1) Emerging technologies will significantly impact how teaching and learning occurs and how students succeed.
2) Faculty can tap into new technologies to prepare students for college and career success by helping them learn to create and share content online and participate in online networks.
3) For colleges to remain competitive, they must embrace digital culture and help students learn through remixing education using new technologies, rather than rejecting technological changes.
1. REMIXING EDUCATION Technology and the Future of Teaching and Learning Richard Sebastian Director of Teaching & Learning Technologies, VCCS rsebastian@vccs.edu 804.819.4795 @rasebastian
2. 3 Questions How Will emerging technology innovations impact teaching and learning and student success? How can faculty tap the potential of these technologies to prepare students for success in college and after they graduate? How can colleges remain a relevant option in a world of rapid change and increased competition?
3. Question #1 How Will emerging technology innovations impact teaching and learning and student success?
5. “This ‘telephone’ has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us.” — A memo at Western Union, late 1800s
21. Technology is the problem What WE learn how we learn Who we Learn with where & When Learning happens Technology has altered how we view learning itself
27. Traditional Online Learning Institution Based Online courses, learning management system closed networks Product Based Content packaging and delivery Digital rights and authentication Content Based courseware, course packs Learning design and sequencing
28. Learning Networks Not Institution Based Resource based, learning integration Open access, content networks Not Product Based Web based, content not packaged but aggregated Identity used to enable access, not restrict it Not Content Based E-learning as engagement, conversation Focus on services and interaction
Predictions about the future can be risky and embarrassing. And bad for business.
We can’t seem to help it, though.
Predictions about the future of education are less risky. The teacher (expert) delivers the content to the receptive studentStudents learn the same material at the same paceThey learn on a structured schedule of semesters or quarters, and the content they need fills up these periodsStudents indicate their understanding of the content by taking testsWhen they have mastered the content, they receive some kind of official acknowledgement—a grade, a certificate, a degree.
Predictions about the future of education are less riskyThe teacher (expert) delivers the content to the receptive studentStudents learn the same material at the same paceThey learn on a structured schedule of semesters or quarters, and the content they need fills up these periodsStudents indicate their understanding of the content by taking testsWhen they have mastered the content, they receive some kind of official acknowledgement—a grade, a certificate, a degree.
Predictions about the future of education are less riskyThe teacher (expert) delivers the content to the receptive studentStudents learn the same material at the same paceThey learn on a structured schedule of semesters or quarters, and the content they need fills up these periodsStudents indicate their understanding of the content by taking testsWhen they have mastered the content, they receive some kind of official acknowledgement—a grade, a certificate, a degree.
Predictions about the future of education are less riskyThe teacher (expert) delivers the content to the receptive studentStudents learn the same material at the same paceThey learn on a structured schedule of semesters or quarters, and the content they need fills up these periodsStudents indicate their understanding of the content by taking testsWhen they have mastered the content, they receive some kind of official acknowledgement—a grade, a certificate, a degree.
Predictions about the future of education are less riskyThe teacher (expert) delivers the content to the receptive studentStudents learn the same material at the same paceThey learn on a structured schedule of semesters or quarters, and the content they need fills up these periodsStudents indicate their understanding of the content by taking testsWhen they have mastered the content, they receive some kind of official acknowledgement—a grade, a certificate, a degree.
Predictions about the future of education are less risky. Despite the Horizon predictions, you have to wonder if these new technologies will only be laid over our current model of ed:The teacher (expert) delivers the content to the receptive studentStudents learn the same material at the same paceStudents learn on a structured schedule of semesters or quarters, and the content they need fills up these periodsStudents indicate their understanding of the content by taking a test on the contentWhen they have mastered the content, they receive some kind of official acknowledgement—a grade, a certificate, a degree.
So, since it has been this way for so long, maybe education doesn’t really need to fundamentally change. It has gotten everything right.
Who will step in to fill the need? InnovatorsWe may not know what the future holds, but education, particularly postsecondary, has never been at greater risk of being disrupted like other industries: Newspaper Music Entertainment
How did this happen? Technology is to blame. It has changed the context of learning, like it has changed the context of working, entertainment, many other aspects of our lives. What we learn: Connectivism How we learn: digital toolsWho we learn with: anyone, anywhere Where & whenlearning happens: anywhere, anytimeWhen we’ve built all of these buildings, hired these people, etc.
Technology is the answer not because of online coursesNot because of lecture captureNot because of the iPadDistance Learning is often the same kind of learning, repackaged. All of these are positive steps, but baby steps
Technology is the answer because it gives us the tools we need to reinvent, or remix, teaching and learning—taking the things that work, throwing away what doesn’t, making something newIt’s an exciting prospect, but a difficult one, tooSo how do we remix teaching & learning?
Who will step in to fill the need? InnovatorsWe may not know what the future holds, but education, particularly postsecondary, has never been at greater risk of being disrupted like other industries: Newspaper Music Entertainment