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2. How Digital, Networked Technologies and SharingChanges Education Dr. Cable Green eLearning Director

3. Let’s talk about the big trends & how to prepare for inevitable change&how Washington Higher Education can think in new ways to leverage digital, networked technologies…

4. “We are in the midst of a technological, economic, and organizational transformation that allows us to negotiate the terms of freedom, justice, and productivity in the information society” Yochai Benkler http://www.flickr.com/photos/lonewolf23/1570632701/

5. Yes… We Really are Networked… • seamless connection of people, resources & knowledge • digitization of content • mobile, personal • global platform for collaboration • outsourcing • Anyone notice our global economy?

7. "According to an IBM study, in 2010, the amount of digital information in the world will double every 11 hours."

8. And we can make all of our “digital stuff” available to all people… and most of it will get used... by someone.

9. “Long Tail” of Publishing $ long tail HarryPotter Hyper-geometricpartial differentialequations

10. We All Get to Participate http://wiki.elearning.ubc.ca/ComingApart

13. And they want services like this: Backup

14. So how do we prepare students for jobs that don’t yet exist, using technologies that haven’t been invented, to solve problems we don’t even know are problems yet? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHWTLA8WecI

15. (1) Engage Participatory / “Web 2.0” Tools & Practices

17. RSS

18. Social Networking

19. Share Photos http://www.flickr.com

20. Wiki

21. Share Slides (and use others’) http://www.slideshare.net

22. Share Video

23. Blog http://www.blogger.com

24. Tweet http://twitter.com

25. (2) eLearning Why call it “eLearning?”

26. “eLearning” • “Distance” is about geographic separation. • “eLearning” is about leveraging the unique affordances of digital, networked technologies to support new ways of learning in new spaces. • Online, Hybrid, Enhanced

27. Going to Web and Mobile

28. 20,583

29. Ongoing eLearning Growth • Over 96,600 students learn online each year + 34,000 Hybrid • Online FTE up more than 22% • Hybrid FTE up more than 45% • 18% (and growing) of all state instruction is delivered via online or hybrid instruction.

30. Ongoing Online Learning Growth • 45% of all CTC graduates earn 15 or more credits online or hybrid • 23 colleges offer 86 different degrees and certificates online • 16 colleges offer an AA degree online

31. Why does this growth matter?

32. Educate More Citizens • HECB Master Plan • I. Raise educational attainment to create prosperity, opportunity • Policy Goal: Increase the total number of degrees and certificates… • By 2018, raise mid-level degrees and certificates to 36,200 annually, an increase of 9,400 degrees annually.

33. 2008-09 Online + Hybrid LearningGas / Trips / CO2 Savings • 2.2M round trips avoided • = reduced traffic congestion • 3.3M gallons of gas saved • 64.4M pounds of CO2 not in the air http://www.fhcrc.org/about/pubs/center_news/weekly/img/2007_0806_i5_traffic.jpg

34. (3) Open Educational Resources

35. Why is “Open” Important? • When we cooperate and share, we all win • Faculty have new choices when building learning spaces. • …the more eyes on a problem, the greater chance for a solution. • Affordability: students can’t afford textbooks • Self-interest: good things happen when I share • It’s a social justice issue: everyone should have the right to access digital knowledge.

36. Definition of OER • Digitized materials, offered freely and openly for educators, students, to use and re-use for teaching, learning and research.

37. (a few) Open Content Repositories • OpenLearn (UK) - DEMO • OCW – MIT (MIT HS) • China Open Resources for Education has translated 109 MIT OCW courses into Simplified Chinese. • Rice Connexions

38. The Old Economics Print, warehouse, and ship a new book for every student http://www.flickr.com/photos/nationalmediamuseum/2780164461/

39. The New Economics Upload one copy, and everyone uses it simultaneously Making copies, storage, distribution of digital stuff = “Free” http://cnx.org/content/col10522/latest/

40. Why do we Need Open Textbooks? • 2005 GAO report: College textbook prices have risen at twice the rate of annual inflation over the last two decades http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d05806.pdf

41. Why do we Need Open Textbooks? • The College Board reported that for the 2007 through 2008 academic years each student spent an estimated $805 to $1,229 on college books and supplies… http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/about/news_info/trends/trends_pricing_07.pdf

42. Why do we Need Open Textbooks? • The gross margin on new college textbooks is currently 22.7 percent according to the National Association of College Stores. http://www.nacs.org/public/research/margins.asp

44. May, 2007: Dept of Ed.

46. http://www.maketextbooksaffordable.org/course_correction.pdf

47. Comparison of Statistics Textbooks

48. Why so urgent? • Consider One High Enrollment Course: • English Composition I • 37,226 enrollments / year • X $100 textbook • = $3.7 Million + (cost to students) • What if we looked at 100, 200, 300 high enrollment courses? http://rtnl.files.wordpress.com/2007/01/thinker21.jpg

49. Hey Higher Education! • We must get rid of our “not invented here” attitude regarding others’ content • move to: "proudly borrowed from there" • Content is not a strategic advantage • Nor can we (or our students) afford it