2012 06 18 (upm) emadrid pscott ouuk learning post personal computer world

Peter Scott

Director, Knowledge Media Institute, The Open University, UK.

Coordinator,

STELLAR, EU Network of Excellence in TEL.

Peter.Scott@open.ac.uk

Learning in a Post Personal Computer

World

eMadrid III, 18 June

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Peter.Scott@open.ac.uk

The long term future of Higher Education is in a world which is: open, social, filled with high quality, interactive, semantic, learning services.

And at a very competitive price...

free.

Will you be there?

Monday, 18 June 12

Peter.Scott@open.ac.uk

The long term future of Higher Education is in a world which is: open, social, filled with high quality, interactive, semantic, learning services.

And at a very competitive price...

free.

So long as you have a solution for

•Assessment

•Mentoring

•Social Support

•HQ Content

Will you be there?

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online assessment wizards

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mentoring live

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we work ‘live’ with students via a variety of delivery and innovations systems

here, Elluminate tutorials in languages, maths and a technology FlashMeeting peer group support meeting with embedded group work analysis

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social network support

make good use of peer and mentored support via social networking platforms

see e.g our own and 3rd party support

... here twitter, facebook and a ‘halloween student party’ in second life

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very high quality content

we reserve most content and experiences for our own students; currently we target 5% OER

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Foresight is Fun

Join  us  on  teleurope.eu

linked datawhen data services are open and connected?

analyticswhen measurement is open and easy?

post personal computingwhen the computer disappears?

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the personal computer* has changed the way we learn and work

a post personal computing worldthin and mobile devices -> invisible (?)

careless, infinite storage -> cloudalways on; always connected

* interesting point :a debate here whether it was the PC did this or it was the internet or email, or …

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What is this PPC world?consider this example using Apple GameCentre™

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Student  want  this?Understanding  the  needs  of  today’s  students

• Believe  ICT  improves  their  learning  experiences• Want  academics  to  use  more  ICT• Feel  their  lecturers  need  addiBonal  training  in  technologies

• Use  latest  technology• Part  of  the  overall  learning  experience• IntegraBon  between  the  VLE,  lectures  and  the  enBre  learning  experience

Beliefs Desires

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mobile open learning visionThe Open University experience

by 2014 more people will access the internet via a mobile device than a computer*

* From Internet Trends 12 April 2010 – Morgan Stanley.

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Faculty

LibraryOpen Media

Quality OfficeKnowledge Media Institute

Learning and Teaching SolutionsInstitute for Educational Technology

SO… what is the OU experienceof designing the 21st century learning experience

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iTunes U in our VLEin 2012

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structure eProductionco-work via managed pipelines

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Structured content productionto mobi; epub2 and epub3

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An Open University Music bookLyrics; Score; Listen; Think;Do

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The Open University on iTunes UGeographical breakdown of downloads

3 June 2008 - 21 March 2011

All downloads external to the Open University’s intranet

• 30M downloads by close of 2010

• 90% outside UK

• 350 collections from 150 OU modules

• maybe 3-4.5 Tb p/w via Amazon and Akamai clouds

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iBooks Author(Jan, 2012)

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Interaction ‘in book’(May, 2012)

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Virtual Microscope with 4 rocks

apps are easybut hard to scale

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Poster

eBook

Interactive

Sample

Study

Website

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'in tablet' learning experiencewhat do you dream of that is missing?

good experiencebut

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So… what next?

Peter.Scott@open.ac.uk

The long term future of Higher Education is in a world which is: open, social, filled with high quality, interactive, semantic, learning services.

And at a very competitive price...

free.

Remember :Assessment

Collaboration (Co-creation)Social

HQ Content

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