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Corinne Weisgerber, Ph.D.St. Edward’s University

Shannan Butler, Ph.D.St. Edward’s University

Kara Laskowski, Ph.D.Shippensburg University

Kyle Longley, Ph.D.Arizona State University

SXSWedu 2015#StopDisruption

June 11, 2009Pandemic

The

Higher Ed

the

Swine Flu

2. Respond with fast-tracked procedures & insufficient testing

Create crisis by changing definition Provoke widespread unjustified fear

1.

Waste huge sums of public $ Pharma profits: $7-10 billion

3.

2. Respond with fast-tracked procedures & insufficient testing

Create crisis by changing definition Provoke widespread unjustified fear

1.

Waste huge sums of public $ Pharma profits: $7-10 billion

3.

It’s A Storm! It’s a Tsumami!

It’s an Avalanche!

Personalizing learning

Personalizing learning

“You’re not just a number”

quantified

the

student

It’s not what you say,

it’s what they hear

-Frank Luntz-

W H A T W E

TALK ABOUT

W H E N W E

TALK ABOUT

EDUCATION

R e f o r m

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discourse

of the education

reform movement

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discourse

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reform movement

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universities

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universities

edtech

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banks

universities

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banks

universities

faculty

edtech

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banks

universities

faculty

students

parents

distractis

educational technology might be

best understood as akin to many

other faith systems – that is, a

“system of radical optimism” that

persists despite the lack of

immediate experience or evidence.

—Neil Selwyn

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MISSION STATEMENT

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MISSION STATEMENT

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MISSION STATEMENT

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PRIVATE PUBLIC PROFIT ED TECH

MISSION STATEMENTS

OF TOP INSTITUTIONS

PRIVATE PUBLIC PROFIT ED TECH

MISSION STATEMENTSRESEARCH & TEACHING VS.

CONTENT & LEARNING

PRIVATE PUBLIC PROFIT ED TECH

MISSION STATEMENTSRESEARCH & TEACHING VS.

CONTENT & LEARNING

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PRIVATE PUBLIC PROFIT ED TECH

MISSION STATEMENTS

COMMUNITY VS. INDIVIDUAL

PRIVATE PUBLIC PROFIT ED TECH

MISSION STATEMENTS

COMMUNITY VS. INDIVIDUAL

community

service

citizen

humanity

society

knowledge

community

service

citizen

humanity

society

career

data

points

human

capital

skillsPersonal

content

knowledge

U.S. has the

b e s t

universities

in the world

accred it ing organizat ions want

assessments of student learning

outcomes ; s tate agenc i es want

assessments to prove that tax dollars

a r e b e i n g s p e n t e f f i c i e n t l y ; institutions want internal assessments

that they can use to demonstrate

success to their own constituencies

—Christopher B. Nelson

It’s no trick to

if all you want is to

make a lot of money.

make a lot of money.

It’s no trick to

if all you want is to

increase graduation rates.

increase graduation rates.

It’s no trick to

if all you want is to

complete on-time loans.

complete on-time loans.

It’s no trick to

if all you want is to

increase student evals.

increase student evals.

It’s no trick to

if all you want is to

retain students.

retain students.

It’s no trick to

if all you want is to

raise test scores.

raise test scores.

It’s no trick to

if all you want is to

reform higher ed.

make a lot of money.

The reformers…view students as “human

capital” or “assets.” One seldom sees any

reference in their literature or public

declarations to the importance of

developing full persons to assume the

responsibilities of citizenship.

—Diane Ravitch

edtech

corp

Reformerslegislature

banks

universities

faculty

students

parents

edtech

corp

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banks

universities

faculty

students

parents

Flipping the

disruption