning 81 System CoursesHigh enrollment, gatekeeper and pre-college coursesNot mandated curriculum (choice)Faculty centered – faculty will redesign coursesLow cost instructional materialsImprove course completion ratesDigital (remix, take chunks, online)Lower textbook, time, and travel costs for studentsuse open educational resources, library resources and other high quality, low cost instruction materials that will reduce textbook costs for students.Open CC Licenses (culture of sharing)

71. 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

72. “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.

73. 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

74. 68How is the fiscal healthof your local newspaper?

75. http://techplan.sbctc.edu69

76. 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.70

77. NEW HE Models are En Route

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

79. 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.

80. Parting Thought…Is the network to the point where we can challenge traditional models of pedagogy, publishing, student services, and our existing administrative business processes?If so, what would you change in your department? How would you use digital technologies to help students learn and accomplish their dreams?

81. Want to talk more aboutthis stuff and/orOpen Educational Resources?…come join us@ 8:30am in H-105!

82. 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