1. We Create Tools and Tools Recreate Us! The Trends
David Stein, Ph.D.
The Ohio State University
College of Education and Human Ecology

2. The Era of Digital Tools
The internet was born of the idea of collaboration, of sharing, or creating new ideas and new knowledge from the collective engagement of communities not bounded by time or geographic distance.
Perhaps the most significant innovation in the 20th Century

3. Technology
technology the "practical application of knowledge for a purpose
extends our human capabilities
creates the tools changing the way we think about our world and our relationships in that world
challenging the way we think of how we access and create knowledge

4. What is the Change?
Collective learning that leads to community valued knowledge ( this is the change)
Adds to the communal way of seeing the world rather than only enhancing an individual’s knowledge

5. GPS
Changing our internal sense of Navigation Modifying internal compass Attention to how physical world is organized
Smithsonian. July –Aug 2017 The Whole world in your hands. C thomas and Yang, J. 16 vol 48 6 P16

6. Acts of Knowledge Creation and Sharing ?
Marshall McLuhan suggests that technology is an extension of our human capabilities.
We create the technology and the technology changes in subtle ways  how we perceive and how we think in a particular environments. 
Perhaps our ability to learn across space and time and to gather information from all parts of the globe is changing the way we think?

7. The Network Connectivism is an emerging concept
Knowledge resides in the connections
Learning is about creating, managing, and identifying networks for problem solving.
Focus is on collective rather than individual knowing.

8. What is the Challenge
Are we prepared to engage in environments that moves us from repeating what is known to advancing, testing, subjecting ideas to public scrutiny, refining the thoughts, and sharing ideas on the forefront of our understanding ?

9. First Trend Online Learning and Technology Integration
66% all higher education admin see online learning as critical to success
7.1 million students took an online course representing 34% of higher education students. 90 % will take a course within five years
 2.85 million  taking all of their courses at a distance and 2.97 million taking some
74% of academic leaders say online learning is equal to better than F2F
Small higher education institutions without online offerings are most likely not to see online as critical to their long term strategy.

10. Trend 2: MOOCS Open access learning open classrooms
shareable content and resources
coursea
“A course of study
made available over the Internet without charge to a very large number of
people.”1 MOOCs typically differ from “regular” online courses in that:
• Those participating are not registered students at the school. – the vast
majority of higher education institutions are still undecided or have no plans to
implement a MOOC. The number with a MOOC, while still small, has almost
doubled to 5 percent, while the number actively planning for a MOOC has
remained stable (9.3 percent in 2013 compared to 9.4 percent in 2012
• They are designed for unlimited participation and open access via the
web – no tuition is charged.
• There is typically no credit given for completion of the MOOC.

11. Third Trend: Mobile Devices
80% of the
world population will have access to the internet by a mobile device
Enable, Engage, Empower
BYOD- 3-4 devices on campus
Students can participate in multiple courses simultaneously
Enable: resources and experts beyond the classroom and time
Engage: build learning environments for exploration and creation- the internet of things
Empower- communicate share, truly any place and time
Walking across campus

12. Mobile Learning Learning on the go- any place- any time
Across devices- the cloud
A new model of carrying content with you.
Learners shape the content and the process – Just in time
Affordances of reshaping time, networks ,apps

13. Fourth Trend: Alternative Credentials
Indicator of skill level or accomplishment : Badge Indicator of continuous learning offered by individuals, associations, multiple knowledge streams Emphasis on student learning outcomes End of the MBA
Mozilla Open Badge Infrastructure
(OBI) specifi cation. Using this model,
a learner fulfi lls the issuer-
specifi c criteria to earn the badge by attending classes, passing
an exam or review, or completing other activities.

14. Fifth Trend: Creating and Sharing Knowledge
No text books
Use of Social media
Personalized Learning
Artificial Intelligence
E-books and publishing
Almost 40 percent of faculty surveyed in 2013 using social media in teaching.
Blogs and wiki most frequently used as compared to twitter, facebook
Privacy concerns

15. The Ohio State University College of Education and Human Ecology
David Stein, Ph.D.
The Ohio State University
College of Education and Human Ecology