Erac presentation jan 10th 2011

1. Environmental Scan Digital Learns Project Phase II Presentation to ERAC , January 10, 2012 Cyri Jones, ZEN Portfolio Networks Inc. Jay Collier, The Compass LLC

2. Context

3. Context Phase I – Vision Phase II – Environmental Scan Concurrently developed ERAC Commons (May 2011) and Mobile Apps site (Jan. 2012) Seeing some of the social network components and issues in action

4. “Big Picture” Architecture Elements

5. Project Team Cyri Jones, Principal ZEN Portfolio Networks Inc., North Vancouver, BC Digital Learners Roadmap Phase II Proposal Environmental Scan By ZEN Portfolio Networks Inc. Sept. 30 th , 2011 Source: VSB website home page Niklas Eriksson, Mobile Usability & Learning Faculty, ARCADA Polytechnic, Helsinki, Finland Jay Collier, Executive Director The Compass LLC, Topsham, Maine Elena Kuznetsova Researcher Collaboration tool & Google Maps specialist

6. Goal

7. Phase II - Project Deliverables Digital Learners Roadmap – Environmental Scan Scope What approaches are school districts, provinces, states, etc. using to help students and teachers discover and access learning resources How have they funded their initiatives including possible grant source info Best practices for how they have rolled-out these type of initiatives Regions: Detailed Summary of what jurisdictions are doing in the US and Canada Genera Summary of what jurisdictions are doing in Europe and Asia

8. Phase II - Project Deliverables Complete by Dec. 15th, 2011 Present results in visual format Word/PDF/Excel document with links to relevant sites Data focused Links to resources Some case studies where applicable Contacts included Summary PowerPoint presentation Trends & Conclusions Possibility of Google Map overlays showing regional data trends (depending on time)

9. Process

10. http://connectlearn21.net /

11. Terms of Reference

12. Challenges

13. Compelling vision but how to implement? Implementation Gap http://www.bcedplan.ca /

14. Systems need to be flexible, adaptive and iterative with user input t o stay relevant, long planning cycles = irrelevant offering Tight Technology Expiry Dates

15. Discovery of quality learning resources Move to more granular learning resources Millions of apps Billions of user generated content items Need to support personalized learning Crowdsourcing only practical way to evaluate

16. Governance mismatch with IT infrastructure economies of scale

17. Disruptive technology

18. Shrinking budgets

19. Environmental changing at dizzying speed

20. Too Fast, Reactive

21. Too Slow, Deny

22. Quick and thoughtful

23. Good News

24. Opportunity Lots of expertise at hand here in BC Compelling vision at provincial level and local level A lot of teachers and administrators embracing change Many jurisdictions faced similar questions 3 to 10 years ago Lots of lessons learned

25. Trends

26. Collision between traditional face-to-face and online learning

27. Need to build a new, smart system from ground up n ot just a “blend” that is “traditional face to face” + “online”

28. Education Trends Blended Learning Consolidation of distance learning and face-to-face classroom opportunities for accessing digital resources and tools. Raised expectations for digital tools in schools by students and teachers. Why can’t school tools be as usable as digital tools they use in other areas of their life. Mobile learning a game changer Students and teachers want to bring their personal devices to the school and leverage. Quality and quantity of learning resources increasing Challenge is in finding the right resources for the task or learning outcome at hand. Teachers and students becoming creators of content, not just consumers Not just consuming traditional publisher content. Engaging project-based teaching involves creating things and collaboration. Creative Commons licensing facilitating this. Growth of service learning.

29. Education Trends Repositories to registries Moving away from a siloed learning object repository approach to one where only local resources are stored, external resources hosted with original content owner. Growth of learning analytics Technology emerging to track para -data about learning resources (e.g. ratings by teachers) and consolidating to help filter. Ability to tie a learning resource to specific learning outcomes and see effectiveness of learning resource. Consolidation of learning outcomes across jurisdictions Growing realization that most learning outcomes from different jurisdictions are almost identical in core subjects (e.g. Common Core initiative in US with 42 states participating) Cloud approach to learning technology delivery Mirroring trend in other sectors, IT infrastructure is migrating from within the organization to external providers saving money and improving service.

30. Education Trends Innovations coming from outside traditional education sector Organizations like Khan Academy are disrupting education sector. Traditional delivery approaches are threatened with being redundant. Growing awareness of important role of social networked learning Many jurisdictions starting to set up social networks for their students and teachers. Just-in-time instead of just-in-case learning Less important to “cover all the curriculum” than to provide authentic, project based learning experiences for students. Importance of cross-functional teams Most meaningful work is done today in cross-functional teams. Students need to go beyond program and school siloes to get experience with this.

31. Growth of Microsoft.edu

32. Growth of Google Apps for Education

33. Consolidation of New Google Design

34. Powerful Learning Resource Metadata Sharing Approaches Emerging

35. The Learning Registry Project Primary Funding from US Dept of Education US Dept of Defense

36. Learning Registry is a distributed system that permits sharing of metadata about learning resources... © Copyright 2010 US Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative: CC-BY-3.0 20101022 +

37. …developed through an open community process that engages learning resource creators, publishers, curators, and consumers. © Copyright 2010 US Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative: CC-BY-3.0 20101022 +

38. Learning Registry is a data exchange mechanism—not a destination website, search engine, or repository—upon which diverse user services can be built. © Copyright 2010 US Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative: CC-BY-3.0 20101022 +

39. © Copyright 2010 US Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative: CC-BY-3.0 20101022

40. © Copyright 2010 US Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative: CC-BY-3.0 20101022 Resource Paradata Profile Resource Information Title Anatomy of a Rover Link http://www.teachersdomain.org/9-12/sci/ess/eiu/rover/index.html Description In this interactive activity from NOVA, learn about the sophisticated scientific instruments on two identical robotic rovers that have explored Mars — Spirit and Opportunity. Subject Keyword(s) Science Grade Level High School Intended Audience Learner Resource Type Instructional Material Resource Format text, text/html There are 16 discussion posts that include this resource in the Middle School Science group. 89 Career & Technical Educators in California included this resource in a curriculum module . This resource has been aligned 214 times to Math Common Core Standard Apply geometric methods to solve design problems This resource was voted #3 out of 5 Best Science Interactives for English Language Learners by teachers in Florida Source Website: Visit Reference URL: Visit Times Viewed: 39 Times Voted: 23 Times Rated: 6 Times Favorited: 1 Recommended: 2 Times Tagged: climate (2) global warming (6) Usability Rating: 7.65/10 Star Rating: 3.75/5 Useful: Yes: 14 No: 9 Accurate: Yes: 2 No: 1 Likes: Yes: 12 No: 2 Best Of 2010: 3 on a scale of 1 (Best) and 50 (Worst) Most Useful: 2 on a scale of 1 (Best) and 5 (Worst) Dynamic Summary Science Mars PBS Space_Science NASA Engineering interactive design Tagged As

41. Learning Resource Metadata Initiative

42. Social Informal Formal Learning 2.0 ILT (instructor-led/classroom) VILT (virtual instructor/web) Virtual World (eg. Second Life) eLearning Professional Video Leadership Forums Mentoring/ Coaching Live Webcasts Recorded Webinars Video Conferencing Workshops Learnshops Websites Audio / P odcasts Case Studies Books Wikis Blogs Discussion Forums Micro-blogging Webjams Rating / Comments Tagging Friending Folksonomy Networking User Generated Content Move from f ormal to i nformal learning

43. Recognition for Informal Learning

44. Open learning content providers launching interactive tools

45. Growth of External Repositories and Learning Analytics

46. Pedagogy changing

47. Learning Analytics

48. http://lak12.sites.olt.ubc.ca/

49. Quality improvements in online learning

50. In Carnegie Mellon's rigorously evaluated online statistics course, students learned a full semester's worth of material in half as much time—and performed as well or better than students learning from traditional instruction.

51. Move from surface to deep learning

52. Multiple channels for same content

53. Preface by Seth Godin to popular e-Marketing Textbook

54. Growth in Open Education Resources

55. Case studies

56. The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed . – William Gibson

57. Summary Each region has mastered some aspects of the overall vision, No one has mastered all the components Main purpose C ollaboration Communities of practice Finding learning resources Creating learning resources

58. Summary Main audience Students Parents Teachers Face to face students or online / distance learners Scale School district State / province

59. Learn Maine

60. NY Learns

61. Scotland’s Glow

62. Scotland’s eduBuzz

63. Edmonton School District

64. Digital Dashboard – West Vancouver School District

65. Activity Feed and Network

66. Personalization – changing themes

67. It’s okay that not everything is strictly “educational”…

68. Individual profiles / portfolios

69. Activity Feed Customization

70. North Dakota

71. Minnesota

72. Oregon

73. California

74. Greece

75. Turkey

76. South Korea

77. “A contract between the Indian government and Canadian development partner DataWind, should put between 10 and 12 million devices in the hands of students across India by the end of 2012, according to Computer World .” Source: VentureBeat.com

78. Recommendations

79. Recommendations Usability more important than any other factor! Ensure process is transparent Include early adopter users Education Camps Ning Network Should give big players Google, Microsoft, Apple, IBM chance to bid as well as smaller players like Edmodo and open source approaches like WordPress/BuddyPress and Drupal Encourage K-20 co-operation Get definitive regulatory policy statement from government / legal advice Tool that is best for elementary may be different than best one for secondary Break into phases don’t launch by pilot districts Instead launch by functionality Start with “low hanging fruit” Target early adopters Let it grow organically Don’t build a white elephant But do put in sufficient resources to realistically support Clarify role of ERAC and School Districts Make sure efforts are forwards compatible

80. Resources