erac presentation jan 10th 2011
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Environmental scan presentationTRANSCRIPT
Environmental Scan
Digital Learns Project Phase IIPresentation to ERAC,
January 10, 2012Cyri Jones, ZEN Portfolio Networks Inc.Jay Collier, The Compass LLC
Context
Context
• Phase I – Vision• Phase II – Environmental Scan• Concurrently developed ERAC Commons (May 2011) and Mobile Apps site (Jan. 2012)
– Seeing some of the social network components and issues in action
“Big Picture” Architecture Elements
Project Team
Cyri Jones, PrincipalZEN Portfolio Networks Inc., North Vancouver, BCDigital Learners Roadmap
Phase II ProposalEnvironmental Scan
By ZEN Portfolio Networks Inc.
Sept. 30th, 2011
Source: VSB website home page
Niklas Eriksson, Mobile Usability & LearningFaculty, ARCADA Polytechnic, Helsinki, Finland
Jay Collier, Executive DirectorThe Compass LLC, Topsham, Maine
Elena KuznetsovaResearcherCollaboration tool & Google Maps specialist
Goal
Phase II - Project Deliverables
• Digital Learners Roadmap – Environmental Scan– Scope
• What approaches are school districts, provinces, states, etc. using to help students and teachers discover and access learning resources
• How have they funded their initiatives including possible grant source info
• Best practices for how they have rolled-out these type of initiatives
• Regions:– Detailed Summary of what jurisdictions are doing in the US and
Canada– Genera Summary of what jurisdictions are doing in Europe and Asia
Phase II - Project Deliverables
• Complete by Dec. 15th, 2011– Present results in visual format
• Word/PDF/Excel document with links to relevant sites– Data focused– Links to resources– Some case studies where applicable– Contacts included
• Summary PowerPoint presentation– Trends & Conclusions
• Possibility of Google Map overlays showing regional data trends (depending on time)
Process
http://connectlearn21.net/
Terms of Reference
Challenges
Compelling vision but how to implement?
Implementation Gap
http://www.bcedplan.ca/
Systems need to be flexible, adaptive and iterative with user inputto stay relevant, long planning cycles = irrelevant offering
Tight Technology Expiry Dates
Discovery of quality learning resources
• Move to more granular learning resources
• Millions of apps• Billions of user generated
content items• Need to support
personalized learning• Crowdsourcing only
practical way to evaluate
Governance mismatch with IT infrastructure economies of scale
Disruptive technology
Shrinking budgets
Environmental changing at dizzying speed
Too Fast, Reactive
Too Slow, Deny
Quick and thoughtful
Good News
Opportunity
• Lots of expertise at hand here in BC• Compelling vision at provincial level and local
level• A lot of teachers and administrators
embracing change• Many jurisdictions faced similar questions 3 to
10 years ago– Lots of lessons learned
Trends
Collision between traditional face-to-face and online learning
Need to build a new, smart system from ground upnot just a “blend” that is “traditional face to face” + “online”
Education Trends
Blended Learning Consolidation of distance learning and face-to-face classroom opportunities for accessing digital resources and tools.
Raised expectations for digital tools in schools by students and teachers.
Why can’t school tools be as usable as digital tools they use in other areas of their life.
Mobile learning a game changer Students and teachers want to bring their personal devices to the school and leverage.
Quality and quantity of learning resources increasing
Challenge is in finding the right resources for the task or learning outcome at hand.
Teachers and students becoming creators of content, not just consumers
Not just consuming traditional publisher content. Engaging project-based teaching involves creating things and collaboration. Creative Commons licensing facilitating this. Growth of service learning.
Education Trends
Repositories to registries Moving away from a siloed learning object repository approach to one where only local resources are stored, external resources hosted with original content owner.
Growth of learning analytics Technology emerging to track para-data about learning resources (e.g. ratings by teachers) and consolidating to help filter. Ability to tie a learning resource to specific learning outcomes and see effectiveness of learning resource.
Consolidation of learning outcomes across jurisdictions
Growing realization that most learning outcomes from different jurisdictions are almost identical in core subjects (e.g. Common Core initiative in US with 42 states participating)
Cloud approach to learning technology delivery
Mirroring trend in other sectors, IT infrastructure is migrating from within the organization to external providers saving money and improving service.
Education Trends
Innovations coming from outside traditional education sector
Organizations like Khan Academy are disrupting education sector. Traditional delivery approaches are threatened with being redundant.
Growing awareness of important role of social networked learning
Many jurisdictions starting to set up social networks for their students and teachers.
Just-in-time instead of just-in-case learning Less important to “cover all the curriculum” than to provide authentic, project based learning experiences for students.
Importance of cross-functional teams Most meaningful work is done today in cross-functional teams. Students need to go beyond program and school siloes to get experience with this.
Growth of Microsoft.edu
Growth of Google Apps for Education
Consolidation of New Google Design
Powerful Learning Resource Metadata Sharing Approaches Emerging
+The Learning
RegistryProject
Primary Funding from US Dept of Education
US Dept of Defense
Learning Registry is a distributed system that permits sharing of metadata about learning resources...
© Copyright 2010 US Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative: CC-BY-3.0 20101022
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…developed through an open community process that engages learning resource creators, publishers, curators, and consumers.
© Copyright 2010 US Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative: CC-BY-3.0 20101022
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Learning Registry is a data exchange mechanism—not a destination website, search engine, or repository—upon which diverse user services can be built.
© Copyright 2010 US Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative: CC-BY-3.0 20101022
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© Copyright 2010 US Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative: CC-BY-3.0 20101022
© Copyright 2010 US Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative: CC-BY-3.0 20101022
Resource Paradata Profile
Resource InformationTitle Anatomy of a RoverLink http://www.teachersdomain.org/9-12/sci/ess/eiu/rover/index.htmlDescription In this interactive activity from NOVA, learn about the sophisticated scientific instruments on two identical robotic rovers that have explored Mars — Spirit and Opportunity.Subject Keyword(s) ScienceGrade Level High SchoolIntended Audience LearnerResource Type Instructional MaterialResource Format text, text/html
There are 16 discussion posts that include this resource in the Middle School Science group.
89 Career & Technical Educators in California included this resource in a curriculum module.
This resource has been aligned 214 times to Math Common Core Standard Apply geometric methods to solve design problems
This resource was voted #3 out of 5 Best Science Interactives for English Language Learners by teachers in Florida
Source Website: Visit Reference URL: VisitTimes Viewed: 39Times Voted: 23Times Rated: 6Times Favorited: 1Recommended: 2Times Tagged:
climate (2)global
warming (6)Usability Rating: 7.65/10Star Rating: 3.75/5Useful: Yes: 14
No: 9Accurate: Yes: 2
No: 1Likes: Yes: 12
No: 2Best Of 2010: 3 on a scale of 1 (Best) and 50 (Worst)Most Useful: 2 on a scale of 1 (Best) and 5 (Worst)
Dynamic Summary
Science Mars PBS
Space_Science NASA Engineering interactive design
Tagged As
Learning Resource Metadata Initiative
Learning
2.0
ILT (instructor-led/classroom)
VILT (virtual instructor/web)
Virtual World (eg. Second Life)
eLearning
Professional Video
Leadership Forums
Mentoring/ Coaching
Live Webcasts
Recorded Webinars
Video Conferencing
Workshops
Learnshops
Websites
Audio / Podcasts
Case Studies
Books
Wikis
Blogs
Discussion Forums
Micro-blogging
Webjams
Rating / Comments
TaggingFriending
Folksonomy
Networking
User Generated Content
Move from formal to informallearning
Recognition for Informal Learning
Open learning content providers launching interactive tools
Pedagogy changing
Learning Analytics
Quality improvements in online learning
• In Carnegie Mellon's rigorously evaluated online statistics course, students learned a full semester's worth of material in half as much time—and performed as well or better than students learning from traditional instruction.
Move from surface to deep
learning
Multiple channels
for same content
Preface by Seth Godin to popular e-Marketing Textbook
Growth in Open Education Resources
Case studies
• The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed. – William Gibson
Summary• Each region has mastered some aspects of the
overall vision, No one has mastered all the components
• Main purpose– Collaboration– Communities of practice– Finding learning resources– Creating learning resources
Summary• Main audience
– Students– Parents– Teachers– Face to face students or online / distance learners
• Scale– School district– State / province
Scotland’s eduBuzz
Edmonton School District
Digital Dashboard – West Vancouver School District
Activity Feed and Network
Personalization – changing themes
It’s okay that not everything is strictly “educational”…
Individual profiles / portfolios
Activity Feed Customization
North Dakota
California
Greece
Turkey
South Korea
“A contract between the Indian government and Canadian development partner DataWind, should put between 10 and 12 million devices in the hands of students across India by the end of 2012, according to Computer World.”
Source: VentureBeat.com
Recommendations
Recommendations• Usability more important than any other factor!• Ensure process is transparent
– Include early adopter users• Education Camps• Ning Network
– Should give big players Google, Microsoft, Apple, IBM chance to bid as well as smaller players like Edmodo and open source approaches like WordPress/BuddyPress and Drupal
• Encourage K-20 co-operation• Get definitive regulatory policy statement from government / legal advice• Tool that is best for elementary may be different than best one for secondary• Break into phases
– don’t launch by pilot districts– Instead launch by functionality
• Start with “low hanging fruit”
– Target early adopters– Let it grow organically
• Don’t build a white elephant– But do put in sufficient resources to realistically support
• Clarify role of ERAC and School Districts• Make sure efforts are forwards compatible
Resources