Post on 27-Mar-2015
New Paths in Elearning
George Siemens
Why are you using elearning?
Uses for elearning
Strategic advantageReduce costsRapid learning/developmentIncrease capacity for performance
TrendsMobileDecentralizationGlobalNew Learning Context
– Informal– Continual– Embedded in workplace– Rapid
Impact of Trends
Learning=life line in complex, knowledge environments
Interconnected nature of organization and individual– Systems thinking– Chaos theory– Complexity theory
Where are you succeeding in elearning?
Design
Where are you succeeding in elearning?
Technology
Where are you succeeding in elearning?
Delivery
Where are you succeeding in elearning?
Learner involvement
What’s wrong?
Current elearning approach is not sustainable– Cost of content creation– Content obsolescence– Mismatch – learning environment and real-life
learning– Too much information – can’t process under
existing models
What’s wrong?
Learning: chaotic, nebulous, aggregation, pattern recognition, distributed cognition, social “continual suspended certainty”, JIT
Our current learning tools: LMS, LCMS: structured, hierarchical, rigid, in advance of need
Centralized vs. Decentralized
Complexity requires decentralization
What’s happening?
Which tools are you currently using for learning?
Let’s Build an Airplane…
Knowledge is distributed
Complexity requires aggregation
Aggregation provides whole picture
A new path…
NetworksConnected specializationAdaptive learning modelsDiversity of approachesSimple, social tools
– Learning and KM
The role of content
Is content still king?
Connectivism
Learning as network-creationMeaning as pattern recognitionTools aligned to inherent nature of
task
Let’s get practical
Tools:
– Email– Blended– F2F– Social technologies– Distributed
– Communities– Mobile– SOSS– CMS– Networks
Connections to content
Connections to people
How can we implement tools and approaches that work?
George Siemenswww.elearnspace.orgwww.connectivism.ca
gsiemens@elearnspace.org