TheChangingFaceofArboriculturalEduca6on:AGlobalPerspec.ve

PaulD.RiesDirector,Graduate

Cer6ficateinUrbanForestryOregonStateUniversity

AnIntroduc6on•  GraduateCer+ficateinUrbanForestryatOSU

•  OnlinecoursesinArboriculture,UrbanForestry,GreenInfrastructure,andUrbanForestryLeadership

•  ISABoardofDirectors•  UKancestry–WantageandSudbury

Presenta6onOverview

•  Arboriculturaleduca+onisanever-changingendeavor

•  Changeisbeingrealizedprimarilyinthreecontexts:–  Content–  Audiences–  Deliverymethods

•  Educa+onalprogramsmustadapttokeepup

Changeisconstant•  Interviewswitheducators•  Changesevidentin:

–  Science–  Technology–  Communica+ons– Genera+ons

Changing Content

ChangingContent

•  ThescienceofArboriculturecon+nuestoevolve•  Arboristsareintegra+ngwithotherprofessionalsmorethaneverbefore–  EcosystemServices– GreenInfrastructure–  Collabora+on

Job-taskanalysisbasedcontentchanges–ISACer6fica6onExamDOMAIN 1991 2001 2011 NEWDOMAINNAME

Nutri6onandFer6liza6on 7.5% 5.5% CombinedintoSoilManagement

Installa6onandEstablishment 8.5% 9.0% 9.0% Installa+on&Establishment

Iden6fica6onandSelec6on 5.00% 4.50% 9.0% Iden+fica+onandSelec+on

TreeBiology 13.5% 13.0% 12.0% TreeBiology

Tree,Soil,WaterRela6ons 9.0% 6.5% 9.0% SoilManagement

SafeWorkPrac6ces 11.0% 9.5% 9.0% SafeWorkPrac+ces

Pruning 8.0% 11.0% 12.0% Pruning

Diagnosis&Treatment 14.5% 12.0% 13.0% Diagnosis&Treatment

Cabling,Bracing,andL.P. 16.5% 11.0% CombinedintoT.P.&T.R.A.

Trees,People,&Ecology 6.5% 3.0% 8.0% UrbanForestry

Construc6onPreserva6on* 7.0% 9.0% TreeProtec+on

TreeRiskAssessment** 7.5% 10.0% TreeRiskManagement

100% 100% 100%

ChangingAudiences

•  Studentsarechanging– Millennialgenera+on– Digitalna+ves–  Secondorthirdcareerchangers

•  Professionalsarechanging– Alliedprofessions– Whoimpactsyourtrees?

ChangingAudiences

•  Studiesshowthatthereareavarietyoflearningstylesandlearnertypes

•  One-size-fitsallreallyfitsnoone

ChangingDeliverySystems•  Morestudentsaretakingonlinecourseseveryyear•  74%ofUKmobiledeviceownersreportedusingitforonlinelearning

•  Hybridcoursesarealsogaininginpopularity

OnlineorE-learning•  IntheUS,5.8millionstudentstookaleastoneonlinecourselastfall

•  OSUhas1,000onlinecoursesin90differentsubjects,20bachelorsprogramsand23graduatelevelprograms

•  74%ofUKmobiledeviceownersreportedusingitforonlinelearning

•  ISAnowhasanonlinelearningcenterforCEUsinaddi+ontoplace-basedcourses

WorldwideGrowthofE-Learning

E-Learning Market Trends & Forecast 2014-2016 Report, https://www.docebo.com/elearning-lms-resources/papers-researches/.

2015FastestGrowingE-learningmarkets

•  India:55%•  China:52%• Malaysia:41%•  Romania:38%•  Poland:28%

•  CzechRepublic:27%•  Brazil:26%•  Indonesia:25%•  Colombia:20%•  Ukraine:20%

Whatdoesthisallmean?

•  The“sageonthestage”isbeingjoinedbythe“guideontheside”

• Wemustadaptoureduca+onalprogramstochanginglearners,changinglearnerstyles,andchanginglearnerneeds

Thereisalwaysa“but…..”

•  Changesineduca+onofeninvolve“addingto”ratherthanreplacing

•  Hightechwillneverreplacehightouch

Takehomemessages•  Arboriculturaleduca+on

(andurbanforestryforthatmaher)isbecoming:– Moreinterdisciplinary–  Fullofmorediverselearners

–  Characterizedbymoreonlinelearning

PaulD.RiesOregonStateUniversity

Email:paul.ries@oregonstate.eduPhone:1-503-945-7391