Comments on: Trends in Higher Education?

By: Teachers Wi

Teachers Wi — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 13:37:46 +0000

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By: Michael Hotrum

Michael Hotrum — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 23:32:10 +0000

Sorry I missed this conversation D’Arcy – I would suggest that a blurring between the private and the public space of learning – which is really an integration of the formal and the nonformal/informal under the control and direction of the student. I see my progressive implementation of Elgg asan institutional tool that steps into and out of public/private “spaces” at the behest of the student/ work groups. With the implementation of Explode and OpenId the distinctions between seperate learning/social spaces becomes blurred – and then the introduction of a desktop environment like pageflakes moves us into the dashboard control of those spaces. is the institution going to become the true provider/facilitator of lifelong learning, and allow students to step in and out of learning within their own learning spaces that are housed on the institutional server? Will the institutions become hoiarders or sharers, blockers or enablers, status quo or status free?

By: dnorman

dnorman — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 16:35:10 +0000

Thanks everyone for the ideas. I combined most of them into 3 briefing docs to send upstairs.

By: dnorman

dnorman — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 03:57:03 +0000

@jim: WordPress isn’t so much a trend, as it is a force of nature… I’ll be mentioning WP (and other tools like it) in the “personal publishing” and “personal learning environment” briefs.

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 02:33:01 +0000

I’d say WordPress is something to keep your eye on there, cap’n.

By: dnorman

dnorman — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 14:35:48 +0000

so, relevance, access, informal learning, and outside-the-institution resources…

@bryan: we’ll definitely be taking advantage of the Horizon Report – we’ve got a few hard copies. I need to ground it more in what’s actually happening around here, but will be nudging toward much of the stuff in that report.

By: Jody Baty

Jody Baty — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 14:29:38 +0000

One of the biggest trends that I’m seeing in post-secondary is accountability and standards compliance in curriculum. As we move to a more personalized learning environments, this is going to be a challenge. On the one side we see students who want personal freedom in how they are learning. On the other side, governments are making institutions become more accountable through standards-based curriculum – and tying their funding to their ability to meet these standards. Bridging the needs of administration and learners is going to be difficult, as they seem to be going in two different directions.

By: Bryan Alexander

Bryan Alexander — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 11:38:29 +0000

Is this year’s Horizon Report of use?

By: populista

populista — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 05:21:09 +0000

Hopefully the democratization and omnipotence of the digital media will infuse universities with greater accountability and a refocus on track records and responsibility rather than ego, reputation, and disdain for everything off campus.

By: Laura

Laura — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 23:47:19 +0000

Relevancy akin to what David says above, but more about trying to make teaching/learning relevant to contexts students are familiar with. Dynamic assessment, giving feedback in multiple ways (and from multiple sources–peers, experts, etc.). Informal learning more generally–students going to “non-academic” sources to learn from–Wikipedia, search, blogs, etc.

Google, or google-like apps supplanting desktop apps.

Just off the top of my (with a little help from the hubby) head.