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Transforming Higher Education Through Networked Learning

Transforming Higher Education Through Networked Learning. The 21st Century. James L. Morrison Professor of Educational Leadership UNC-Chapel Hill. TODAY. The 21st Century.

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Transforming Higher Education Through Networked Learning

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  1. Transforming Higher Education Through Networked Learning The 21st Century James L. Morrison Professor of Educational Leadership UNC-Chapel Hill TODAY The 21st Century

  2. Students can no longer prepare bark to calculate problems. They depend instead on expensive slates. What will they do when the slate is dropped and breaks? Teacher’s Conference, 1703

  3. Students depend on paper too much. They no longer know how to write on a slate without getting dust all over themselves. What will happen when they run out of paper? Principal’s Association Meeting, 1815

  4. Students depend too much upon ink. They no longer know how to use a knife to sharpen a pencil. National Association of Teachers, 1907

  5. Students depend too much on store bought ink. They don’t know how to make their own. What will happen when they run out? Rural American Teacher, 1928

  6. “You don’t turn it on. You open it and turn the pages.”

  7. I very much doubt that we’re the only family on the block without a Web page.

  8. Households Using Internet to Bank (in millions) Source: Investor’s Business Daily, Mar 18, 1998

  9. Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century • The changing environment • Technology and learning • Where are we? • What are the issues?

  10. The Changing Environment • Globalization • Economic restructuring • Need for up-to-date, college trained, workforce; for continuous retraining • Exploding clientele • Changing clientele • Older, working, raising children • Takes longer to get degree • Concern for cost

  11. Percent of Firms Downsizing by Business Category Source: Chicago Tribune, August 21, 1995

  12. From 1980 to 1994, the U.S. contingent workforce—temps, self-employed, consultants—increased 57%

  13. In 1996, 65% of all workers used some type of information technology in their jobs. By 2000, this will increase to 95%.

  14. Constant training, retraining, job-hopping, and even career-hopping will become the norm.

  15. The Enrollment Pipeline High School Graduates, 1979-2004 (millions of students) 3.0 2.8 We Are Here! 2.6 2.4 2.2 2.0 2004 '79 '82 '85 '88 '91 '94 '97 '00 source: WICHE

  16. An Aging Clientele for Higher Education

  17. Projections • Tomorrow (2000) • 672 new campuses • 20 million new learners • $235b to build • $217b/year to operate • Today • 3,613 institutions • 16 million students • $156b in operations • Workforce Statistics • 141 million workers • 1/7 require 7 credit equivalents/year Source: Michael Dolence AACRAO 1997

  18. Supply and Demand Demand for Education L e a r n e r s Resources Available Time

  19. Trends SCT Distance Education Survey

  20. The Changing Higher Education Environment • New competition in higher education • Old-line institutions have discovered satellites and the Internet • Traditional “service areas” fair game for all • New for-profit educational providers • Certification monopoly at risk • employers concerned about competency • employers relying less on diplomas • Outcomes assessment coming on line--Western Governors University • College costs exceeding inflation--concern for ROI

  21. The Changing Higher Education Environment • Cyber-Universities • 1993: 93 • 1997: 762 • 60% of public institutions offer distance ed courses (1995)

  22. Implications of a Network Learning Environment • Transition from learned infrastructure to learning infrastructure; from campus-centric to consumer-centric • Transition from distance learning to distributed learning

  23. How Will Higher Education Look Tomorrow? • Fewer residential colleges • Partnerships with colleges and other educational service providers for continuing education • Multimedia courses developed by dispersed teams • Global campus • Faculty roles: from sage on the stage to guide on the side

  24. “…with good learning materials, effective networks, and proper support, students can learn better at home than in class.” Sir John Daniel, 1997

  25. What are the issuesin distance learning?

  26. Which Approach? • Individual learning primarily via asynchronous communication • Group teaching via synchronous communication

  27. Issues • Role of professor • Time • From course topic • From students • From teachers • Plagiarism • Unreliable sources

  28. Issues • Intellectual property • Fair use

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