Future of academic technology

Scott Robison, [email protected]

@otterscotter

On the Future of Academic Technology

Possibilities…• Next Generation Digital Learning Environment (NGDLE)• What will it be? What will it look like?• From scratch or evolution of LMS?

• More publisher content/services?• More adoption of Open Educational Resources (OER)? • Adaptive learning, personalized learning, big data

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Forces Shaping NGDLE

• Personalization of environment (inst. & student)• Configuration• Adaptive learning component • Big data

Forces Shaping NGDLE (con’t)

• Opportunities for collaboration – inside and outside LMS• Shift in emphasis/focus from the instructor to the learner

Do we have to wait for NGDLE?

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No! -- #IndieEdTech

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Remix, reuse, rethink, subvert, hack… to solve new/different problem

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Examples: • Video• Google Docs• Periscope.tv, appear.in• Hypothes.is • Domain of One’s Own – reclaimhosting.com

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Thinking about how technology has impacted teaching and learning practices.

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“I don’t think education is about centralized instruction anymore; rather, it is the process [of] establishing oneself as a node in a broad network of distributed creativity.”

– Joi Ito @joi

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Scott [email protected]

@otterscotter