Teaching and Learning Today and Tomorrow

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Teaching and LearningToday and Tomorrow

• David Wiley, PhD
• Center for Open and Sustainable Learning
• Department of Instructional Technology
• Utah State University

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The World is Changed

• Galadriel, Lord of the Rings

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Analog ? Digital

• Books, Journals, Voice Communications

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Closed ? Open

• Software, Data, Books, Journals

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Tethered ? Mobile

• Voice Communication, Internet Access

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Isolated ? Connected

• People, Content, Systems

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Generic ? Personal

• Cars, Computers, Mobile Phones

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Consuming ? Participating

• Radio, Journalism, Movies

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Why Does Anyone Choose Teaching? Why Not Just
Learn?

• How does the university add value?

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Content is Changed

• OpenCourseWares, Wikipedias, etc.

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Research is Changed

• Public Library of Science, Arxiv.org, Google
  Scholar, etc.

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Expertise is Changed

• Listservs, Web Boards, Chatrooms, Instant
  Messaging, Texting, etc.

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Credentialing is Changed

• Microsoft, Cisco, and Linux certifications, etc.

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Education is Challenged on Every Front

• Content, Research, Expertise,
• and Credentialing

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How Is Education To Change?

• Are online classes the answer?

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What Must Happen?

• The university experience must become more open,
  connected, personal, and participatory

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Openness is the Key

• Openness enables connecting, personalizing, and
  participating

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How Do We Open Up?

• OpenCourseWare projects are one way to open
  access to your content

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Keys to an OpenCourseWare

• Administration support
• Faculty support
• Policies and licenses
• Infrastructure
• Support personnel

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Open Infrastructure from COSL

• eduCommons
• Authoring, workflow, publishing, searching
• http//educommons.sourceforge.net/
• Open Learning Support
• Connect learners with each other
• http//sourceforge.net/projects/ols-usu/

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• David Wiley
• david.wiley_at_usu.edu