Featured presentation at OLC Innovate, Education Reimagined, Online Learning Consortium Conference. New Orleans, 6th April, 2017.

1. Me, Myself and Madness:
Breaking Outside of the Wall
Dr. Mark Brown
Director, National Institute for Digital Learning
New Orleans
6th April 2017

2. Outline
1. Quality delights
1. Thinking differently
1. Towards cultural infusion
Me, Myself and Madness:
Breaking Outside of the Wall

4. 1. Quality delights…

5. Quality is Standardized
(i) Mass production metaphor…

6. (ii) Boutique craft metaphor…
Quality is Unique

7. High Quality Milk
Quality depends on the raw ingredients

8. Quality is NOT to Everyone’s Taste
And…

9. Who defines quality?
… and for what purpose?

10. Quality standards are important but…
…they are not a proxy
for innovation!

11. (iii) Personal ethos metaphor…
Quality is a Relative Concept

12. • Complex
• Contestable
• Multi-layered
• Context bound
• Discipline specific
• Is a moving target
• Involves an X factor
In sum…

13. 2. Thinking differently…

14. https://www.universitybusiness.com/article/death-“online”-learning-higher-ed
2. Thinking differently…

15. A World-Class Irish Education Online
http://connected.dcu.ie

20. Off Campus
in Class
Off Campus
out of Class
On Campus
in Class
Acquisition
Participation
On Campus
out of Class
LeakagePhysical Virtual

21. The Innovation Park

22. The Innovation Park

23. The Ideas Lab

24. 3. Towards cultural infusion…

25. 3. Towards cultural infusion…
All Aboard Week
Bolted or
Embedded?

26. http://dcufuse.ie

35. Three points….
• Break free of the walls
• Wear more of the inside out
• A little madness to make the future
Final remarks…

38. Go raibh
maith
agaibh!