Scary Monsters and Super Creeps: Collaborating with the Enemy
1. Scary Monsters and Super Creeps:
Collaborating with the Enemy
Professor Mark Brown - PhD
Director, National Institute for Digital Learning
COIL Fischer Lecturer
Penn State University
9th August, 2016
32. “Developing and implementing desired
change is not an event but is a complex
and subjective learning/unlearning
process for all concerned” (p.73).
Scott, G. (2003). Effective change management in higher education. Educause
Review, November/December, 64-80.
Listen | Link | Lead
36. “It is theory that
decides what we
can observe…”
Albert Einstein
37. Different interest groups and stakeholders borrow the
same ‘language of persuasion’ to legitimize their own agenda
38. Knowledge Economy
TWO MAJOR PERSPECTIVES
Mark Brown, 2016
• Open Learning
• Online Learning
• Anytime Anywhere Learning
eLearning •
Digital Learning •
Technology-enhanced Learning •
39. “Frankly, all the computers and software and
Internet connections in the world won’t do
much good if young people don’t understand
that access to new technology means…
access to the new economy”
(President Bill Clinton; cited in Cuban, 2001, p.18).
40. Knowledge Economy
TWO MAJOR PERSPECTIVES
Learning Society
Mark Brown, 2016
• Open Learning
• Online Learning
• Anytime Anywhere Learning
eLearning •
Digital Learning •
Technology-enhanced Learning •
41. “Higher education has a crucial role to play in
laying the foundations of a society that is
more inclusive, participatory and
equal...” The President said “…the role of
the university in enabling citizens to develop
the tools to address the great challenges of
our time – global poverty, climate
change and sustainability – was vital.
42. Reproducing
TWO MAJOR PERSPECTIVES
Learning Society
Knowledge Economy
Mark Brown, 2016
• Sifting agent
• Human capital
• Social cohesion
• Cultural heritage
• Open Learning
• Online Learning
• Anytime Anywhere Learning
eLearning •
Digital Learning •
Technology-enhanced Learning •
43. ReschoolingReproducing
• Sifting agent
• Human capital
• Social cohesion
• Cultural heritage
TWO MAJOR PERSPECTIVES
Learning Society
Knowledge Economy
Mark Brown, 2016
• 21st century skills
• Technology as progress
• Education as commodity
• Increased market competition
• Open Learning
• Online Learning
• Anytime Anywhere Learning
eLearning •
Digital Learning •
Technology-enhanced Learning •
44. “Our ability to compete as a nation—and for
states, regions and communities to attract
growth industries and create jobs—
demands a fresh approach to public
education. We need to recognize that a 21st
century education is the bedrock of
competitiveness—the engine, not simply
an input, of the economy” (P21, 2008, p.1).
http://www.p21.org/storage/documents/21st_century_skills_education_and_competitiveness_guide.pdf
58. ReconceptualizingDeschooling
ReschoolingReproducing
• Just society
• Lifelong learning
• Pillars of learning
• Sustainable development
TWO MAJOR PERSPECTIVES
Learning Society
Knowledge Economy
Mark Brown, 2016
• Sifting agent
• Human capital
• Social cohesion
• Cultural heritage
• Entrepreneurship
• Technology as progress
• Education as commodity
• Increased market competition
• Unbundling
• Opening access
• Micro credentials
• New learning pathways
• Open Learning
• Online Learning
• Anytime Anywhere Learning
eLearning •
Digital Learning •
Technology-enhanced Learning •
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63. The current emphasis on education in change
needs to shift to the language
of education for change.
67. “Despite huge advancements in
technology over the last 50 years, the
wealth gap between developed and
developing countries has more than
doubled” (John Pilger, 2002).
68. World Bank Group. (2016). Digital dividends: World development report. Washington: A World
Bank Group Flagship Report.
69. Global Attitudes Project, Pew Research, 2011
http://www.pewglobal.org/2011/11/17/the-american-western-european-values-gap/
The American-Western European Values Gap
70.
71. “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, 2013)
Past President,
Commonwealth of Learning;
Previous Vice-Chancellor,
UK Open University
72. Allen, E., & Seaman, J., with Poulin, R., & Taylor Straut, T. (2016). Online report card: Tracking online
education in the United States. Babson Survey Research Group and Quahog Research Group.
2%
81. Jansen, D., & Schuwer, R. (2015). Institutional MOOC strategies in Europe Status report based on a
mapping survey conducted in October - December 2014. EADTU – HOME project. Available from http://
eadtu.eu/documents/Publications/OEenM/Institutional_MOOC_strategies_in_Europe.pdf
90. • 775 million adults illiterate (2/3 women)
• Some 250 million children not learning
basic skills
• 12 million teachers needed to get every
child into school by 2020
“A prudent question is one-half of wisdom”
Francis Bacon
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91. Professor Mark Brown
Director, National Institute for Digital Learning
www.dcu.ie/nidlmark.brown@dcu.ie
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