With apologies to the great twentieth century philosopher, Don Henley, this talk looks back to the reasons we did learn and looks forward to some of the ways technology might help us to learn for the future.

1. Open Learning
or
I saw a deadhead sticker on a Cadillac

2. Why we learn.
You can’t look back you can never look back.
Don Henley
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aboutmattlaw/4140541929/sizes/o/in/photostream/

3. http://www.flickr.com/photos/gruban/137421445/in/photostream/

4. http://www.flickr.com/photos/rpoll/2424765019/sizes/z/in/photostream/

5. The Censor
The censor
http://www.flickr.com/photos/draggin/200444235/

6. Prepared to
be a citizen.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/euthman/490890040

7. http://www.flickr.com/photos/killfile/3344595791/

9. “The Board believes this environment calls for a
much faster pace of change in administrative
structure, in governance, in financial resource
development and in resource prioritization and
allocation. We do not believe we can even
maintain our current standard under a model
of incremental, marginal change. The world is
simply moving too fast.”

10. Other Examples?

11. 2 key trends

12. Open online courses

14. Analytics

17. http://www.slideshare.net/sbs/learning-analytics-dream-nightmare-or-fairydust

18. Albany Technical College: The Student Tracking
and Retention Services (STARS) Program is
designed to serve high‐risk students by personally
connecting them with counselors… The STARS
program has increased the retention rate to 87%
compared with rates prior to this intervention
(68.3%), and STARS has also increased Academic
Affairs and Student Affairs collaboration while
generating new ideas and ways of helping
students.
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/NGLC003.p
df

19. Little of column A
Little of column B

20. Pearson VUE delivers certification and
licensure tests through the world’s largest
network of test centers in 165 countries
across the world.

21. Open learning innovation
or
Business innovation?

22. 1. allow for certificates of mastery to be earned by
able learners
2. conducting significant research on how students
learn.
Edxonline FAQ

23. “These [Online] offerings don't
provide the same quality as in-class
instruction.”
David McAlpine, president of the board of directors for the American Council for
the Teaching of Foreign Languages USNews

24. Quality?
Simple vs. Complex

25. http://www.flickr.com/photos/tojosan/176759844

26. Foundational

27. Quality is easily assessed.
We can create a plan for
foundational learning, or it will
be created for us

29. Decision Making

31. Why do I teach?

32. To instruct the mass of our citizens in
these, their rights, interests and duties, as
men [sic] and citizens” Thomas Jefferson

33. Prepare students
for uncertainty

34. Rhizomatic learning
Embracing uncertainty
Community as the curriculum
Cheating as sharing
Student responsibility for
decision making

35. The technology
• Allows them to collaborate in and out of class
• Tracks them in open spaces
• Allows them access to an indefinite amount of
content
• Forces them to make decisions

38. The technology
• Allows them to collaborate out of class
• Tracks them in open spaces
• Allows them access to an indefinite amount of
content
And
• Discover like minded people
• Participate in the field

39. http://edfuture.net/
October 8-November 16, 2012

40. 1 Final Point

41. Either we decide what the new
technology means… or someone
else does.

42. Embrace uncertainty
@davecormier