16. “UK MOOC snatches world
record for sign-ups. UK quality
beating US $$?”
1. Degrees of disconnection
17. 1. Degrees of disconnection
Another Colonialist Tool?
18. 1. Degrees of disconnection
• a type of marketing
• an academic labor policy
• a kind of entertainment media
• an expression of Silicon Valley values
• a financial policy for higher education
MOOCs are…
Peters, M. (2013). Massive Open Online Courses and Beyond: the Revolution to
Come. Truthout, August 17
21. "Using new digital technology to improve
education is not rocket science... it is
much, much harder than that”
(Diana Laurillard, 2009).
2. Dissecting designs
25. “Because no two students have the same needs
and no two teachers arrive at their best
performance in the same way, theoretical
exclusivity and didactic single-
mindedness can be trusted to make even the
best educational ideas fail”.
(Sfard, 1998, p.11)
2. Dissecting designs
27. “Not everything that can be counted
counts, not everything that counts can
be counted.”
Albert Einstein
2. Dissecting designs
28. ‘A key principle of designing learning
for the future is to help make the
design process more explicit and
shareable’
(Conole, 2010, p.482).
2. Dissecting designs
31. Off Campus
in Class
Off Campus
out of Class
On Campus
in Class
Acquisition
Participation
On Campus
out of Class
Leakage
The Learning Ecology
2. Dissecting designs
Physical Virtual
32. Conceptualise
What do we want to design, who for and why?
Consolidate
Evaluate and embed your design
The
7Cs Design
Framework
2. Dissecting designs
33. Learning by sharing
(Connectivist)
Learning by listening
(Instructionist)
Learning by doing
(Constructivist)
Learning by making
(Constructionist)
Design compass…
2. Dissecting designs
43. “It will not be possible to satisfy the
rising demand for Higher Education,
especially in developing countries, by
relying on traditional approaches”
Sir John Daniel
Past President, Commonwealth of Learning
3. Dilemmas
46. Allan, I., & Seaman, J. (2014). Grade Change: Tracking Online Education in the United
States. Babson Survey Research Group and Quahog Research Group, LLC.
3. Dilemmas
48. “There is also almost no understanding of the
private and social benefits of distance and online
education in comparison with those of face-to-face
education” (Rumble, 2014, p.208).
Key gap…
3. Dilemmas
50. “TEL
should be in
the service of
big ideas,
not as a big idea
in itself”
(adapted from Barnett, 2011).
Conclusion
51. LEARNING
TO BE
LEARNING
TO KNOW
LEARNING
TO DO
LEARNING
TO LIVE
TOGETHER
Digital
Literacy
Digital
Inclusion
Digital
Citizenship
Principles for Redesigning Education
RECONCEPTUALIST
DESIGN FOR LEARNING
Conclusion
52. LEARNING
TO BE
LEARNING
TO KNOW
LEARNING
TO DO
LEARNING
TO LIVE
TOGETHER
Digital
Literacy
Digital
Inclusion
Digital
Citizenship
Principles for Redesigning Education
Conclusion
RECONCEPTUALIST
DESIGN FOR LEARNING