future of open education scenarios
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Possible futures of open education
Two scenarios for the University of Mary Washington’s OER Summit-
May 2016
• Monthly environmental scan report
• Trends identified, tested, projected
Open as part of a trends mapOpen as part of a trends map
1: Education and its contexts
Changes in international education - macroeconomic indicators - adjunctification - enrollment changes - alternative certification - possible intergenerational tension - demographics. Racial inequality in/and education; campuses and sexual assault controversy; athletic budgets doing well; K-12 and higher education; library changes; alternative degrees; shared academic services; remedial classes; challenges to internships; campuses and sustainability; executive compensation controversy.
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2: Technology3d printing continues to innovate and grow - digitization shifts from physical media to streaming - device ecosystem keeps growing - social media - open source - shopping continues to migrate online - copyright battles continue - automation’s promise.Augmented reality’s steady march; Ebooks; digital security threats expanding; the limits of the Web; cloud computing; a shift in Moore’s Law? crowdfunding growing; onshoring hardware production; Office versus Web office; digital video rising; new interfaces; fragmented internet; Internet of things; new forms of creativity.
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3: Education and technology3: Education and technology
The LMS world - more MOOCs and online learning - social media in education - rise of the net.generation - educational entrepreneurship - open education possibilities - digital humanities develops.Mobile devices in education; gaming in education; big data and data analytics; badges; flipped classroom/blended learning; automation in education; campus digital security threats growing; video and education; crowdfunding in academia; Virtual reality in education; Ebooks in higher education; shared academics; 3d printing across the curriculum; crowdsourcing in academia; faculty criticizing deployment of technology; maker movement. 5
Trends assessed and tracked Trends assessed and tracked longitudinally longitudinally
1. Fall of the Silos
(Previous photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/cogdog/5645508446/ )
Open…
• Content• Teachin
g
• Access
• Source
Social changes
• Rise of the sharing mindset
• Gig economy: rapid switching, less employee loyalty
Good things• Global conversations increase,
filter bubble pops• More access, more information• Lots of creativity• AIs grow based on open content• Content crosses class divides
Not so good things• Industries collapse• Authorship mysterious• Some low quality tech
(videoconf.)• Hard to solve macro
scholarly problems
Good things on campus• Information prices drop• Faculty creativity,
flexibility grow• IT “ “ “• Academic content
unleashed on the world
Not so good things• Some higher costs• More malware + less
privacy• Increased fallibility
of scholarship
How does this impact campuses?
• Tech challenges• Outsourcing and offshoring• PLE beats LMS• Crowdsourcing faculty work
How does this impact campuses?
• Crowdsourcing faculty work• Information literacy central• Students as cocreators and
creators
• Internet has always been open
• Web <> money• Online identity has
always been fictional, playful
2. Closed and proprietary wins
https://www.flickr.com/photos/quinnanya/3334056228/
Closed and proprietary…
• Content• Teachin
g
• Access
• Source
Social changes
• Users as accessors, not owners
• Living with a permanent record
Good things• High quality content +
software• Authorship durable• Low amounts of cybercrime• “ “ “ abuse• AI projects partner with
content providers
Good things on campus• Guaranteed information quality• Faculty and staff develop long-
term habits and skills• Scholarly record durable
(ORCID)• Major movements to improve
scholarship, solve science problems
Not so good things• Prices are high• Remixing is rare• Class divide steep• N-S “ “
How else does this impact campuses?
• LMSes anchor campus tech• People attached to providers• Libraries are licensors• Students as consumers on
campus• Institutional divide widens
• Identify with commercial providers
• Stable, long-term digital identity
• See the digital world as a mall
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