Presentation slides for IELOL 2015

1. IELOL 2015
Institute for Emerging Leadership in Online Learning
“Global Scan in Online Learning”
13th August 2015
Mark Meg

2. 1. The new global landscape of online learning
2. Global tour (scan) of online learning networks
and initiatives [activity]
3. Understanding the “bigger picture” of the
competing and co-existing discourses of
the global online learning landscape
Outline…

3. • Greater awareness of the global significance of
online learning.
• Increased knowledge and ability to participate in
online learning initiatives and professional networks
outside of the United States.
• Enhanced ability to critically interpret and discuss
the competing and co-existing discourses associated
with global developments in online learning.
Learning intentions…

4. 1. The new global landscape…

5. “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).
1. The new global landscape…

12. Education is 3rd largest export sector in New
Zealand

16. Hon Steve Maharey
President/Vice-Chancellor
Case Study 1

17. Case Study 1

18. Case Study 1

19. Case Study 1

20. Case Study 1

21. Case Study 2
http://oeru.org

22. h#ps://wikieducator.org/OER_university
Case Study 2

23. Case Study 3

24. Case Study 3

25. Case Study 3

29. Case Study 3

30. Case Study 3

31. •
•
•
“A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.”
Francis
Bacon
Key takeaways…

32. 2. Global tour of online learning…

33. 2. Global tour of online learning…

35. WHY?
- What country or region?
- Where will you visit?
- Who will you meet?
The task…
As a group of IELOL ‘star’ graduates you have
been invited by OLC to develop and lead a special
‘International Study Tour’ to a chosen country
or region.

36. • Australasia
• United Kingdom
• Europe – Eastern, Western
• Middle East
• Asia – China, India
• Latin/South America
• Africa
2 minutes to select your region or
country…

37. • Australasia
• United Kingdom
• Europe – Eastern, Western
• Middle East
• Asia – China, India
• Latin/South America
• Africa
Quick scan of your choices…

38. http://www.dcu.ie/nidl
Where to find information…

39. http://www.virtualcampuses.eu/index.php/Country_reports
Where to find information…

40. https://www.col.org
Where to find information…

41. http://www.icde.org
Where to find information…

42. How to approach the task…
•
•
•

43. Go to it...
• What will you do?
• Where will you go?
• Who will you meet?
• What is the objective?
• Why would people sign up?
http://www.dcu.ie/nidl

44. Report back...
• What will you do?
• Where will you go?
• Who will you meet?
• What is the objective?
• Why would people sign up?

45. Key takeaways…
•
•
•
“A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.”
Francis
Bacon

46. • Learning Design
• Instructional Design
One final point…

47. 2012
3. Understanding the bigger picture…

48. “An
educaConal
change
is
neither
natural
nor
normal,
constant
nor
common
as
it
involves
a
deeper
struggle
over
who
will
win
control
of
the
curriculum”
(Evans,
1996,
p.25).

50. Reconceptualist
• Open learning
• Online learning
• Anytime, anywhere learning
Deschooling
ReschoolingReproduction
• Monolingual
• Learning for all
• Global curriculum
• Education in change
• Diversity
• Just society
• Wicked problems
• Education for change
• Mass education
• Quality standards
• Education as commodity
• Increased market competition
• Democratic
• Open access
• Learning webs
• Unbundling learning
Learning Society
Knowledge Economy
E-learning •
Digital learning •
Technology-enhanced learning •
Different interest groups and stakeholders borrow the
same ‘language of persuasion’ to legitimize their own hegemonic agenda
Major Competing Lenses

51. “Technological developments are unavoidably
linked to broader social imaginaries: our
ideas about the role of technology in education are
shaped and reshaped by our ideas about what
constitutes the ‘good society’ (Morgan, 2013,
p.5).

52. “Online learning should
be in the service of
big ideas, not as
a big idea in itself”
(Brown & Costello, 2015;
adapted from Barnett, 2011).
Final point…