All Black and Blended: Broken Promises and Serious Challenges

All Black and Blended: Broken Promises and Serious Challenges Mark Brown Director, Teaching, Learning and Distance Education National Teaching and Learning Conference October 13 th , 2011

• Director, Teaching, Learning & Distance Education • Major leadership role in implementing Moodle@Massey • Previous Coordinator of the Doctor of Education (EdD) • On several executive committees (ACiLiTE, DEANZ, DEHub) • On several journal editorial boards ( Research in Learning Technology, Journal of Further and Higher Education, etc.) • Recipient of National Award for Sustained Excellence in Tertiary Teaching • First New Zealand Apple Distinguished Educator • Try to share some of my musings in “Pass the SoLT” [email_address] Twitter @mbrownz About Mark

http://tinyurl.com/solt-mbrown About Mark Why I blog… • Walk the talk • Digital scholarship • Knowledge harvesting and brokering • Scratch pad for critical thinking and reflection • Wider impact with a worldwide audience

The light comes through the cracks … “ The unexamined life is not worth living” (Socrates) About Mark

All Black and Blended: Broken Promises and Serious Challenges Please Standup

Sit down if you own… • an iPhone • an iPad • an iPod • an apple computer All Black and Blended: Broken Promises and Serious Challenges

All Black and Blended: Broken Promises and Serious Challenges

Most technology-enhanced learning initiatives reinforce traditional forms of pedagogy… All Black and Blended: Broken Promises and Serious Challenges

Most technology-enhanced learning initiatives reinforce traditional forms of pedagogy… … and blended learning is part of the problem. All Black and Blended: Broken Promises and Serious Challenges

Most technology-enhanced learning initiatives reinforce traditional forms of pedagogy… Arguably the concept of blended learning does little to disrupt the old normal . … and blended learning is part of the problem . All Black and Blended: Broken Promises and Serious Challenges

All Black and Blended: Broken Promises and Serious Challenges • What is blended learning ? Quick barometer check…

Technology Expectation Cycle (Cuban, 1986) Cuban, L. (1986). Teachers and machines: The classroom use of technology since 1920. New York: Teachers’ College Press. All Black and Blended: Broken Promises and Serious Challenges

High expectations Growing support Subsided enthusiasm Rebukes and blame Technology Expectation Cycle (Cuban, 1986) Cuban, L. (1986). Teachers and machines: The classroom use of technology since 1920. New York: Teachers’ College Press. All Black and Blended: Broken Promises and Serious Challenges

Educational technology involves an ongoing cycle of hype, hope and disappointment (Gouseti, 2010). All Black and Blended: Broken Promises and Serious Challenges

Gartner Hype Cycle All Black and Blended: Broken Promises and Serious Challenges Educational technology involves an ongoing cycle of hype, hope and disappointment (Gouseti, 2010).

How do we ‘design for learning’ in ways that exploits the potential of new digital technology… All Black and Blended: Broken Promises and Serious Challenges

How do we ‘design for learning’ in ways that exploits the potential of new digital technology… … with a creative twist that breaks free of the current paradigm? All Black and Blended: Broken Promises and Serious Challenges

… with a creative twist that breaks free of the current paradigm? … or are we going to continue to play the same game resulting in the same outcomes? All Black and Blended: Broken Promises and Serious Challenges How do we ‘design for learning’ in ways that exploits the potential of new digital technology…

All Black and Blended: Broken Promises and Serious Challenges • What is the most serious problem confronting tertiary education? Quick barometer check…

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Why a new plan … All Black and Blended: Broken Promises and Serious Challenges

1. Gap between Formal and Informal Learning

When was Steve Jobs born? 1. Gap between Formal and Informal Learning

There are over 2.9 billion searches performed on Google each month. 1. Gap between Formal and Informal Learning

To whom were these questions addressed B.G.? … before Google 1. Gap between Formal and Informal Learning

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SuNx0UrnEo&feature=youtu.be 1. Gap between Formal and Informal Learning

A completely new type of globally connected learner is expecting a new type of Education for new times. What does all this mean? 1. Gap between Formal and Informal Learning

Not all digital natives … “ The digital native and digital immigrant may be useful slogans for provoking debate but the distinction does not stand up to inspection… the profound changes taking place need to be situated in diversity rather than dichotomy” (Brown, 2005, p.3). Brown, M. E. (2005). The next generation: Looking to the future. Computers in New Zealand Schools, 17 (2), 3-7. July Editorial. 1. Gap between Formal and Informal Learning

2. Emergence of New Business Models

The economics of abundance New Models of Production New Models of Distribution New Models of Trade & Exchange 2. Emergence of New Business Models

2. Abundance of Digital Content for Learning

2. Where is eLearning heading? 2. Emergence of New Business Models

• Who owns Kaplan University ? Quick barometer check… 2. Emergence of New Business Models

The traditional tertiary institution is being chiseled away by powerful global forces and new business models as a multitude of new providers emerge. 2. Emergence of New Business Models

1. What is eLearning? 3. Complexity of New Learning Designs

Learner-Content Interaction Learner-learner Interaction Teacher-Learner Interaction Blended Learning 1. What is eLearning? 3. Complexity of New Learning Designs

Places Tools Spaces 1. What is eLearning? 3. Complexity of New Learning Designs Blended Learning Learner-Content Interaction Learner-learner Interaction Teacher-Learner Interaction

What is the right blend? 3. Complexity of New Learning Designs

Because no two students have the same needs and no two teachers arrive at their best performance in the same way, theoretical exclusivity and didactic single-mindedness can be trusted to make even the best educational ideas fail. 3. Complexity of New Learning Designs (Sfard, 1998, p.11)

Learning by sharing (Connectivist) Learning by listening (Instructionist) Learning by doing (Constructivist) Learning by making (Constructionist) Still has a role but… 3. Complexity of New Learning Designs

Acquisition Participation Roots Metaphors (Brown, 2011) 3. Complexity of New Learning Designs

Physical Virtual Acquisition Participation (Brown, 2011) Roots Metaphors 3. Complexity of New Learning Designs

Synchronous Asynchronous Acquisition Participation (Brown, 2011) Roots Metaphors 3. Complexity of New Learning Designs

Synchronous Asynchronous Acquisition Participation Discussion Fora Lecture Capture Online Clinic Webinars Online Presentations Wikis ePortfolio Online Readings Video Streaming Online Chat Video Conferencing (Brown, 2011) Real-time Tests Learning Ecology 3. Complexity of New Learning Designs

Renewed focus on pedagogical planning tools 2. Where is eLearning heading? 3. Complexity of New Learning Designs Masterman, E., & Manton, M. (2011). Teachers’ perspectives on digital tools for pedagogic planning and design. Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 20 (2) , 227-246.

3. Complexity of New Learning Designs Student Workload Calculator

"Using technology to improve education is not rocket science ...it is much, much harder than that" (Diana Laurillard, Opening Up Education, 2009). 3. Complexity of New Learning Designs

4. Developing the Skill and the Will

• New demands on staff • Growing range of electronic tools • Lack of time to devote to pedagogy and professional development 2. Where is eLearning heading? 4. Developing the Skill and the Will

Potential increases in academic workload … More with less! 2. Where is eLearning heading? 4. Developing the Skill and the Will

New ways of supporting staff 2. Where is eLearning heading? 4. Developing the Skill and the Will

LMS VLE 4. Developing the Skill and the Will

But deep pedagogical change is hard… 2. Where is eLearning heading? Brown, M., Walker, R., & Hughes, H (2011). A story of two tales: What do College of Business staff say about the Stream experience? Research report, Massey University. 4. Developing the Skill and the Will Stream = LMS

But deep pedagogical change is hard… Stream = LMS 2. Where is eLearning heading? Brown, M., Walker, R., & Hughes, H (2011). A story of two tales: What do College of Business staff say about the Stream experience? Research report, Massey University. 4. Developing the Skill and the Will

Garrison and Vaughan (2008) point out… ,[object Object],4. Developing the Skill and the Will

Avoiding the dominant ‘pump, pump, dump model’ of online (blended) learning… http://www.flickr.com/photos/thebestfriend/4534455439/sizes/z/in/photostream/ 4. Developing the Skill and the Will

5. Lack of Evidence • Is blended learning better than traditional learning?

5. Lack of Evidence • Is blended learning better than traditional learning? - wrong question - not a single entity - holds to a different standard - tells us nothing about pedagogy - problematic to measure empirically

“ Not everything that can be counted counts, not everything that counts can be counted” Albert Einstein 5. Lack of Evidence

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Conclusion

“ All education springs from images of the future and all education creates images of the future . Thus all education, whether so intended or not, is a preparation for the future. Unless we understand the future for which we are preparing we may do tragic damage to those we teach” (Toffler, 1974). Conclusion

All Black, Blended and Broken! Conclusion

Go forward and build a better future… for all. Conclusion All Black, Blended and Broken!

“ A prudent question is one-half of wisdom. ” Francis Bacon Questions [email_address] http://www.slideshare.net/mbrownz/

All Black and Blended: Broken Promises and Serious Challenges

Recommended

Recommended

More Related Content

What's hot

What's hot (20)

Similar to All Black and Blended: Broken Promises and Serious Challenges

Similar to All Black and Blended: Broken Promises and Serious Challenges (20)

More from Mark Brown

More from Mark Brown (20)

Recently uploaded

Recently uploaded (20)

All Black and Blended: Broken Promises and Serious Challenges

Editor's Notes