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Information and Learning Technologies

Trends

MTCU -LBS e-Channel Stakeholder Engagement Session June 8, 2010

Opportunities

Challenges

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Introduction

• E-Channel is more than delivery of online learning

to adults

• E-Channel is about meeting the challenges of the

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• E-Channel is about meeting the challenges of the

work place, life-long learning, and civic participation

• E-Channel is about harnessing the opportunities

presented by existing 21st century technologies

for adult learners and instructors

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Introduction

• Integrating 21st technologies into literacy and

employment training programs provides

opportunities for growth, but also many challenges

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opportunities for growth, but also many challenges

that can only be met with a comprehensive

approach in a consolidated environment

• Ontario has been a proactive change agent and

National leader in the integration of technology for

over two decades

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History

• 1988 - CoSy and AlphaCom

• 1996/99 – AlphaRoute development, research, piloting

• 1998 - Tools for a New Beginning – Online learning for

technology enhanced program delivery

• 2001/02 - AlphaRoute distance pilot w/ Contact North

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• 2001/02 - AlphaRoute distance pilot w/ Contact North

• 2003/06 - Flexible Learning Pilot – Developing and testing

online delivery models

• 2007 - E-Channel – Province-wide online and distance

learning opportunities

• 2010 - Employment Ontario – Integrated service delivery

and stakeholder engagement

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Here and Now

• Various common trends are evident in the research

on online and distance learning for education, the

workplace, and civic participation.

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workplace, and civic participation.

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Here and Now

• Information and Learning Technologies

(including Social Media)

• provide opportunities to existing adult learning systems

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and learners

• present challenges to existing adult learning systems

and learners

• Addressing both requires managed change to the existing

systems and needs to involve a variety of stakeholders from

education and employment fields

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Opportunities and Challenges

• Infrastructure - always available and accessible resources

• Teaching - connected professional development

and instruction

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and instruction

• Learning - flexible, focused, and personalized training

for adults

• Assessment - using data to drive continuous

improvement

• Productivity - planning and managing cost-effective

quality systems

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Infrastructure

• Comprehensive systems providing all stakeholders with

the appropriate resources when and where needed

• People, processes, policies, and sustainable models are

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• People, processes, policies, and sustainable models are

the backbone of a comprehensive infrastructure

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Infrastructure

• Broadband connectivity, server management, software

availability, management systems, and administration tools

• Learning, training and professional development resources

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• Learning, training and professional development resources

are always available for adult learners and instructors

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Teaching

• Practitioners are connected in networks enabled by ILTs

for the development of instructional materials and

professional development

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professional development

• Learning data assists practitioners to create and assess

engaging learning experiences meeting various

learner needs

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Teaching

• Learner support can be provided in many ways and

learners can be assisted in becoming increasingly more

self-directed

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self-directed

• Instructors need time and resources to become change

agents and champions in the increasing integration

of technologies

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Learning

• Leverage existing 21st century technology to create

engaging, relevant, and personalized learning experiences

that mirror learners' reality at work, for further learning,

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that mirror learners' reality at work, for further learning,

and for their communities

• Adults need to acquire competencies and expertise such

as critical thinking, problem solving, collaboration, and

communications in connection with ILTs woven into all

content areas

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Learning

• Adults need to master the use of ILTs required to pursue

further learning opportunities and quickly adapt to

technological changes in the workplace

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technological changes in the workplace

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Assessment

• A 21st century model of education requires better ways

to measure what matters, diagnose strengths and

weaknesses in a program

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weaknesses in a program

• Assessment powered by technology can result in

improvements to learner performance on an ongoing basis

• Multiple stakeholders can be involved in the process of

designing, conducting, using assessment

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Assessment

• Assessment data can be used to drive continuous

improvement by making data available to the right people

at the right time and in the right form

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at the right time and in the right form

• Support for ILT tools and training to help manage the

assessment process, analyze date, and take appropriate

action is needed

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Productivity

• Leverage existing 21st century technology to provide

decision-makers and various stakeholders with an

accurate, reliable, and complete view of the performance

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accurate, reliable, and complete view of the performance

of the system

• Use technology to plan, manage, monitor, and report to

various stakeholders

• Use technology to improve productivity and manage costs

for service delivery

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Productivity

• Rethink basic assumptions about program delivery, e.g.

time-based measures of educational attainment, learning

organized by disciplines, curriculum-based learning,

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organized by disciplines, curriculum-based learning,

instructor-student relationships, peer support, etc.

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Questions/Discussion

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References

Bates, T. 2009. Trends and Developments in e-learning. Sudbury, ON. Contact North

http://intranet.contactnorth.ca/en/data/files/download/All%20Staff%20%200910%20

FY/2009_September_30_Trends_Developments_eLearning.pdf

Best , L. et al. 2009. Bridging Distance: Promising Practices in Online Learning inBest , L. et al. 2009. Bridging Distance: Promising Practices in Online Learning in

the Canadian Literacy Community. Barrie, ON. Community Literacy Ontario

http://www.nald.ca/gettingonline/goresources/bridgingdistance/bridgingdistance.pdf

Bynner, John, Reder, Steve, Parsons, Samantha, Strawn, Clare. 2008. The Digital

Divide: Computer Use, Basic Skills

and employment . U.K. London. NRDC

http://www.nrdc.org.uk/publications_details.asp?ID=149

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References

Bynner, John, Reder, Steve, Parsons, Samantha, Strawn, Clare. 2010 The Three Divides:

the digital divide and its relation to basic skills and employment in Portland, USA and

London, England. U.K. London. NRDC

http://www.nrdc.org.uk/publications_details.asp?ID=164

Fahy, P.J. & Twiss, D. 2010. Adult literacy practitioners’ uses of and

experiences with online technologies for professional development. Journal

of Applied Research on Learning, 3, Article 2, pp. 1-18.

http://www.ccl-cca.ca/pdfs/JARL/Jarl-Vol3Article2.pdf

Folinsbee, S. 2008. Online Learning for Adults: Factors that Contribute to Success

A Literature Review. Sudbury, ON., College Sector Committee for Adult Upgrading

http://www.collegeupgradingon.ca/ace/litreview/cover.htm

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References

Getting Online Project. 2008. Getting online: A research report on online

learning for Canadian literacy practitioners

www.nald.ca/gettingonline

McCain, M. 2009. The Power of Technology to Transform Adult Learning. New York, NY. McCain, M. 2009. The Power of Technology to Transform Adult Learning. New York, NY.

Council for Advancement of Adult Learning

http://www.caalusa.org/POWER_OF_TECH.pdf

Silver-Pacuilla, H. 2008. Investigating the Language and Literacy skills required

for independent online learning. Washington, D.C. The National Institute for Literacy

http://www.nifl.gov/publications/pdf/NIFLOnlineLearningReport.pdf

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