{"id":81611,"date":"2022-07-05T12:43:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-05T16:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=81611"},"modified":"2022-07-05T13:30:16","modified_gmt":"2022-07-05T17:30:16","slug":"whats-next-for-online-education-the-educationalist-by-alexandra-mihai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2022\/07\/05\/whats-next-for-online-education-the-educationalist-by-alexandra-mihai\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s next for online education? + two other items from &#8220;The Educationalist&#8221; &#8212; by Alexandra Mihai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/educationalist.substack.com\/p\/whats-next-for-online-education\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>What&#8217;s next for online education?<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from educationalist.substack.com by Alexandra Mihai<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> (emphasis DSC):<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"header-with-anchor-widget\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>An ecosystem not a dichotomy<\/strong><br \/>\nAs you\u2019re hopefully already getting from my thoughts so far, I personally see our options for quality education in the future more like\u00a0<strong>an ecosystem\u00a0<\/strong>and not a series of mutually exclusive paths. It\u2019s time to discard- or at least question-the \u201conline vs. in person\u201d dichotomy, almost always unfavourable to online education. It\u2019s time to think in a\u00a0<strong>more nuanced<\/strong>\u00a0way about this. And, yes, you\u2019ve guessed, more nuanced is always more difficult. Seeing the shades of grey requires a critical lens that we don\u2019t need to see black and white.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>The extent to which online education will be used in the future does not depend only on people (micro level), it depends on institutions (meso level) and policies (macro level).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>The learning ecosystem<\/strong>, in my view<strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>includes various modalities used in a complementary way and as a continuum;<\/li>\n<li>serves a multitude of audiences, at different stages of learning, with different aims and degrees of engagement;<\/li>\n<li>requires comprehensive and interconnected support structures at institutional level, for students and faculty.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>Also from educationalist.substack.com by Alexandra Mihai, see:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/educationalist.substack.com\/p\/intentional-learning-design\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Intentional learning design<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from educationalist.substack.com by Alexandra Mihai<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>My definition<br \/>\n<\/strong>Let\u2019s start with a definition. By <strong>intentional learning design<\/strong>\u00a0I mean designing learning experiences:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Focusing on the \u201cwhy\u201d:<\/strong> ensuring that any decision taken at the design stage is aligned with the overall narrative of the course and, more precisely, with the learning objectives; this requires self-reflection, at least some knowledge of the main pedagogical principles, attention to detail and openness to see learning design as an iterative process and not a box on a checklist;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Focusing on students\u2019 experience:<\/strong> designing a course\/ programme that is well tailored to students\u2019 needs; this requires knowing your students well, making your design choices explicit to them and involving them in an ongoing dialogue.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/educationalist.substack.com\/p\/mid-term-reflections-on-my-american\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Mid-term reflections on my American adventure<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>A sneak peek into my research on Centres for Teaching and Learning (CTLs)<\/strong><br \/>\nWith a big part of the data collection already behind me, I thought I\u2019d briefly share here some of my most important- and sometimes surprising- findings so far. While still pretty superficial, this can hopefully give you an insight into the discussions I&#8217;ve been having and hopefully make you curious to find out more once I\u2019ll get to publish my results.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Positioning of CTLs.<\/li>\n<li>Sense of CTL vulnerability.<\/li>\n<li>The backgrounds and personalities of CTL leaders.<\/li>\n<li>Integrated CTLs.<\/li>\n<li>Credibility.<\/li>\n<li>Who works in CTLs?<\/li>\n<li>Professional development and career paths in CTLs.<\/li>\n<li>CTL offer and programming.<\/li>\n<li>Graduate student support.<\/li>\n<li>Online education.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s next for online education? &#8212; from educationalist.substack.com by Alexandra Mihai Excerpt (emphasis DSC): An ecosystem not a dichotomy As you\u2019re hopefully already getting from my thoughts so far, I personally see our options for quality education in the future more like\u00a0an ecosystem\u00a0and not a series of mutually exclusive paths. It\u2019s time to discard- or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[61,86,209,115,498,302,287,533,36,35,3,391,119,74,102,7,838,62,133,219,310,20,321,214],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-side-of-he","category-change","category-changing-business-models","category-colleges","category-communities-of-practice","category-community-colleges","category-europe","category-experimentation","category-future-of-higher-education","category-game-changing-environment","category-higher-education","category-human-computer-interaction-hci","category-instructional-design","category-leadership","category-learning","category-learning-ecosystem","category-learning-experience-design","category-online-learning","category-online-media","category-online-tutoring","category-staying-relevant","category-strategy","category-united-states","category-universities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81611"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81618,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81611\/revisions\/81618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}