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The Big Picture:Future of Education
UAF CDE: iDesign
George SiemensApril 23, 2008
“...forward-thinking approaches in education as “woefully under-developed””
Former SwedishEducation Minister Ylva Johansson
Why the lack of development?
• Possibly because:– The system works – it serves many stakeholders
well– Change pressures are not system-wide– Lack of vision– Lack of understanding of trends
1. Reality: Pace and Growth2. Reality: Lives and Habits of Learners3. Where are We Now?4. The Need for Change?5. Models of Change6. Moving Forward7. Innovation
Growth of information and tools to create/access information
“Information is the new black”Fncll
“...in the 21st century, the education and skills of the workforce will end up being the dominant competitive weapon”
Lester Thurow
% of population (25+) with 4 or more years of college
Signal Hill 2007 Post Secondary Fact Book
By 2015: 70+% of all new jobs will require PSE
Canadian Council for Learning, 2007
“The United States must find ways to nurture a broader and more diverse talent pool to be successful in the knowledge-based economy”
Council of Graduate Schools Report. Graduate Education: The Backbone of American Competitiveness and
Innovation
Trends in Online Education
• 2/3 plus of all HE institutions offer online learning
• 3.5 million students taking online course (in fall 2006)
• 20%+ percent annual growth rate since 2003
Online Nation (Allen & Seaman, 2007)
Online Nation (Allen & Seaman, 2007)
ECAR, 2007 Undergraduate Students and IT
Most Valuable Benefit from IT in Courses
ECAR, 2007 Undergraduate Students and IT
The stepchild is welcomed into the family?
1. Reality: Pace and Growth2. Reality: Lives and Habits of Learners3. Where are We Now?4. The Need for Change?5. Models of Change6. Moving Forward7. Innovation
Millennial Learners?Oblinger (2005), Dede (2005)
Do different experiences impact our neural structure?
Richard Davidson, 2002Kelly, Grinband, Hirsch, 2007
The rise of everyone
Information
Interaction
Community/Network
A word of caution
ECAR, 2007 Undergraduate Students and IT
Preference for IT Use in Courses
Oxford Internet Institute: Internet in Britain 2007
1. Reality: Pace and Growth2. Reality: Lives and Habits of Learners3. Where are We Now?4. The Need for Change?5. Models of Change6. Moving Forward7. Innovation
Signal Hill 2007 Post Secondary Fact Book
Market shift
• “Life long” (had to say that)• Non-sequential learners• Learners with non-degree needs• Learners with flexible degree needs
Oxford Internet Institute: Internet in Britain 2007
3.3 Billion Mobile accounts
Informa, 2007
Oxford Internet Institute: Internet in Britain 2007
Oxford Internet Institute: Internet in Britain 2007
“Prototypical US industry in 10 years, if all goes well”
National Center on Education and the Economy: Tough Choices or Tough Times
1. Reality: Pace and Growth2. Reality: Lives and Habits of Learners3. Where are We Now?4. The Need for Change?5. Models of Change6. Moving Forward7. Innovation
“...we have to change ourselves in changing environments, and we have to empower ourselves to change these environments as well”
Theo Hug
New skills
• ALA: information literacy (2000)
• Jenkins: New media skills (2006, p. 5)
• 21st Century Skills
• Digital Literacy – Gilster 1997, Jones-Kavalier & Flannigan, 2006
Harvard (2007): Core Curriculum
1. Civic Engagement
2. Students to understand themselves as products of—and participants in—traditions of art, ideas, and values
3. Respond critically and constructively to change
4. Students’ understanding of ethical dimensions of what they say and do
New Skills
• Knowledge of Human Cultures and the Physical and Natural World
• Intellectual and Practical Skills
• Personal and Social Responsibility
• Integrative Learning
AAC&U, 2007: College Learning for the New Global Century
New views of education?
• Process?
• Content?
• Chris Lott’s Information Fluency: Knowledge/discipline...Participation... Metacognition/critical thinking
Literacy with identity
Our structures of presenting information
and fostering knowledge development cannot
keep pace with growth!
Our structures of presenting information
and fostering knowledge development cannot
keep pace with growth!
1. Reality: Pace and Growth2. Reality: Lives and Habits of Learners3. Where are We Now?4. The Need for Change?5. Models of Change6. Moving Forward7. Innovation
Cook, Holley & AndrewBritish Journal of Educational Technology 38 (5), 784-794.
1. Reality: Pace and Growth2. Reality: Lives and Habits of Learners3. Where are We Now?4. The Need for Change?5. Models of Change6. Moving Forward7. Innovation
What will education look like?
OECD: Schooling for tomorrow
• Bureaucratic• Re-schooling– Focused learning organizations– Core social centres
• De-schooling– Extended market– Learning in networks
• Crisis
Mixed signals in times of transition
Threats
• For-profit providers• Global schools• Relationship to University• Funding• Re-skilling faculty
Opportunities
• Global market• Partnerships with other institutions• Collaboration with global partners• Adopt combined resource-models• Innovate method and structure
1. Reality: Pace and Growth2. Reality: Lives and Habits of Learners3. Where are We Now?4. The Need for Change?5. Models of Change6. Moving Forward7. Innovation
http://dltj.org/2006/12/disruptive-innovation-card
Innovating Education
Distance Education and Extension departments uniquely suited to the task
What are core tasks in DE/Extension?
• Administration– Management, policy
• Technological– Infrastructure, security
• Research– New markets, future opportunities– On act and process of teaching
• Marketing• Teaching and Learning
Teaching and Learning
Reconsider full spectrum of activity
Courses
Classrooms
Teacher/educator
Books
IP/Copyright
How do we begin to innovate?
small stepsmany directions
SeedSelect
Amplify(Meyer & Davis, 2003)
Exploration/Conceptualization
Experimentation
Implementation
Websites and Newsletters
www.elearnspace.orgwww.knowingknowledge.com
www.connectivism.cahttp://ltc.umanitoba.ca/wordpress/