A strategic overview of emerging technology.

1. A strategic overview of emerging
educational technologies

2. Introduction
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What I'll cover:
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high level overview of technology trends relevant to F/HE
Who I am:
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Wilbert Kraan
Assistant Director, Centre for Educational Technology and
Interoperability Standards
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3. Overview
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(Learning) Analytics
Research data management
Outsourcing, cloud and shared services
eTextBooks
Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs)
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4. Analytics
Past
Information
Present
Future
What happened?
What is happening
now?
What will happen?
(Reporting)
Insight
(Alerts)
How and why did it
happen?
What is the next
best action?
(Modelling,
experimental
design)
(Recommendation)
(Extrapolation)
What is the
best/worst that can
happen?
(Prediction,
optimisation,
simulation)
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5. (Learning) Analytics
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Potential
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Obstacles
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Lack of analytics expertise
Difficult to get at and process all the relevant data
What constitutes 'success' and how do we measure it?
Opportunities
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Optimisation of core processes (e.g. teaching & learning)
Anticipate changes
'What if' scenarios
Gain more insight in crucial areas
Reduce drop-out rates
What's behind the trend?
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Catch up with other sectors (finance, retail, sports)
Increased competition
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6. Research data management
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7. Research data management
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Potential
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Obstacles
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Home-grown systems culture
Wide variety of needs
Opportunities
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Efficient sharing/re-use of data will lead to more breakthroughs
Data volumes need common infrastructure
Streamline some processes
Share the most obvious infrastructure
What's behind the trend
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Desire by funding agencies to get more bang for their buck
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8. Outsourcing, cloud and shared
services
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9. Outsourcing, cloud and shared
services
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Potential
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Obstacles
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Determining what is common and what is unique
Privacy and security
Opportunities
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Save money by sharing infrastructure
Share the most commodified technologies (email, file storage)
What's behind the trend
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Cost saving
Better user experience
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10. eTextBooks
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11. eTextBooks
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Potential
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Obstacles
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Not clear what works/doesn't work in terms of technology,
usability, pedagogy
Lack of interoperability
Opportunities
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Access to interactive and adapted and/or personalised content
on any device
Experiment with new pedagogies
Overhaul course content
What's driving this trend?
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Hardware innovation
Territory grab by major vendors (Apple, Amazon, Google)
Some publishers looking for a new business model or niche
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12. Massive Online Open Courses
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13. Massive Online Open Courses
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Potential
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Obstacles
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Business model unclear
Very large drop-out rates
Opportunities
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Whole new way to deliver F/HE
Free education for everyone
Added value services:
 Proctored exams
 Tutoring
 Accreditation
What's behind the trend?
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Desire for low barrier to entry, course sized F/HE
Desire to mainstream online learning
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14. Questions?
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More on any of the topics: http://jisc.cetis.ac.uk/
Specifically on analytics:
http://publications.cetis.ac.uk/c/analytics
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