Emerging Trends in Educational Technology and Implication for Faculty

Presented at Aurora UniversityMarch 13, 2015

Presented by: Phil Hill@PhilOnEdTech

MindWires Consulting and e-Literate blog

On One Hand . . .

What’s the Big Deal?

New Market Entries

Source: ECAR LMS Report https://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ers1414.pdf

On the Other Hand . . .

Everything has changed

Good Lens

• Everett Rogers wrote the origin of much of technology adoption concepts

• S-curve, categories of adopters

Two Sides of the Chasm• Innovators & Early Adopters: Willing to take risks, influential

• Early Majority: Much slower adoption, need holistic solutions

• Late Majority: Approach an innovation with a high degree of skepticism and after the majority of society has adopted the innovation

From an organizational change perspective, we are just

starting with online education & application of educational

technology in the mainstream

Playing in the cornerPhoto Credit: www.mummymummymum.com

Now loose in the housePhoto Credit: http://www.youtube.com/user/mtmuzic

Implications

• Move away from walled garden is biggest trend to allow service of both sides of Chasm

• Major challenge is providing students appropriate level of consistency

• Be prepared for underpants gnomes

This Won’t Be Easy

Source: New York Times, Feb 12, 2015 http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/13/education/harvard-and-mit-sued-over-

failing-to-caption-online-courses.html

Differentiated Engagement

e-literate.tv

Source: https://vimeo.com/79954057

New Possibilities

But New Responsibilities

Balance Innovation

With Student Need for Consistency

Student - Faculty Communication

New Opportunities, New Demands

More Focus on Teaching and Learning

Sometimes Simple Is Best

Phil Hill: phil@mindwires.com

Web Site: http://e-literate.tv/

e-Literate Blog: http://mfeldstein.com/