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Ohio calls on Blackboard to create statewide online learning clearinghouse

On 08/06/2010, in adult learning, CMS/LMS, education technology, game-changing environment, higher education, K-12 related, learning ecosystem, lifelong learning, online learning, by Daniel Christian

Ohio calls on Blackboard to create statewide online learning clearinghouse — from The Journal by Dian Schaffhauser

Ohio’s Board of Regents will be working with Blackboard in developing a program to host distance learning courses in the state. Chancellor Eric Fingerhut chose Blackboard’s consulting team to build a new, statewide digital learning clearinghouse that will provide a common platform for online courses. The goal of the program is to use the courses to graduate more students, keep more of them at Ohio colleges and universities and in the state’s workforce, and attract more out of state graduates to pursue additional education and careers in Ohio.

Participating schools can both add and tap into the courses offered in the program. High school students could earn college credit through dual enrollment and Advanced Placement courses or use remediation offerings. College students could attend a wider range of courses and other options for earning credits and completing degrees more quickly. The resources are also expected to help adult learners who want to pursue training to advance or change their careers and prepare for certifications.

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From DSC: Whether you agree with everything here, you *need* to read this one…

On 07/21/2010, in 24x7x365 access, business, business side of he, career development, change, changing business models, colleges, community colleges, competency-based learning/education, corporate / business world, cost of getting a degree, dangers of the status quo, disruption, education reform, education technology, elearning, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, face-to-face, faculty, future of higher education, game-changing environment, global / globalization, higher education, innovation, leadership, learning ecosystem, lifelong learning, more voice more choice more control, New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, new business models, online learning, online tutoring, open courseware and systems, pace of change, personalized/customized learning, strategy, teaching & learning, traditional / tradition, universities, using teams, workplace, by Daniel Christian

The future of colleges and universities -- from the spring of 2010 by futurist Thomas Frey

From Spring 2010

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From DSC:

If you are even remotely connected to higher education, then you *need* to read this one!


Most certainly, not everything that Thomas Frey says will take place…but I’ll bet you he’s right on a number of accounts. Whether he’s right or not, the potential scenarios he brings up ought to give us pause to reflect on ways to respond to these situations…on ways to spot and take advantage of the various opportunities that arise (which will only happen to those organizations who are alert and looking for them).


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Interesting, potentially-powerful vision for a college or university — from Jay Collier via Mr. Joseph Byerwalter

On 06/21/2010, in colleges, engagement / engaging students, lifelong learning, universities, by Daniel Christian

Online Engagement at Bates — from Jay Collier via Mr. Joseph Byerwalter

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Education’s Big Shift: Institutions of Learning to Learning Institutions — from Education Innovation

On 05/06/2010, in learning ecosystem, lifelong learning, pace of change, Personal Learning Networks (PLNs), by Daniel Christian

Education’s Big Shift: Institutions of Learning to Learning Institutions — from Education Innovation

In their new book The Power of Pull, authors John Hagel III, John Seely Brown, and Lang Davison describe what they call the “Big Shift.”

The Big Shift for Education

“Our educational institutions are grappling with the need to move from being institutions of learning to learning institutions that rapidly evolve in response to the quickly changing learning needs of students and then find ways to extend the learning process well beyond the walls and semesters that define courses today.”

Personal Implications of the Big Shift

“We discover, to our dismay, that the significant investments we made in education in the early part of our lives was just the beginning. In order to stay successful in a world of accelerating change, we need to find ways to learn faster, often in areas that we once viewed as quite peripheral to our professions.”

“What we knew yesterday—either as employees or in terms of what our institutions as a whole knows about its business—is proving to be less and less helpful with the challenges and opportunities we confront today.”

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Managing Higher Education Technology: An Interview with Dr. Tony Bates — from the Higher Education Management Group

On 04/29/2010, in future of higher education, game-changing environment, higher education, lifelong learning, by Daniel Christian

Managing Higher Education Technology: An Interview with Dr. Tony Bates — from the Higher Education Management Group

However, how that mission is delivered must and will change, if universities and colleges are to survive (or rather, if independent, publicly funded educational institutions are to survive). In particular, we have to move away from the idea of the classroom as the default model for teaching and learning, to looking it as just one of many tools we have for teaching and learning. If over half the population needs not only post-secondary education, but also ongoing lifelong learning, and the main means of communication are technological, we cannot effectively provide higher education in a factory-like structure organized like a factory, with everyone at the same place at the same time. So it is in the delivery and organization of teaching and learning where fundamental change is needed.

Managing Higher Education Technology: An Interview with Dr. Tony Bates

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Why America needs to start educating its workforce again — Techcrunch.com

On 03/29/2010, in lifelong learning, training / L&D, workplace, by Daniel Christian

Why America needs to start educating its workforce again — Techcrunch.com [via George Siemens]

From DSC:
This article/topic reminded me of a reading from Drucker (2004, p. 27):

“People change over such a long time span. They become different persons with different needs, different abilities, different perspectives, and therefore, with a need to “reinvent themselves.” I quite intentionally use a stronger word than ‘revitalize.’ If you talk of fifty years of working life — and this, I think, is going to be increasingly the norm — you have to reinvent yourself.”

Drucker, P. (2004). The Daily Drucker. HarperBusiness, New York.

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Tips & Tricks for Effective Lecturecasting — from ProfHacker.com by Ethan Watrall

On 01/25/2010, in digital audio, digital video, education technology, faculty, IT in HE, learning ecosystem, learning spaces, mobile learning, multimedia, smart classrooms, teaching & learning, Uncategorized, by Daniel Christian

Tips & Tricks for Effective Lecturecasting — from ProfHacker.com by Ethan Watrall

Lecturecasting is all the rage these days.  And whether you are lecturecasting specifically for a class (either online, face-to-face, or any combination thereof), or are putting your lectures out to the wider public on a platform such as iTunes U, it takes a lot of work to get your lecturecasts to the point where they are effective vehicles for your content.

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Disruptive Innovation in the Classroom — The Journal by Bridget McCrea

On 01/21/2010, in education technology, game-changing environment, higher education, pace of change, by Daniel Christian

Disruptive Innovation in the Classroom — from The Journal by Bridget McCrea
One expert discusses how disruptive innovations like online learning will change the way students learn and progress.

From DSC:
I am not sure we are fully appreciating the scope of the changes about to take place throughout higher education. If we look at what the Internet has done to other industries — and the corresponding (amazingly-short) timeframes it took to turn those industries on their heads — we will begin to have a better appreciation for the massive changes coming down the pike. When the iPod was introduced in October 2003, it didn’t take Apple long to completely dominate the music distribution business. Also, take a look at journalism and how quickly things have changed there (relatively speaking). I believe higher education is next. For more background on my stance on things, you might want to check out two pages/presentations:

  1. The Forthcoming Walmart of Education (Dec 2008):
    http://www.calvin.edu/~dsc8/walmartofeducation.htm
  2. A Potential Vision for the Future (Spring/ Summer 2008):
    http://www.calvin.edu/~dsc8/visions.htm
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Welcome to Learning Ecosystems!

On 01/20/2010, in Daniel S. Christian, learning ecosystem, by Daniel Christian

Learning Ecosystems -- by Daniel S. Christian

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My objective with this blog is to provide you with a broad-range of insights and resources regarding some tools, technologies, and strategies that help people learn and communicate.  I address elements that relate to the worlds of higher education, K-12, and the corporate training/development.  I seek to identify and relay patterns and trends in the quickly-changing landscapes out there, helping folks keep a pulse check on such items as:

  • 1:1 computing, AI, personalized learning
  • “The Forthcoming Walmart of Education”; changing business models, opportunities, and threats within the world of higher education
  • The disruptive power of technology
  • What elements should be in your learning ecosystem
  • “Learning from the Living Room”
  • Keeping students engaged
  • Digital storytelling
  • Multimedia (tools, techniques, trends, other)
  • Mobile learning
  • Building your global network
  • Instructional design
  • Web design and production
  • …as well as other educationally-related topics.

To get an idea of my views on the above topics — along with some of the other topics I’ve covered in the last 3 years — please feel free to review my personal site at Calvin College.  Here’s an example archives page covering all of 2009:  http://www.calvin.edu/~dsc8/announcement_archives_2009.htm

I look forward to our future discussions as we try to make our individual and corporate contributions to the worlds of education…thereby making the entire world a better place.

Sincerely,
Daniel S. Christian

Daniel S. Christian
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