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An Infrastructure for Educational Innovation

in Kentucky

Justin Bathon & Jayson Richardson

University of KentuckyCollege of Education

5 Givens2 Concerns1 (developing) Plan

< Givens >

< 1 >

It’s a Global World

Dubai, UAE Shanghi, China Kuala Lampur, Malaysia

Sao Paulo, Brazil

Johannesburg, S.A.

Seoul, South Korea

Panama City, Panama

Chongqing, China

Lagos, Nigeria

Auckland, NZ Manila, Philippines

Mexico City, Mexico

What Happened to the Third World?

2006 World Bank Income Groupings

     High income     Upper-middle income     Lower-middle income     Low income

China is now losing manufacturing jobs to other developing

economies.

Given 1:

Globalization is real.

Assembly line manufacturing jobs are not coming back.

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< 2 >

Technology is Changing Information

Information ≠ Physical Space

This is not a change of degree

A shift has occurred in the underlying technological paradigm.

Given 2:

Information will never be the same.

Information enterprises will have to change or become obsolete.

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< 3 >

The Web is Useful

Web @ 1995 = Boring

We found useful stuff to do too

Internet Users 2000

@350,000,000

Internet Users 2010

@1,802,330,457

Facebook Users 2010

@500,000,000

World Human Population

The Web Became Ordinary

Ordinary = Useful = Indispensible

Given 3:

The Internet is part of life.

The Internet can be useful for most daily activities.

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< 4 >

These Changes Are Happening Fast

“An analysis of the history of technology shows that technological change is exponential, contrary to

the common-sense 'intuitive linear' view. So we won't experience 100 years of progress in the 21st century—it will be

more like 20,000 years of progress (at today’s rate).”

Ray Kurzweil, The Law of Accelerating Returns (2001).

Given 4:

The Pace of Innovation Will Only Accelerate Further.

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< 5 >

Education Is Trying

- 214,840 Instructional Devices

- 1/5 of which are “mobile”

- 70% of schools have Tech. Skills as part of defined curriculum.

- 92% of schools have a fiber connection

- 75% of classrooms have a projector, flatscreen, or smartboard

Kentucky Technology Deployment

Fall 2002 Fall 2003 Fall 2004 Fall 2005 Fall 2006 Fall 2007 Fall 20080.0%

5.0%

10.0%

15.0%

20.0%

25.0%

30.0%

Online Enrollment as a Percentage of Total Post-Secondary Enrollment

Source: Allen, I. E. & Seaman, J. (2010). Learning on demand: Online education in the United States, 2009, Babson Survey Research Group

Given 5:

Schools are not standing still in the face of these rapid changes.

Educators are caring people, working hard to improve learning for kids.

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< Concerns >

< 1 >

The Web is useful for Everything

Everything is on the Web

Everything should include Learning

Schooling ≠ Learning

Learning ≠ Schooling

Learning = Web

Schooling ≠ Web

Schooling

WEB

Most of World’s New Information is Digital

Analog Schools necessarily become more detached from Learning.

America’s high schools are obsolete. By obsolete, I don’t

just mean that they’re broken, flawed or

underfunded, though a case could be made for every one of those points. By obsolete, I

mean our high schools — even when they’re working as designed — cannot teach all our students what they need

to know today.

Bill Gates

change in degree

paradigm shift

how?

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< 2 >

Democratic Innovation is Possible, but

Dependent on Leaders

ControlBudget

Policy

Facilities

Evaluations

Discipline

Assignments

Curriculum

Personnel

Time

Change

If the leaders don’t get it,

it’s not going to happen.

dangerouslyirrelevant.org

Leaders are “restricted”

Insiders ≠ Innovators

Systemic Restrictions on Innovation

busy

with the everyday work of schooling

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< Plan >

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Center for the Advanced Study of Technology Leadership in Education

Refocus Research & Scholarship

Seek Higher Grant Funding

Develop Products

Sponsor Conferences

Offer Professional Development

Facilitate Partnerships

Refocus Teacher Preparation

Act

ivit

ies

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Refocus Research & Scholarship

Online

Learning Technology Vision

Handheld Technologies 1:1 Laptop

Initiatives

ICT4D Technology Savvy Superintendents

Technology Laws

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Seek Higher Grant Funding

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Develop Products

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Sponsor Conferences

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Offer Professional Development

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Refocus Leadership Preparation