+ Learning in the Digital Age Karin Little | Executive Service Design Director, Fjord Thomas Schneider | Design Director, Fjord Redesigning Education Eren Bali | Co-founder, CEO, Udemy Design Opportunities in the Transitional Period in Education Minjeong Kim | UX and Product Designer, Coursera Designing MOOCs at a Public Health Sciences University Steven Williams | Coursera Instructional Designer and Project Manager, UCSF 1

Learning in the Digital Age Karin Little, Thomas Schneider Fjord/SDN January 16, 2014

3 parts 1. student stories 2. context 3. opportunities

1.student stories judy james ava

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2.context skills technology consumers

Skills In recent years weve seen a shift away from learning as something that only happens through pairing teachers with students in traditional classrooms. E = mc 2

Skills Being online is transforming the way people learn. Ranging from user-generated video instruction to online courses from prestigious universities, new opportunities are available anytime and anywhere to anyone with an Internet connection.

Skills The future is already here its just not very evenly distributed. William Gibson

Skills skills: What these technologies are doing is really helping people embrace change at faster rates than ever before.

Skills Workplace expectations are also changing. New hires at Google are expected to demonstrate: - analytical reasoning communication skills a willingness to experiment ability to be a team player passion and leadership

Skills Some of these skills are harder to gain or demonstrate in online learning environments... - analytical reasoning - communication skills - a willingness to experiment - ability to be a team player - passion and leadership

Technology An increasing amount of sensors and devices create an exponentially increasing amount of data. 2003 people on earth 2010 2015 things connected to the internet 2020

Technology With the early-stage challenges were facing just on desktop, how will the explosion of devices and connectivity aect the learning environment?

Consumers Thanks to brands like Amazon, Google, Uber and Facebook, consumers expect highly personalized, seamless experiences that put them at the center.

Consumers Recent reports indicate that the best candidates of online learning (in terms of retention and success rate) tend to be highly motivated, self-driven students who have already taken higher education courses. The New York Times, December 10, 2013

3.opportunities content roles locations

Content Content oerings will be: adaptive Knewton Carnegie Learning

Content Content oerings need to be: active Science of Cooking Harvard on edX

Content Content oerings need to be: collaborative Google hangouts

Roles Students want a more cohesive, adaptive learning experience that puts them in the center. Students need help navigating the growing range of educational choices Text and options in front of them. They need: They need: They need: Eduvators Learning Journey Mentors Learning Agents http://knowledgeworks.org/learning-in-2025 Students need to nd the right people to connect with.

Locations Add virtual to physical Coursera, edX, and others are working with established brick and mortar institutions to create blended learning oerings. 6.00xL Introduction to Computer Science and Programming, MITx virtual pic

Locations Add physical to virtual Udacity promotes meetups of students in physical proximity

Locations Consequence: Everything gets a learning layer

Content delivery will change. New roles will emerge. Learners will have more options. But people will remain at the heart of learning. Learners should be at the center. The Place for People amid Digital Innovation posted on May 7, 2013 by Katherine Prince

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+ Learning in the Digital Age Karin Little | Executive Service Design Director, Fjord Thomas Schneider | Design Director, Fjord Redesigning Education Eren Bali | Co-founder, CEO, Udemy Design Opportunities in the Transitional Period in Education Minjeong Kim | UX and Product Designer, Coursera Designing MOOCs at a Public Health Sciences University Steven Williams | Coursera Instructional Designer and Project Manager, UCSF 27