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Innovation and TechnologyAs with all students, the opportunity for students with learning

disabilities to compete for college admissions, succeed incollege and in the global market place depends upon the

quality of their educational preparation and the systems theyrely upon. Enhancing the effectiveness depends upon

technology and innovation. Richard Varn will describe the

challenges of relevance and innovation in technology that mustbe confronted in order for students with learning disabilities toachieve their goals in preparing for college. Varn will discuss

how technology will reshape the schools and educationsystems that students with learning disabilities rely upon for

preparation and the colleges and university environments thatthey will be entering. He will discuss issues that policymakers,

educators and others must confront to close gaps inpreparation and college access for students with learning

disabilities.


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Innovation and TechnologyTwo Key Ingredients for

Improving Preparation andTransition to College

Richard J. H. Varn


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"Whoever"Whoever

desiresdesires

constantconstantsuccess mustsuccess must

change hischange hisconduct withconduct with

the times."the times."


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"There is nothing more"There is nothing more

difficult to take in hand,difficult to take in hand,

more perilous to conduct,more perilous to conduct,

or more uncertain in itsor more uncertain in itssuccess, than to take thesuccess, than to take the

lead in the introduction of alead in the introduction of a

new order of things.new order of things.

Because the innovator hasBecause the innovator has

for enemies all those whofor enemies all those who

have done well under thehave done well under the

old conditions, andold conditions, andlukewarm (indifferent,lukewarm (indifferent,

uninterested) defenders inuninterested) defenders in

those who may do wellthose who may do well

under the new. "under the new. "

CIO


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SomeChange Attempt Examples1990 World Wide

WebDNA forensicsBroadband

Video HistoryArchiveIowa Electronic

UniversityIndoor

playgroundsGovernment

services card

1-to-1 computing

E-medical recordsHealth care pooling

Courseware camps

Ad supported e-mail

100% E by 2003

IP video andtelephony

GIS/GPS criminal

tracking


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Dominant Private Practice for Change

High Value

Low Value

High Cost Low Cost

Current Process

New Process

Leap and

Reap

Rapidly


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Creep and Weep

Over a MuchLonger Time

Government Failure to Precipitate

High Value

Low Value

High Cost Low Cost

Current Process

New Process

Current Process

Keep the Old

Process But Do

Less of It


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Where we passionately and

methodically search for new insight

into how the brain functions, how welearn, and the factors and methods of

human organization and success...


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IGNORE IT

ALL WHEN

IT COMES

TO OUR

OWNPROGRAMS

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Education and Government:

Resistant to Change

Pushing change in education andgovernment is like trying to run througha wall of spandex

coated with Teflon so nothingsticksAnd imbued with the universal element

Bureaucratium, an amazingsubstance that seems indestructibleand repels everything


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Examples of the Kind of QuestionsThat I Intend to Ask As a Way of

Infecting You With Viral Ideas

No Birds Are Involved

In Transmission


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Do You Remember?

Plop Pop Cop


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Technological Ethics

Which does not fit:

Licentiousness, Extremes, Titillation,Comfort or Learning?

We try to do analog replication andcombination of these easier things tohelp learning - like with games that

teach or a dramatization of an ideasuch as with Les Miserables.


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Technological EthicsWhat about when we can digitally and

elementally duplicate the pleasurable toachieve the difficult?As we identify the electrochemical

processes and stimulants that are involvedwith pleasure, spirituality, comfort, fun, etc.,will the vice and commercial industries bethe only ones willing and able to use them?

If we can make learning to solve quadraticequations feel like eating junk food, gaming,and skateboarding all at once, what is wrongwith that?


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Creative Deconstruction Destruction

Modern science and technologyHumanitys Great Quest: Being

able to observe, identify, model,

manipulate, create, form andcombine the parts of anythingCosmos, atoms, genes, cells,

brains, bodies, ecosystems,knowledge, work, processes,markets and institutions


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Key Effects of IT AgeDigitalization

AutomationRobotizationMiniaturizationSpecializationCustomizationGlobalizationMutation

Commoditization

DisintermediationModularizationTechnological

Determinism

Acronymization orTCCTA Tendency to Create

Colorful Technical

Acronyms. If you have a problemwith that, join SPAM orSociety to PreventAcronym Memorization.

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Centers AreShiftingCenter of Proximity and Concentration

Center of Culture/EntertainmentCenter of ProductionCenter of Application

Center of Global ScaleCenter of ExcellenceCenter of Integration

Center of CreativityCenter of DiscoveryCenter of Brokering

Center of Service (Concierge At Large)

Past (Settled)

Future (Frontier)


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The PostmanProviso

Technology or Technique is NotNeutral

We conform to it, it does not conform to us.

But perhaps it can be Subversively Helpful.

Technological determinism means that if youchange a part of an interconnected system, the

rest of the system WILL eventually and inevitablychange to reflect the speed, power or capabilities

Technology is ultimately a friend but mostly

it is a "dangerous enemy" that "intrudes"into a culture "changing everything andeven "eliminates alternatives to itself."

Automationincreases probability

but decreases possibility.- Lewis Mumford
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Determinism: A Short Cut

The long term sneaky way to change the

world without ever asking permission orhaving to try to convince those who will beforced to change and already hate the

idea, whatever it is and no matter what itis, before you even thought of it.

Change key, interconnected tools, and the

rest of the system will change.


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Technological Determinism

Technological systems are

interconnected webs.The history of such systems shows a

consistent repeating pattern.

Changes in the speed, power orcomplexity of one part causescomparable changes in all other parts towhich it is connected.


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One Word: Database

Tools are viral containers of ideas.

How we think differently from their use is ofteneven more important than what they actually do.

Do you remember the first time you clicked insteadof typed?

Do you remember pocket protector wearers sayingGUI was a waste of time and resources, and wasthe SAME AS TYPING COMMANDS?

The viral idea was the connection betweeninterface, function and data, and they could not seeit.

The dominant tool, metaphor, idea of our time is

the database.


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Convergence

The coming together or merging of:

Jurisdictions Industries

Companies

Tools and technologies

Products and devices

Professions and skills

Jobs

The viral spread of IT across and withinindustries and elements of life

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Analog: Standardization

Nut, screws and bolts

RailsElectricity

Auto tiresPaper

Plumbing and lumberDrove the greatest expansion ofhuman productive capacity in

history and a lot of extinctions

S d di i


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Digital: Standardization

Data (XML in every industry)

Networks (IP everything)

Software (Web Services and SOA)

Storage (the one file holy grail)Human Computer Interface (see me,

feel me)

Processing (Gird for the Virtual Grid)

And the effect will be at least as large

Technological bow waves

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Government and EducationAs A Service

Domestic and Global Economy of Scale LayerCommon, Interchangeable, Customizable Software and Hardware Services

Public Entities Non-Profit Entities and Associations For-Profit Entities

Public

Only

BothPublic

Only

BothPublic Only Both

Subject Matter Expert Layer

Subject and Industry Specific Human, Software and Hardware Services

Bit

Concierge Layer

Personalized and Automated Human, Software and Hardware Services

Private OnlyPrivate

Only

Niche Function Industry Cross-IndustryOne Stop

Government

Object MarketFunctional and Software Lego Bricks

Public DevelopersDomestic, Global and

Open Source

Private DevelopersDomestic, Global and

Open Source

Customer

AgentsWeb Services Government

Integrated Into

Other Software

and Services

GAAS UP
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Steps toGAAS UP

Consolidate (across boundaries

and industries)

Broker (think Plastics)

Standardize (what and how)Automate (no human can)

Innovate (no machine used to)

GAAS UP


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Steps toGAAS UP

Document rules (rules are made to

be coded)Virtualize (it happens somewhere)Eliminate (processes and systems)Re-deploy resources (harvest)

E F Functional Summary


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Businesses

CustomerAgents

Citizens

E-FormsFunctional Summary

FirstForm

FirstForm

FirstForm

Data to

Agencies

to:

Accept

Share

Reuse

Query

Manage

SafeguardPrivacy

COUNT

COUNT

COUNT

ExtractData

ApplyBusiness

Rules

Validate

Sign

Submit

Route

FormsEngines

to:

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Rules

Sign

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DirectData

Transfers

DataAnalysis,

Sharingand

PublicAccess
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ScopeIndustry

Segment or

Government

Function

Data ManagementImprovementProcess

Publish Data

Routing

Processes

Create

Harmonized

Forms

Identify

Forms and

Paperwork

Processes

Within

Segment or

Function

Determine Core Data Elements

and Business Rules

Select Forms

and

Processes to

Be

Addressed

Select

Industry or

Government

FunctionFinalize and Publish XML

Schema for Data Elements,

Business Rules and Presentation

Formats

Harmonize Data Elements and

Business Rules; Coordinate With

Industry Standards

Customer AgentsPrivate Industry Solutions,

Systems, Services and

Software Modules

Agency Processing,

Applications,

Databases and Legacy

Systems

Work With: Business and Industry Associations Industry Solutions Vendors Federal, State and Local Governments Customer Agents Industry XML and Data Standards

Bodies

Harmonize andReduce

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The Next 50 YearsDevices per chip continue to double every

12 months.The pace of change continues to accelerate.

100 years happens in 20 at the current rate.*

Use to ubiquity.Distinctive to disposable.

Peripheral to integral.

*Ray Kurzweil, The Age of Spiritual Machines

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The Pace of Change Is Accelerating

F W IT
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Four Ways to IT

Wire

StorageProcessing

Wireless

Services andContent

U i l Access


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UniversalAccess

Anyone, anywhere, anytime will be

able to instantaneously talk, writeand send visual and audio

information to anyone else.IP replaces Esperanto.

Please put my universal translatorengine in my cell phone in my earrather than a Babel Fish

Th Digital Majorit


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Watch the Third Screen

TheDigital Majority

Like Starbucks' relentless attempts to sell itselfas the "third place," the wireless industry is

trying to sell itself as the "third screen."

2010:

500 Million BroadbandUsers

2.3 Billion Cell Phones

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Spare Parts

Availability dates:Artificial Brain Cells 2017Artificial Brain 2035Artificial Eyes 2010Artificial Eye Implant 2024Permanent Mechanical Heart 2010Synthetic Muscles 2019

Lungs And Kidneys 2015

DATA: BRITISH TELEPHONE LABS in Business Week, March 200 and in The Register, February 2005

N Pi ki U S


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Now Picking Up a SpareOver 100,000 Cochlear

Ear ImplantsBionic limbs moved by thought

Exoskeletons

Limbs, joints and bonesCarbon nanotubes

B i C t I t f


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Brain Computer Interface

A BrainGate, enabled paralyzed MatthewNagle, to move a computer cursor, change

TV channels and operate fingers on aprosthetic hand.Long-term goal of the study was to develop

brain computer interfaces (BCIs).

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Unlocking EricEric Ramsey has been "locked-in" since 1999. A

locked-in patient is somebody who is basically alert

and intelligent, but they cannot communicate. His thinking brain is intact, but he cannot move, he

can hardly move his eyes, he cannot speak, hegets spasms from time to time."

They are presently detecting the pattern of firing insignals and the pattern is associated with particularphonemes or word sounds that he is trying toproduce. They have done that mapping and aretrying to detect them and send them back to him,so that he can actually produce the phonemes orsounds of words. The result will be a computersynthesizing Eric's attempts to speak.

M Th th S f O P t


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More Than the Sum of Our PartsBeyond alleviating the effects of disabilities,

normal functioning humans could upgrade toimprove intelligence, sensory awareness orsimply to counter the effects of aging.

Disability becomes ability?

Ampl-ability (ability becomes amplified)?Eubility (good things beyond human ability)?Malability (things we wish humans could

never do)?

C t Tipping Point


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ComputerTipping Point

Computers reach the speed of 20

quadrillion instructions per second, equal tothe human brain

In accordance with Moore's law, we expected

to reach the computational capacity of thehuman brain---20 million billion neuronconnection calculations per second (100 billionneurons times an average of 1,000 connections

to other neurons times 200 calculations persecond per connection)---in a super computerby 2010 and in a standard personal computerby the year 2020.

Ray Kurzweil

K il Vision


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KurweilsVision

By the year 2040 a super

computer reaches the collectivebrain speed of all the human

brains alive.By 2050 global brain speed is

available on a $1,000 laptop.

B f Y Retire or Die


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Before YouRetire or Die

Cumulative machine intelligence

becomes larger than cumulativehuman intelligence.

GNR (Genetic, Nanotechnologyand Robotics) combine to remakecivilization as we know it.

Hi HAL


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Hi,HAL

Non-invasive brain

scanning capabilities aregrowing exponentially.Reverse engineering of

the brain and othersoftware techniques makemachines more than

human in many ways.Will I dream, Doctor?

Convergence in Learning


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Convergence in Learning

Neuroscience

InformationTechnology AssessmentLearners

Diagnosis, Response and Treatment

Inherent IT Advantages in Education?


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Customization and individualization

Democratization of access, contentand tools

Non-linearityPlace indifference

Availability of changeable contentThe elimination of rote tasks in

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More time to focus on only that

which a human can do wellInstant access human knowledge in

all formsOverlaying data on our experiences

Sharing

Collaboration

Input and outcome analysis


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Are We Taking Advantage of theInherent Advantages of IT in

Education?

UmmmNo

What Is Most Out of Whack?


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The Carnegie Unit credit hours

Linearity

Grades

SubjectsLearning to remember rather than

learning to learnEducation is expected to cure all

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Assessment is misapplied with too

many high-stakes low-yield testsand not enough low-stakes

high-yield tests.The policy response is inadequate

to the amount of change, the size ofthe challenge and the importance ofthe outcome.

Courseware


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Courseware

1: Each academic program has an

articulated curriculum.2: Each class has specified goals

and objectives.

3: Standards and the method ofassessment are agreed upon.

4: Student achievement level and learning

style are assessed.

More Courseware Steps


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More Courseware Steps...

5: Learning and instruction plan

is customized and matched to goals,objectives and student learning style.

6: Search for, acquire and develop

courseware to meet the learning andinstruction plans.

7: Training in the use of the courseware

and courseware tools is delivered.


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Courseware Layers


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Courseware Layers

Experience, Information and Knowledge

ObjectsModules

Units

Courses or Competencies

Degrees, Certificates and DocumentedAchievement

Digital Content Essential Raw Material


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Digital ContentEssential Raw Material

Why have states not mandated that all text

books and educational materials purchasedmust be in both analog (paper) or digital form?Furthermore, since most of the cost of paper

materials is NOT in the content development

but in the manufacture and distribution,states should pay less for the digital

copy and subscribe to updates like other

software maintenance.If you feel lonely, put a trigger to make sure 10

or some number of states pass it before itgoes into effect.

Searching for Optimal Efficiency and Quality


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Searching for Optimal Efficiency and Quality

Cost

Lecture

Personal Tutor

Self-StudyBook

Mode and level of personalization of delivery

Discussion/Class

Courseware

Low

High

Do What Students Do


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Do What Students DoGames and simulationMix, mash and create IMTxtCell

MP3/PodcastsStream-of-consciousness surfingBloggingEmail

CollaborateMusicTVDVDs

Viral advertising

Where Can We Go From Here?


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Where Can We Go From Here?

Data-Based Decisions


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Data-Based Decisions

Being able to see and use all allowable

data in multiple formats: Textual

Tabular

Spatial Simulation

The ability to know actual outcomes of

programs from enterprise data and otherprivate data sources.

What and Where Is Work and Who or What Does It?


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What and Where Is Work and Who or What Does It?

Human Race

Workplace Workers

Distributed Workers

Outsourced Workers

Crowd Sourced

Workers

Machine RaceComputers and Robots

Workplace Machines

Distributed Machines

Outsourced Machines

Distributed

Processing

Work

Play

Neither and Both

Unbundling the Teaching Profession


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Unbundling the Teaching Profession

One job category

Job description?

Do it all and do it well.

What does that mean?

We need to face up to our teaching disabilities.

Job Description for a Teacher


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Job Description for a Teacher

Teaching

Assessment expert

Diagnostic expert

Curriculum designer

AdvisorMentor

Researcher/Writer

Public servantSocial worker

Community and Parent

Liaison

Bureaucrat

Policymaker

Medical manager

Content expert

Technology integratorDisciplinarian

Disability manager

Secretary and data entryclerk

And did I mention youhave a life?

Converged Science


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Converged Science

Neuroscience

PsychometricsBiology

Psychology

Communication and PersuasionChemistry

Physics

How these will be applied to the teachingand learning process

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Consider the Medical Model and Distributed Work

How the health care work force is

organized: We pay doctors a lot but there is still a huge

supporting cast of specialist and professionals.

They have insurance and customers shilling forthem and occasionally annoying them.

Consider how the converging sciences ofinformation technology, neurology,

assessment and so on can be used todiagnose successful and unsuccessfullearning strategies and activities and vary

how we approach education.

Converged Learning Management


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Converged Learning Management

Student portfolios to document learning

New evaluation methodsThe link between material use, brain

research and real-time monitoring

Diagnostics with physical capabilitiesFormative assessments can be:

Technology like Web Ex, Groupsystems.com,

and audience response systems Or cheap and simple

Red dot, green dot

A-E letters

The Old New Key Questions


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The Old New Key Questions

Who teaches it?

What is taught?When is it taught?

Where is it taught?

Why is it taught?

How is it taught?

How do wemeasure teaching?

Who learns it?

What is learned?When is it learned?

Where is it learned?

Why is it learned?

How is it learned?

How do we measurelearning?


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Example: Note Taking


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Example: Note TakingIs this the reason we go to school?

It is the most practiced act.Granted: it has the benefit for some

learners of reinforcing and as a memory aid.

It is not part of the curriculum, evaluated,credited, improved.Alternatives

Notes in advance

Lecture capture, preview, or synopses

Real-time voice to text

Moving on to the next level of discourse rather

than recording the sage on the stage

Questions and Answers


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Questions andAnswers

Policy implicationsPractice

recommendations

Productrecommendations

Questions and Answers


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Richard J. H. Varn

[email protected]

Questions andAnswers

Education Technology Objectives


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Classroom and Institution Management

You want the grading and paperwork processes of teachingto be easier and more automated.

You want learners and their families to be able to do

self-service on classroom and institutional processes.

You want to know more about your learners before theyshow up for class. You want to know the results of yourspecific programs and effort with as much cause and effectanalysis as possible.

You want your results based system to roll its results up tovarious mandated reports like NCLB and to teachers,researchers, educational leaders, policy makers and

the public.



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Better Lectures and Presentations

You want to hold the attention of learnersduring lectures and presentations andappropriately use various media to enhancelearning rather than just entertain.

Reflect Work Conditions

You want your learners to learn using thesame tools, techniques and systems they will

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duc o ec o ogy Objec ves

Remediation

You want to spend less class time onbringing everyone up to the same

level and on addressing general study

skill issues, subject matter gaps andliteracy problems.



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Technical Training

You want learners to learn to use tools andsystems that are not in themselves part of thecurriculum by using self-paced, virtual andhands-on tutorials.

Customized Learning You want use technology to match the

teaching and learning methods and materialsto be tailored to the individual knowledge,skills, learning styles and objectives of

each learner.



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Diagnostic Model of Education

You want to use brain research, assessment,real time feedback and (if it becomescommonly available) physical indication oflearning activity in the brain to know if a learner

is in fact learning and responds accordingly.

Extended Learning You want the exceptional and the motivated

learners to go beyond what is required in theclass or program and beyond what you havetime to teach them.



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Self-Directed Learners

You want learners who can and will learnon their own to be able to do so andreceive credit for what they learn. You

want to be able to spend more timebeing a mentor, motivator, creator, guide,evaluator and/or expert learner.



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Collaborative Learning

You want your learners to work incollaborative teams and networks that arenot bound by the walls and grounds of

your location.More Learning

You want your learners to learn more

than previously possible through printtechnology and gain greater mastery overthe subject matter.



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More Cost-Effective Learning

You want learning the amount of learningper dollar spent to be greater.



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gy jDifferentiating Roles and Specializing

You want to allow each person to focusmore on the more narrowly defined role,specialize, and improve the quality oftheir work on their areas of expertise

(e.g., assessment, curriculumdevelopment, discussion, administrativeprocesses, lecture, mentoring,counseling, etc.) and use technology tohelp free up time and reorganize thework to make this possible.


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Courseware Development

You want to do what was once only theprovince of textbook companies,moviemakers and computer specialists:

make multimedia courseware.



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Reach New Markets

You want to export your unique and highquality programs into areas beyond themagic 30-minute, 30-mile barrier.



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Expand Offerings

You want to be able to increase yourofferings beyond what is possible and/oraffordable with conventional educational

delivery systems. You want to do this toattract and keep more students andincrease the value of your programs.



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Survival

You want to make sure you are notbypassed by other delivery systems

and that your school is equal to or better

than the competition in the use andavailability of education materials andinformation technology.

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