Interplay of Science and Inherited Knowledge in the Age of Telemedicine

Curt Madison, PhDDirector of eLearning Program Development

University of Alaska Fairbanks

AAAS Arctic Science Conference 2009Juneau, Alaska

Bethel Fish

Science + Distance Ed:Institutional Perspective

The Dark Side

Curt Madison, PhDDirector of eLearning Program Development

University of Alaska Fairbanks

AAAS Arctic Science Conference 2009Juneau, Alaska

Competing Interests

Shared Institutional Goals

Instill and manage doubtLeverage scarce resourcesLeverage abundant resourcesGet moneyOutsource obligations – teaching,

final reports, community outreach

Rethinking the EnterpriseExploit advantages of permeable

boundariesDual business plans – Solution and

Value AddExploit culture of openness

Supplemental Funding

Distance Education Advantages Inherent to

Scienceshared toolsshared raw dataembedded observersdistributed students – share

coursesdistributed professors – joint

program

Course Exchange

TEN HIGHER ED TRENDS

Regional/National Focus

Education for a Filtered Few

Degree as a Culmination of Learning

Campus Based Learning Community

Teaching to a Homogenous Cohort

Institution Ordered Learning Events

Recognition of Formal Learning

Discipline Specific Domain

Monetize Content

Individualist

TEN HIGHER ED TRENDS

Regional/National Focus

Education for a Filtered Few

Degree as a Culmination of Learning

Campus Based Learning Community

Teaching to a Homogenous Cohort

Institution Ordered Learning Events

Recognition of Formal Learning

Discipline Specific Domain

Monetize Content

Individualist

Global Focus

Access for the Whole Society 

Continuous Learning

Personal Learning Environment

Mass Customized Facilitation of Learning

Self-Paced, Variable Size Modules

Recognition of Non-Formal Learning

Project Specific Domain

Monetize Facilitation of Critical Judgment

Sharing Culture

Informal Learning

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Personal Learning Environment

Contact

Curt Madison, PhD Director eLearning Program Development University of Alaska Fairbanks 907-474-6537 cjmadison@alaska.edu