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Expanding Experiential Education in Today’s Hyper-Competitive Economy. The Philadelphia Center. Rosina Miller, Ph.D. Michael Edmondson, Ph.D. NSEE October 29, 2009. Rosina Miller Executive Director of The Philadelphia Center www.tpc.edu romiller@tpc.edu. Michael Edmondson
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Expanding Experiential Education in Today’s Hyper-Competitive Economy The Philadelphia Center Rosina Miller, Ph.D. Michael Edmondson, Ph.D. NSEE October 29, 2009
Rosina Miller • Executive Director of The Philadelphia Center • www.tpc.edu • romiller@tpc.edu • Michael Edmondson • Founder of MEAPA – a global training company • www.meapa.com • me@meapa.com
Objectives: • Introduce key dynamics • Highlight new experiences • Link dynamics to new experiences
Outcomes: • Practical template you can immediately use • Provide new ideas on how to expand EE on your campus
Dynamics Current world population? ___________ Global mobile subscribers?___________ Global Internet users?_______________ ~ number of web sites?______________ ~ number of YouTube videos?_________ ~number of blogs?__________________ Your weekly time….. Online browsing web sites?_______ Online with email?______________ Online watching videos?_________ Online shopping?_______________ Online banking?________________ Creating content online?_________
Information Exchange Rate Amount of Information
Types of Experiences Experiences with new media that people are having?
·Lessons we can learn from these new experiences? New forms of community: New ways of connecting with people, linking people in ways we’ve never been linked before. New forms of expression (user-generated content): people are producing in ways never able to before (books, videos, remixes, mash-ups). New forms of working together: People are sharing, trading, collaborating in ways never possible before.
The need for EE is greater now more than ever • Michael Wesch, Kansas State • University: • Media is not content or tools of • communication, media mediate human • relationship. When media change, • human relations change. • Lessons from new media help us • advocate for the value of learning from • our experiences to expand experiential • education programs, in terms of: • Tools available • Content • Ways of working • Understanding changes in human relations http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPAO-lZ4_hU
Where are you now? Where do you want to be? Strategy Tactics