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The new blended learning Clive Shepherd. ST JAMES PARK, JUNE 2010. 100000 years ago. Learning methods are timeless. projects. research. reflection. work experience. reading. self-study. exploration. observation. simulation. SELF-DIRECTED. performance support. assessment. Q&A.
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The new blended learning Clive Shepherd ST JAMES PARK, JUNE 2010
Learning methods are timeless projects research reflection work experience reading self-study exploration observation simulation SELF-DIRECTED performance support assessment Q&A coaching feedback on-job instruction consultation ONE-TO-ONE collaboration games discussion networking lectures case studies briefings GROUP visits demonstrations group instruction sharing group projects role-play
Rethinking methods CONNECTIVISM
Rethinking methods “Instead of the individual having to evaluate and process every bit of information, she/he creates a personal network of trusted nodes: people and content, enhanced by technology. The act of knowledge is offloaded onto the network itself.” George Siemens, Knowing Knowledge
Rethinking methods NEUROSCIENCE
Rethinking methods learning styles? neuro-linguisticprogramming? Maslow’s hierarchyof needs?
Rethinking methods Gen Y: digital, social and always-on
Rethinking methods Two ways of looking at Gen Y “Gen Y are tolerant, optimistic, collaborative,open-minded and driven.” suite101.com “Gen Y are the 'diva' generation: high-maintenance, out for themselves, lacking in loyalty, thinking only of the short termand their own place in it..” Association of Graduate Recruiters
Rethinking methods How Gen Y want learning to be: Interactive Student-centred Authentic Collaborative On-demand don’t we all? Barking Robot, 2006
Rethinking methods But in the end, we need todo the right thing, not pamperto Gen Y or anyone else
Blended learning is the bridge non-formal formal informal
Four strategies for learning Exposition based on the work of Ruth Clark and Merlin Wittrock Guided discovery
Pressures for change “72% of all training challenges are time-critical.” Bersin & Associates (2005) TIME PRESSURES
Pressures for change A PYRAMID OF LEARNING INTERVENTIONS TOP DOWN BOTTOM-UP Source: Nick Shackleton-Jones, BBC
Pressures for change COST PRESSURES
Pressures for change “Be aware that themagnitude of the financialmeltdown is almost beyondcomprehension. I can foreseetraining departments being eliminated almost entirely.” Jay Cross(2008)
Pressures for change ENVIRONMENTAL PRESSURES
We can’t meet these pressures just by changing methods • We choose methods to maximise the effectiveness of learning • We choose media to maximise the efficiency of learning • And the new pressures (time, environmental, budgetary) require, above all, greater efficiencies but luckily …
Learning media are evolving rapidly on-job FACE-TO-FACE classroom tapes books workbooks OFFLINE DVDs CDs web pages downloadable documents streaming media podcasts/vodcasts email Twitter instant messaging chat rooms forums ONLINE social networks blogs web conferencing wikis SMS teleconferencing telephone TELEPHONIC
New tools LOW COST VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS
New tools TOOLS FOR COLLABORATION AND SHARING
New tools RAPID DEVELOPMENT TOOLS
New tools LIVE ONLINE LEARNING USING WEB CONFERENCING
New tools LOW COST TOOLS FOR CREATING VIRTUAL WORLDS
New learning media enable change MORE POWERFUL AND VERSATILE MOBILE DEVICES
New learning media enable change EVER MORE ACCESSIBLE COMPUTING
New learning media enable change LOW-PRICE, HIGH QUALITY MEDIA CREATION
New learning media enable change 3G WIDESPREAD BROADBAND AVAILABILITY
Virtual classroom sessions • Printed guides • On-job assignments • Telephone support An IT literacy course using a blend of media
We need to set about closing the gaping new media skills gap CONTENT CREATION SKILLS STRATEGIC SKILLS FACILITATION SKILLS CURRICULUM DESIGN SKILLS
So what’s the gap? Barriers to the successful implementation of new learning technologies (2009): lack of knowledge about its potential use and implementation (>65%) lack of skills to implement and manage e-learning (>50%)
A time for action … “When the rate of change outside exceeds the rate of change inside, the end is in sight.” Jack Welch
The new blended learning Clive Shepherd and Karen Ver Twitter: cliveshepherd Blog: http://clive-shepherd.blogspot.com Email: clives@fastrak-consulting.co.uk