This document summarizes a presentation about moving digital learning strategies "from Cottage to Corporate." It discusses how most new educational technologies reinforce traditional outcomes and promotes a "beyond braindead innovation" approach. This involves focusing on policy, pedagogy, and infrastructure to infuse disruptive digital learning tools throughout the learning experience both on and off campus. It provides Massey University in New Zealand as a case study, highlighting how they implemented Moodle across 4000 online environments. The presentation argues for developing a unified digital learning culture and platform to promote learning without limits. It emphasizes the importance of having the right people to lead such initiatives and notes how strategies must be full of doubts as well as certainties.
Beyond Braindead Innovation: Moodling up from Cottage to Corporate
1. A cutting-edge digital learning strategy
Beyond Braindead Innovation:
Moodling up from Cottage to Corporate
Professor Mark Brown
Director, National Institute for Digital Learning
Tuesday 15th April 2014
11. The inconvenient truth is…
Brain Dead Innovation…
When implemented enterprise-wide most new educational
technologies reinforce traditional outcomes…
12. And sadly the „pump,
pump, dump‟ model of
online learning still
dominates teaching
practice.
The inconvenient truth is…
Brain Dead Innovation…
When implemented enterprise-wide most new educational
technologies reinforce traditional outcomes…
25. Taking the best of DCU to the world…
A growing range of transnational activities and programmes in
countries throughout the world, including a strategic partnership
with Arizona State University.
TRANSNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS
CUSTOMISED PROGRAMMES
OPEN COURSES AND RESOURCES
Participate in freely available open courses or take advantage of
some of our fully online study resources and public lectures on
YouTube.
ONLINE DEGREES
A growing suite of fully and partially online modules and
qualifications in areas of research excellence which address some
of the grand challenges facing the world.
We can develop customised short courses and full degree
programmes to meet your specific needs. Courses are available in
our key areas of expertise anywhere in the world.
Moodling up from Cottage to Corporate…
27. Moodle
At the core of the digital
learning platform with
consistent look and feel.
Adobe Connect
A core tool for real type
interaction between staff
and students.
E-portfolio
A key platofrm for promoting
critically reflective, work
ready 21st century learners.
Other Tools
A range of other core and
custom tools to support a rich
digital learing culture.
Nexus
Inspire
Connect
Learning without Limits
Digital learning platform…
e.g.,
Moodling up from Cottage to Corporate…
29. Off Campus
in Class
Off Campus
out of Class
Infusing disruptive innovation throughout the learning ecology
On Campus
in Class
Acquisition
Participation
Synchronous Asynchronous
On Campus
out of Class
Digital
Learning
Culture
Moodling up from Cottage to Corporate…
38. “Make sure that they have the right people
on the “bus” before deciding where you want to
go.”
Jim Collins… “Good to Great: Why Some Companies
Make the Leap…and Others Don‟t”.
Key Lesson…
Final comment
40. “The whole problem with the world is that fools and
fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but
wiser people so full of doubts”
Bertrand Russell
Just remember…
41. Contact details…
Professor Mark Brown
Director, National Institute for Digital Learning
mark.brown@dcu.ie
@mbrownz
http://www.slideshare.net/mbrownz
Notas del editor
Entertaining and but ultimately a bad splatter movie. And like Braindead ends up being a flop at the box office. Disturbing story of brain dead innovation. Open source
The Institute should also plan to host a National Summit and high profile international conference on digital learning during the implementation phase. Such activities will serve to influence policy as well as shape practice and enhance the reputation of DCU as a globally engaged University.
The key point is that developing, implementing and maintaining a cutting-edge digital learning strategy needs to be framed around the overarching vision, mission and values that are the distinctive essence of Dublin City University. As you can see from the handout a number of key cogs of change are identified in helping DCU realize the wider goal of “transforming lives and societies” through a 21st century digital campus.