This document discusses best practices for online course delivery. It begins by highlighting how education has changed from analog to digital, from isolated to connected, and from consumption to creation. It then examines the evolution of e-learning technologies over time. Key points discussed include the rise of MOOCs and how they will force professors to improve pedagogy or face online competition. The document also emphasizes developing 21st century literacies in students and intrinsic motivation. It advocates shifting from a teacher-centric to learner-centric approach and having students create and publish work. Overall, the document promotes participatory and blended learning strategies that integrate personal learning environments.
Online Course Delivery: World’s Best Practice (Or 7 Handy Hints on How to become a Rock Star Prof)
1. Online Course Delivery: World’s Best Practice
(Or 7 Handy Hints on How to become a Rock Star Prof)
Professor Jeremy Williams
Asia Pacific Management Centre
Griffith Business School
GBS Teaching Community of Practice (TCoP)
6. DavidWiley
(BrighamYoungUniversity)
@opencontent
T hen vs N ow
Analog Digital
Tethered Mobile
Isolated Connected
Generic Personal
Consumption Creating
Closed Open
http://www.slideshare.net/courosa/rethinking-teaching-learning-in-a-networked-reality
17. “The world of MOOCs is creating a
competition that will force every
professor to improve his or her
pedagogy or face an online
competitor … When outstanding
becomes so easily available,
average is over.”
Thomas L. Friedman
18. “Things take
longer to happen
than you think
they will, and
then they
happen faster
than you think
they could”
Lawrence Summers
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27. 21st century literacies …
Develop proficiency and fluency with the tools of technology;
Build intentional cross-cultural connections and relationships with
others so to pose and solve problems collaboratively and
strengthen independent thought;
Design and share information for global communities to meet a
variety of purposes;
Manage, analyze, and synthesize multiple streams of
simultaneous information;
Create, critique, analyze, and evaluate multimedia texts;
Attend to the ethical responsibilities required by these complex
environments.
http://edudemic.com/2013/04/important-21st-century-skills/
57. Key features
Learners play the role of decision-maker, auditor,
consultant or advisor
They are presented with a unstructured (open-ended)
problems that require resolution (usually in the form of
a set of recommendations)
No pre-exam night 'cramming'
http://setandbma.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/technology-adoption.pngThe “Hype Cycle” model used by Gartner since 1995 and the “Technology Adoption Lifecycle” model popularized by Everett Rogers and Geoffrey Moore.