Invited [online] keynote presentation for Lehren und Arbeiten an Hochschulen nach Corona: Das neue Normale: Was bleibt? Was ändert sich? Switzerland, 28th September, 2021.

2. @mbrownz

4. 90,000+
Educators

5. 1. Back to the future
2. Designing new learning ecologies
3. Time to bend, buckle and even break
Outline….

6. The
light
comes
through
the
cracks!

7. Photo by Hadija Saidi on Unsplash

8. 1. What is the single biggest barrier to
harnessing the potential of digital learning in
your institution?
Photo by Hadija Saidi on Unsplash

10. The Rhetoric Reality Gap

12. “With the coming of the New Media, the need for
print on paper will rapidly diminish. The day will
soon arrive when the world’s literature will be
available from The Automatic Library at the
mere pressing of a button”
(Uzanne, 1994; cited
in McFarlane, 1997, p.173).

13. (Uzanne, 1894; cited
in McFarlane, 1997, p.173).
“With the coming of the New Media, the need for
print on paper will rapidly diminish. The day will
soon arrive when the world’s literature will be
available from The Automatic Library at the
mere pressing of a button”

14. “I believe that the motion picture is destined to
revolutionize our educational system and that
in a few years it will supplant largely, if not
entirely, the use of textbooks,”
(Thomas Edison, 1922)

15. “We will undoubtedly have lectures of every
conceivable kind presented to us right in our
homes, when practical television arrives,
possibly a year or two off.”
Short Wave Craft,
1935
Blackboard

16. Project
Plato 1960s

17. 202
1

18. Photo by Charles Deluvio on Unsplash

20. Need to challenge old
pump, pump, DUMP
models of technology-enhanced learning

22. Transformative mindsets matter more
than technical skillsets!

23. 2. What is the most important enabler that
helps to harness the potential of digital
learning in your institution?
Photo by Hadija Saidi on Unsplash

26. EUA, 2021

32. What do we mean?

33. 46 different definitions!

34. https://er.educause.edu/articles/2020/10/the-landscape-of-merging-modalities

35. Off-Campus
in Class
Off-Campus
Out of Class
Formal
Informal
On-Campus
out of Class
Physical Virtual
On-Campus
in Class
Digital
Leakage
Digital
Learning
Ecology

36. Hybrid

37. 2021

38. “Active learning is the opposite of passive
listening. It focuses on what our learners are
actually doing in our classes; what activities
people are taking part in during our workshops;
and how students are interacting with peers
and resources outside class time.”
(Barrett, 2020)
http://inspiringlearning.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2020/07/active-learning-in-the-digital-world/

39. Hybrid Active
Learning Spaces

40. 2012

41. History Repeats!

42. Learning by sharing
(Connectivist)
“Learning by listening”
(Instructionist)
Learning by doing
(Constructivist)
Learning by making
(Constructionist)
Pedagogical
Compass

44. High Road Transfer
Low Road Transfer
Academic
World
Authentic
World
Transfer to
Highly Dissimilar
Academic Tasks
Learning
Transfer to
Highly Dissimilar
Authentic Tasks
Transfer to
Highly Similar
Academic Tasks
Transfer to
Highly Similar
Authentic Tasks
(Brown, 2021)

47. Photo by Hadija Saidi on Unsplash
3. What is the most important driver for
investing in digital learning in your institution?

49. Taming or Reimagining?

52. Credit Bearing
Non Credit Bearing
Bundled Unbundled
Credential
Ecology
Macro-credentials
Formal Accredited
Degrees
Micro-credentials
Formal & Semi Formal
Accredited & Stackable
Nano-credentials
Informal & Non-Formal
Digital Badges & Certificates
Non-status Awards
Semi-Formal Courses
Non-Accredited
(Brown et al., 2020)

53. What word best encapsulates your view?

56. Education
in
Change
Education
for
Change
Navigating Through Entangled Narratives

60. A conclusion is the place
where you ran out of ideas or time!

62. [ Blended | On-line | Digital ]
B O L D

63. Go raibh maith
agaibh!
Thank you