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" ... contained a fascinating vision. In it home computers are as common as the telephone. They link person to person, shrinking, as the authors put it, 'time and distance barriers among people, and between people and information, to near zero.' In its simplest form, the Network Nation is a place where thoughts are exchanged easily and democratically and intellect affords one more personal power than a pleasing appearance does. “
– Village Voice, 1978
More . . .
cross-platform learning
collaborativepeer-peer learning
use of learning objects
virtual reality
syncronous
ee-learning
visualaudio-enabled
gaming
media convergence learning while mobile
blogsnetworked
media-richsocial networking
faculty issues
modular
bricolage
podcastingdiverse origination & delivery
competency-based
accountableflexible
consumer-driven
student-created content
-- OLN-OTL listserv
just-in-time learning
external certification
device migration
Second Life
• Changes in media environment are accelerating, unpredictable, serendipitous, & driven not by industry but by individuals.
• Individuals have an unprecedented array of media choices.
• Users control their media in terms of both technology & content.
• Media use is facilitating new kinds of communities connected technologically.
-- Media Mindsets Research Cluster
Old consumers were compliant;
New consumers are resistant.
Old consumers were predictable & loyal;
New consumers are migratory.
New consumers are noisy & public.
New consumers are socially connected.
Old consumers were isolated individuals;
Old consumers were silent & invisible;
-- Joshua Green, MIT
46% of US public school students come from low income families.
Within the next ten years, the majority of US public school students will be poor.
-- NY Times
In 2004, 69% of all US adults were or had been enrolled in some form of higher education.
Yet only 29% of the same population had degrees.
-- UNESCO
1975 1989 2005
% tenured 36.5 33.5 21.8
% tenure-track 20.3 13.7 10.1
% non-tenure track 13.0 16.9 20.1
% part time 30.2 36.4 48.0
-- AAUP
Almost 3.5 million students, or 20% of all students in higher education, were taking at least one online course in the fall 2006 semester.
The growth rate for online enrollments was 9.5% in 2006. The overall growth rate for higher education was 1.5%.
-- Online Nation
grow
same
decrease
expected change in online enrollments among institutions with online offerings
“Digital technologies are for education as iron and steel girders, reinforced concrete, plate glass, elevators, central heating and air conditioning were for architecture. Digital technologies set in abeyance significant, long-lasting limits on educational activity.”
-- R. O. McClintock (1999)
Many thanks to:
Corrie Bergeron, Roy Fish, Sheryl Hansen, Mary Hricko, Richard James, Mark Karamor, Laura Little, Ken Millard, Carrie Rathsack, Tina Royal, Lynn Trinko, Patricia Ann Westington
OLN Online Teaching and Learning Listserv
Karen SwanResearch Center for Educational Technology
Kent State University