4. THE POWER OF ONE
SETTING THE CONTEXT FOR THE LTSI
Glenn Platt, C. Michael Armstrong Chair & Professor, AIMS
Armstrong Institute for Interactive Media Studies
LTSI 2013
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6. ROADMAP
North Star: Why Do We Do This?
Forces Of Institutional Change: Everything Is Changing
Principles Of Good Teaching: Nothing Is Changing
Steps To Evolve With Learning Environment
29. Disruptive Change: What’s Driving this Breakdown?
Change in Demographics
Change in Knowledge Construction
Change in the Consumer Model
Change in the Stakeholder Relationship
95. HOW DO WE CHANGE AS
INSTRUCTORS?
Managing Change: Changes in Perception & Practice
96. Not Content, But Context
Managing Change: Changes in Perception & Practice
97. Content
• PowerPoint
• Email
• Web Site
• Social Media
• Video
• Online Learning
Context
• Simulation
• Experience
• Co-Creation
• Mash-Ups
• Networked Learning
• Community
Not Content, But Context
Managing Change: Changes in Perception & Practice
99. Rethink Your Course
1. What are your learning objectives?
2. How would you assess the success of the
course?
3. What have you always wanted to do in a
course, but couldn’t?
4. What outcomes do you value?
5. What would a successful graduate of the
course “look like?”
6. How is knowledge constructed in your field
and does your course reinforce this
process?
7. How do your students construct
knowledge?
Peg and then Glenn - Inverted Classroom, SxSW, Presidents/Boards, 2020, General passion for evolving higher education
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Glenn, Daniel Quinn Metaphor
Peg, Need a referent point (points) if later, we are to evaluate the merits of new models.Historical background:Original university structures fromthe 19th century; the 19th century/industrial model is still with usEducational structures didn’t change with the information economy
Peg,First and foremost, back to Greco-Roman times.
Glenn, Research University. Modern construct. NSF study found as much as 50% of new products come from universities.
Peg,Holistic growth. “Most of what I learned in college I didn’t learn in the classroom.”
Peg,Global and local impact. Service learning.
Glenn, Last two are relatively new. Spence, in 1974, first wrote about this.
Glenn, Universities have focused on this to varying degrees.
Glenn, "The most enduring institutions of Western civilization are the Roman Catholic Church; legislative assemblies and other government entities in Great Britain, Iceland, the Isle of Man and Switzerland; the Bank of Siena; and 61 universities.”Clark Kerr, Higher Education Cannot Escape History: Issues for the Twenty-First Century (Albany: State University of New York, 1994)Changing environment and new pressuresRapid increase in competition both online and off-line
Peg, Average private tuition in US - $25K ,at least 4 times of public in 08/09. Between 1990 and 2008 average tuition fees rose 248% in real dollars, more than anything in the CPI.State subsidies disappearing and changing funding models.2/3 of students graduate with debt, which future salaries don’t justify. (e.g. it would take 17 years of higher salaries from private institution graduates to make up for the difference in cost).
Glenn, The interest in, and need for, a pure residential experience is fast disappearing. This model is being challenged by a growing set of voices.The university a single center of knowledge is both impractical and inaccurate.
Peg, The timing of traditional university education is challenged by the 24/7 information economy and the flat world. 57% of students take 6 years or more to finish degree.
Glenn, We all know experts are never all local. And really, what we know, is that “expert” as a single person, is less and less valid.
Glenn,For a host of reasons, including tenure, universities are worse at change management than any other institution short of the church. And might be worse than that.
Glenn, Zeigert article about ISTJ and ENFP Economists.
Peg, Broken from both sides of tenure. Already de facto gone. 29% of faculty are in TT positions.
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Glenn,1900 1/2million people in colleges2000 100million people in colleges2009 150 million – 53% raise in one decadeSub-sahara Africa 5% go to college – same as US in 1920s(Stats from DIYU)Nationally – college-age population is declining 4% until 2020.Locally – college-age population is declining 10% until 2030.
Glenn, Just look around.
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Peg,In Ohio – “Senior to Sophomore” program.
Glenn, Networking technologies (in all senses) have created expert networks where there once were experts. We reach out to our network to learning something, not up.Go to the crowd for knowledge instead of the sole individual.
Glenn,Networked learners. Digital natives. Diversity in learning styles have been identified and pedagogy to match them is new. Engaging students where they are has changed.
Peg, 1. Rise of the interdisciplinary space 2. Limitations of narrow disciplinary perspective (more and more about less and less until they know everything about nothing)
Peg, ROI of College
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Glenn, No longer need to build a campus
Peg, No local loyalty
Peg, Badges, Courses, Internships
Glenn, AP
Glenn, From advisory boards to actual curriculum within the walls of companies and non-profits. Universities have become more open to this and leverage alumni networks.
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Research University. Modern construct. NSF study found as much as 50% of new products come from universities.
Global and local impact. Service learning.
Global and local impact. Service learning.
Last two are relatively new. Spence, in 1974, first wrote about this.
Universities have focused on this to varying degrees.
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Glenn, If your students can see lectures from Nobel Prize winners, have classmates of high quality, on their own time, following their own curriculum, what do you have to offer?
Glenn, Prof. Kingsfield.One end of the spectrum. This job is gone.
Glenn, Complete educational anarchy. Has its place, for sure, but still begs the role of the university.
Glenn, It needs to be “OK” to have a Professor say that someone else’s content is better than their own.
Glenn, Liz Coleman (Bennington College)
Peg, Design curriculum around teaching students how to ask questions, how to find answers. Empower them. Leadership and engagement skills. Communication and social skills.
Peg, At the core of the academic system’s problems – for quality research, for quality pedagogy.
Finding and making sense of the wealth of Free information.Create and find learning that is relevant and targeted to the background, needs and wishes of the students involved.
Blurring of curricular and co-curricular.Provide flexible learning paths/directions so that each person has an individualized experience and can learn to manage their own learning
Maybe the most important thing faculty do.
The middle way. Seven roles for the “New Professor”. UX and Experience design provides a perfect model for the role of a Professor (and university, for that matter). UX and Design Thinking both drive new ways to help solve problems and develop competencies.Design the entire experience of learning, not just the classroom setting, linking theory and practice to one another through active learning
Blurring of curricular and co-curricular.Provide flexible learning paths/directions so that each person has an individualized experience and can learn to manage their own learning
Spectrum: online, hybrid, blended, inverted, flipped, learning management, etc.You are doing it already
AthenaExercise: Get list of concerns
Start with the student, but know the universe of possibilitiesArchitect the Experience