" ... contained a fascinating vision. In it home computers are as common as the telephone. They link person to person, shrinking, as the authors put it, 'time and distance barriers among people, and between people and information, to near zero.' In its simplest form, the Network Nation is a place where thoughts are exchanged easily and democratically and intellect affords one more personal power than a pleasing appearance does. “

– Village Voice, 1978

More . . .

cross-platform learning

collaborativepeer-peer learning

use of learning objects

virtual reality

syncronous

ee-learning

visualaudio-enabled

gaming

media convergence learning while mobile

blogsnetworked

media-richsocial networking

faculty issues

modular

bricolage

podcastingdiverse origination & delivery

competency-based

accountableflexible

consumer-driven

student-created content

-- OLN-OTL listserv

just-in-time learning

external certification

device migration

Second Life

Edinburgh Scenarios –

Web of Confidence

U Choose

Back to the Future

Virtually Vanilla

• Changes in media environment are accelerating, unpredictable, serendipitous, & driven not by industry but by individuals.

• Individuals have an unprecedented array of media choices.

• Users control their media in terms of both technology & content.

• Media use is facilitating new kinds of communities connected technologically.

-- Media Mindsets Research Cluster

Old consumers were compliant;

New consumers are resistant.

Old consumers were predictable & loyal;

New consumers are migratory.

New consumers are noisy & public.

New consumers are socially connected.

Old consumers were isolated individuals;

Old consumers were silent & invisible;

-- Joshua Green, MIT

“viewusers” – Dan Harries

“produsers” – Axel Bruns

46% of US public school students come from low income families.

Within the next ten years, the majority of US public school students will be poor.

-- NY Times

In 2004, 69% of all US adults were or had been enrolled in some form of higher education.

Yet only 29% of the same population had degrees.

-- UNESCO

1975 1989 2005

% tenured 36.5 33.5 21.8

% tenure-track 20.3 13.7 10.1

% non-tenure track 13.0 16.9 20.1

% part time 30.2 36.4 48.0

-- AAUP

Almost 3.5 million students, or 20% of all students in higher education, were taking at least one online course in the fall 2006 semester.

The growth rate for online enrollments was 9.5% in 2006. The overall growth rate for higher education was 1.5%.

-- Online Nation

grow

same

decrease

expected change in online enrollments among institutions with online offerings

“Digital technologies are for education as iron and steel girders, reinforced concrete, plate glass, elevators, central heating and air conditioning were for architecture. Digital technologies set in abeyance significant, long-lasting limits on educational activity.”

-- R. O. McClintock (1999)

Many thanks to:

Corrie Bergeron, Roy Fish, Sheryl Hansen, Mary Hricko, Richard James, Mark Karamor, Laura Little, Ken Millard, Carrie Rathsack, Tina Royal, Lynn Trinko, Patricia Ann Westington

OLN Online Teaching and Learning Listserv

Karen SwanResearch Center for Educational Technology

Kent State University

kswan@kent.edu