1. The Tree of Learning:
Nurturing its growth
Prof Gilly Salmon
Currently
Professor of E-learning & Learning technologies at the University of
Leicester, UK
From 1st
Jan 2011: Professor of Learning Futures at the University of
Southern Queensland, Australia.
University of Leicester UNIQUe Award Winner
(European Foundation for Quality in E-Learning)
www.le.ac.uk/beyonddistance

2. First seek to understand...
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4. The Tree of
Learning
Techno
Shine
Informal
Secondary
Primary
Vocational
Work
Based
CPD
Universities
Communities of
Practice
Campus
Based
Schools
learning
Distance
Professional
Blend
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5. Ptolemaic Library &
Research Institute
at Alexandria
Raphael’s School
of Athens
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Drawings of
horses
from Chauvet
Cave
John Locke,
Empiricist
Ralph W
Tyler
Curriculum
Charlemagne
Erasmus
“On the
Method of
Study”

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EDEN Budapest
Ivy Bean @ 104
‘Oldest
Tweeter’
Without most of us noticing
when it happened, the web went
from being a strange new
curiosity to a background
condition of everyday life.
Guardian 23.10.09
Chained Libraries
Creating Open
Educational Resources

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Royal Navy warfare engineering
Technicians learning with Sony PSPs
Studying at a
distance using e-
book readers
Emergency
evacuation
procedures
in virtual
worlds
“I can’t believe how svelte it
is. The controls are idiot
proof. It’s great having all the
module materials on the
device.”
“I can’t believe how svelte it
is. The controls are idiot
proof. It’s great having all the
module materials on the
device.”

9. Bologna 1088
Salamanca 1218
Padua 1222
Oxford 1249
Cambridge 1284
Bologna 1088
Salamanca 1218
Padua 1222
Oxford 1249
Cambridge 1284
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The aims of wide access, high quality,
and low cost are not achievable, even
in principle, with traditional models of
higher education based on classroom
teaching in campus communities Sir
John Daniel, March 2009
The aims of wide access, high quality,
and low cost are not achievable, even
in principle, with traditional models of
higher education based on classroom
teaching in campus communities Sir
John Daniel, March 2009
British Library
University of
Cambridge

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Building Schools for the Future
Alsop High School, Liverpool
School bus in Japan
“Hole in the
Wall”, India

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In times of change, learners
inherit the Earth, while the
learned find themselves
beautifully equipped to deal
with a world that no longer
exists
Eric Hoffer
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When it comes to the future,
there are three kinds of
people: those who
• let it happen,
• make it happen,
• wonder what happened.
John M. Richardson, Jr
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Differentiation = innovation
Learner preferences = natural selection
New generations = constant evolution
Differentiation = innovation
Learner preferences = natural selection
New generations = constant evolution
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15. Extend &
defend
core business
Build
emerging
business
Create viable
options
Adapted from Social Innovation: Young Foundation 2006 p. 23
Gilly Salmon, Sep 2008
3 Horizons of Innovation for Educational Enterprises…
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16. Markers on the horizon: Genevieve’s foresight
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•DISTANCE AND OPEN LEARNING IS
NORMAL
•Learner voice, partnerships &
contributions
•Relationship between 3D Virtual
Environments & real world
•Renaissance for voice: iTunes,
voiceboards, podcasts
•Open Educational Resources
•Greening of learning
•DISTANCE AND OPEN LEARNING IS
NORMAL
•Learner voice, partnerships &
contributions
•Relationship between 3D Virtual
Environments & real world
•Renaissance for voice: iTunes,
voiceboards, podcasts
•Open Educational Resources
•Greening of learning

17. The Tree of
Learning
Techno
Shine
Informal
Secondary
Primary
Vocational
Work
Based
CPD
Universities
Communities of
Practice
Campus
Based
Schools
learning
Distance
Professional
Blend
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18. Gilly.salmon@le.ac.uk
Gilly.salmon@usq.edu.au
www.le.ac.uk/beyonddistance/festival