The Future: Whose Future and How to Make Our Ideas Real Presentation at the Consortium for Healthcare Education Online Faculty Professional Development Workshop May 15, 2015 MP4 Video

Think about the future – it’s already here someplace in the world. The question is when does it show up on our doorsteps. Using information contained in the New Media Consortium’s Horizon report, predictions are shared for one year or less, two to three years, and four to five years for 2013, 2014, and 2015. In addition, trends driving higher education such as social media, integration of learning process, data driven learning and assessment, and advancing the culture of change and innovation are shared with examples and thoughts about their impact in the educational space. Technology empowers learners to do things but the huge challenge is figuring out how to make learning adaptable and how to have algorithms for what a student needs based on how they are performing. Learning is not just in the classroom. How do we look at learning everywhere for everyone? How do tools help us do this? Internet resources are available and growing as information is shared openly through repositories such as Skills Common, Merlot, and others. FLEXspace (https://flexspaceannouncements.wordpress.com) provides information on learning spaces designed and implemented at institutions that focus on improving student learning. ePortfolios are another method that can be used to share knowledge among faculty. At California State University, faculty use an ePortfolio to describe the reason for redesigning a course, the process used, and learning outcomes after redesign (www.calstate.edu/courseredesign). Merlot content builder is used as the tool for building these ePortfolios. Stone Soup is used to describe the change management process – engaging people and opening doors, recognizing what people need, exciting people’s curiosity, and celebrating accomplishments. The goal of Skills Common, the TAACCCT content repository, is to create a method to easily find the resources that have been posted there, demonstrate the adoption of TAACCCT, leverage a makeover strategy where original material can be enhanced by others and reposted as well as providing access to original material, sustain the collection, and create a community of developers, partners, and users. Gerry Hanley, Assistant Vice Chancellor, Academic Technology Services, California State University, Office of the Chancellor, and executive director, MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching) presented this information to faculty working on the Consortium for Healthcare Education Online project at the CHEO Discipline Panel Faculty Professional Development Workshop – By Design: Taking ALL Allied Health Students Across the Finish Line, on May 15, 2015. The event was hosted by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) and was held at its SHEPC Learning Center in Boulder, CO. The CHEO project is funded by a U.S. Department of Labor Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) grant. See www.wiche.edu/nanslo/CHEO-faculty-profes­sional-development for more information about this workshop.
Date:
2015-05-15
Primary Material Type:
Instructor and/or Advisor/Case Manager Support Materials
Other Material Types:
Video - Outreach
Institution:
Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education
Subjects:
technology predictions in education, New Media Consortium Horizon report, technology and learners, ePortfolios, technology in education, TAACCCT grant

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Health Care
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Education (13)
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Program Delivery Format:
Fully online

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