Global Movements &Cultural Changes in

Technology

Cable GreeneLearning Director

Hold On!

“We are in the midst of a technological, economic, and organizational

transformation that allows us to negotiate the terms of freedom, justice, and productivity in the

information society”Yochai Benkler

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lonewolf23/1570632701/

Why does it matter? seamless connection

of people, resources & knowledge

digitization of content virtual, mobile,

personal global platform for

collaboration outsourcing open-sourcing blurring of boundaries

In a flat world, the artists, the synthesizers of ideas will rule.

And they will use web 2.0 software standards, and practices to distribute their ideas.

And we can makeall of our “digital stuff”available toall people…and most of itwill get used...by someone.

"According to an IBM study, by 2010, the amount of digital

information in the world will double every 11 hours."

http://elearning101.org

The digital universe in 2007 was equal to almost 45 gigabytes (GB) of digital information for

every person on earth …

…or the equivalent of over 17 billion 8 GB iPhones.

http://elearning101.org

Choices:

(1) Open up andleverage global input

OR

(2) close up shop

How do we Deal with This?

We are preparing students for

jobs that don’t yet exist, using

technologies that haven’t been

invented, to solve problems we

don’t even know are problems yet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHWTLA8WecI

(1) Engage Web 2.0

Stuff (read & write)

Web 2.0 Concepts

participatingcollaborating

file sharing

tagging

connecting

social softwareSocial networking

social bookmarkinguser-generated

information cloudscrowdsourcing

blogging

wikis

creating

INNOVATIONfeeding

THE SOCIAL WEB

networking

community

interacting

social graph

swarm effect

viral speed

widget commenting

~ a brand new language ~

perpetual beta

- Elaine Talbert

http://www.go2web20.net

RSS

Social Networking

Social Bookmarking

http://delicious.com

Wiki

Share Slides (and use others’)

http://www.slideshare.net

Share Video

Online Office Hours: System License!

Blog

http://www.blogger.com

(2) eLearningWhy call it

“eLearning?”

“Distance” is about geographic separation.

“eLearning” is about leveraging the unique affordances of digital technologies to support new ways of learning in new spaces. Online, Hybrid, Enhanced

“eLearning”

eLearning in Context

Growth in online enrollments far exceeds overall enrollment growth.

CTC system FTE growth Fall 2007 up 1%, online enrollments increased 15% Online + hybrid = 19.6%

3.5 million students are taking at least one online course = 20%of all U.S. higher education students.

Washington Community & Technical CollegesOnline Courses: Fall 07

13,473 FTE online equivalent to 2.5 Community Colleges

Over 72,000 students learn online each year

45% of all CTC graduates earn 15 or more credits via eLearning

Completion Rates

http://www.sbctc.edu/college/dl/AllCompletionRates_eLearning.xls

Growth in Online CoursesFall FTE: 1998-2010

1999-2007 growth = 715%

Growth in Online CoursesAnnual Enrollment: 1998-2010

1999-2007 growth = 426%

Why does this growth curve

matter?

Educate More Citizens

HECB Master Plan I. Raise educational attainment to

create prosperity, opportunity Policy Goal: Increase the total number of

degrees and certificates produced annually to achieve Global Challenge State benchmarks.

By 2018, raise mid-level degrees and certificates to 36,200 annually, an increase of 9,400 degrees annually.

… if you don’t offer online courses and excellent online student services … someone else will… and students will choose.

(3) Open Educational Resources

Because when we cooperate and share, we all win – exponentially.

Reedʼs Law: Networks grow [in value] exponentially by the number of nodes.

It’s a social justice issue: everyone has the right to access global knowledge.

Why is “Open” Important?

Institute for the Future whitepaper: Technologies of Cooperation

Definition of OER

Digitized materials, offered freely and openly for educators, students, to use and re-use for teaching, learning and research.

http://topics.developmentgateway.org/openeducation

What about Copyright / IP?CC Video

- JSB

OpenLearn (UK)

OCW – MIT China Open Resources for Education has

translated 109 MIT OCW courses into Chinese.

Rice Connexions

(a few) Open Content Repositories

Kunle Adejumo, Engineering student

at Ahmadu Bello Universityin Zaria, Nigeria

“Last semester, I had a course in metallurgical engineering. I didn’t have notes, so I went to OCW. I downloaded a course outline on this, and also some review questions, and these helped me gain a deeper understanding of the material.”

Making a Difference – Student Use

and there is this smallcollection of articles:

What are Open Textbooks?

“Open textbooks” are free, online, open-access textbooks. The content of open textbooks is licensed to allow anyone to use, download, customize, or print without expressed permission from the author.

http://www.maketextbooksaffordable.org

Examples of Free, Open Textbooks

Why do we Need Open Textbooks? 2005 GAO report: College textbook prices have

risen at twice the rate of annual inflation over the last two decades

At 2-year public institutions, the average cost of books and supplies per first-time, full-time student (’03-’04) was $886 = almost 75% of the cost of tuition and fees $898 at 4-year public institutions, about 26% of the cost

of tuition and fees

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d05806.pdf

May, 2007: Dept of Ed.

http://www.maketextbooksaffordable.org/course_correction.pdf

We must get rid of our “not invented here” attitude regarding others’ content move to: "proudly borrowed from there"

Content is not a strategic advantage

Nor can we (or our students) afford it: Students want open, free textbooks Students want access to the global courses

Hey Higher Ed!

“As uncomfortable a proposition as this new openness may be for some, I believe it is the future of higher education.”

In web 2.0, everything is public & higher education needs to

get used to it.

Future of Openness in Education

David Wiley 2006. Open source, openness, and higher education.

(4) Strategic Technology

Plan

Strategic Technology Plan

Long-term planning to infuse innovative, student-centered technologies and transform learning throughout the CTC system.

Structural shift to student-centric applications, services and development processes.

Leverage technology, services and content across the 34 Colleges.

Plan approved by: WACTC & SBCTC

What we learned from Students 24/7/365 online access to courses and student

services faculty to be proficient with technologies access to better online library resources consistency in the technology tools across all

courses and Colleges access to online textbooks to lower costs and

reduce paper use 100% wireless campus

What we learned from Faculty

faculty believe technology helps them teach more effectively (87%)

faculty turn to other faculty for information about new learning technologies (72%)

student expectations motivate faculty to learn more about technology (69%)

Bottom Line

Accountability Shared technology, support services and content is a

responsible use of public funds.

Accessibility All students, faculty and staff need access to enterprise

eLearning & administrative systems and support services to compete in the global market.

Affordability No College can afford all necessary eLearning &

administrative systems & support services individually.

What Happens if weDon’t Change?

Google, Amazo

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Open Content, O

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Higher EducationFu

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Time

Harder to catch-up …

Or even understand.

Organizing knowledge networks has traditionally been the role of higher education.

Higher Education will shift from organization as silo, to organization as node.

Shift to Node

Parting Thought…

Is the network to the point where we can challenge traditional models of pedagogy, publishing, and how we use digital technologies?

If so, how will your curriculum and methods of learning change, assuming that today’s technology will be readily available to both you and your students?

http://blog.oer.sbctc.edu http://blog.elearning.sbctc.edu

Dr. Cable Greencgreen@sbctc.edu (360) 704-4334Twitter: cgreen