1. The iSchool Institute
Symposium Series
Sept 30-Oct 1, 2013
Pushing the
Envelope in
Education
New Roles for
Libraries
MOOCs, eLearning
and Gamification
2. Welcome
ī§ Welcome
ī§ Washrooms
ī§ Hashtag #moocslib
ī§ WiFi:
Select: UTorwin
Password: UToronto1home
To sign in:
UTORid: fis.guest
Password: tor0011
ī§ Lunch
ī§ Starbucks
ī§ No-host drinks tonight â dinner for those who want to
stay
ī§ Tomorrow
3.
4. The Philosophy
ī§ What are the opportunities for libraries in the e-
learning space?
ī§ Support? Provider? Creator? School? Colleges?
None?
ī§ What are the academic underpinnings of e-learning
and gamification?
ī§ How does this relate to libraries, learning, and
research institutions?
ī§ Whatâs happening today in real experience and
practice?
ī§ And, what can we vision and imagine for the future?
ī§ How do we do this? Where can we start?
5. The Agenda for Monday
ī§ Introduction
ī§ Framing the Opportunities for Libraries
ī§ CISCO learning, access to knowledge, and
employability
ī§ Underpinnings of eLearning: How the "Tried
and True" Informs the New
ī§ MOOCs for Librarians
ī§ Lunch (provided)
ī§ eLearning in Libraries
ī§ Research
ī§ Gamification in Action
ī§ Quick trip for a beer conversation afterwards
6. The Agenda for Tuesday
ī§ Coffee & Muffins
ī§ MOOC Toolkit
ī§ eLearning Support in Action
ī§ Supporting eLearning
ī§ Lunch (*provided)
ī§ MOOCs to Online Learning
ī§ ELearning/MOOC Platforms
ī§ Putting it All Together: Brainstorming Roles
for Supporting eLearning, MOOCs &
Gamification
8. Perfect Storm? Critical Mass?
ī§ Digital content â web, licensed, free and fee
ī§ Shareability
ī§ Globalization of edu-markets
ī§ New research into understanding learning
styles and intelligence
ī§ Production price point is doable and mass
market potential
ī§ Devices are ready and available in core
market(s)
ī§ Cloud software and hosting creates a
simplified online environment â no
downloadsâĻ
9. Perfect Storm? Critical Mass?
ī§ Devices are affordable
ī§ Alignment of synchronous and asynchronous
strategies for learning
ī§ Collaboration based software is emerging more
fully into the workplace
ī§ Social software is fully embedded in the
consumer space and especially with targeted
young scholars
ī§ Online registration and payment methods are
more rugged
ī§ Homework and assignments can be done and
submitted by individuals and cohorts
10. Perfect Storm? Critical Mass?
ī§ Decent video, audio, recording, and graphics
tools. Way past PPT
ī§ Online assessment is emerging as doable
ī§ Class size variable seems to be based on
judgment combined with business models
ī§ Class size depends on how learning happens
â technical transfer or knowledge embedding?
ī§ Solid tools and practices are emerging for
learning and engaging. Real challenge is on
the instructor / designer level and with
evaluation of same.
ī§ Content is differentially emergingâĻ
12. Content
ī§ Textbook publishers: Cengage Learning,
Pearson, and McGraw-Hill
ī§ e.g. Ed2Go, Learn4Life, Gale Online High
School
ī§ 10âs of thousands of authors, rugged
editorial and updatingâĻ major investments
in development
ī§ Other content â open-textbooks, open
source, open access
ī§ Loads of excellent and questionable content
available for free (or hopefully free)
14. Technology
ī§ Simple tools make an e-learning
environment like multiple instruments make
and orchestra.
ī§ The musicians AND the conductor make the
experience.
ī§ It takes work, plans, scripts and practice.
ī§ The experience happens on many levels
whether thereâs and audience of one or
more . . . or not.
15. Environments
ī§ MOOCs
ī§ EdX, Coursera, Udacity
ī§ Learning Management Systems
ī§ Blackboard, Moodle, Desire to Learn (D2L)
ī§ Very interesting early successes in pilots
and trials: TED and Khan Academy,
University of Phoenix, MIT and Harvard, etc.
17. Key Questions
ī§ How does e-learning fit into the library
service portfolio
ī§ Do we just support or get more fully into it?
Where does our library fit?
ī§ To build or not to build your own?
ī§ How does learning happen best?
ī§ How do we assess student success in this
environment?
ī§ How do we measure success?
19. How could the landscape
change?
ī§ Prediction: 45% of higher education
institutions in North America merge or go
underâĻ?
ī§ New entrants: the periphery moves to the
centre.
ī§ Public Libraries offer K-12 credits and
become schools
ī§ Public Libraries offer college courses and
online support and coaching
ī§ Associations adopt technical certification
and accredited diplomas for IT, and technical
trades
20. How could the landscape
change?
ī§ Disruption: Local boards of education are no
more. They are forced to merge at the state
and provincial level as cost-effective models
and technical scalability become concerns
based on financial considerations.
ī§ Disruption: Massive mergers/consolidations,
bankruptcies of traditional publishers and
institutions of higher education
ī§ Disruption: Global providers emerge from
the Far East and drive west.