" ... contained a fascinating vision. In it home computers are as common as the telephone. They link person to person, shrinking, as the authors put it, 'time and distance barriers among people, and between people and information, to near zero.' In its

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" ... contained a fascinating vision. In it
home computers are as common as the telephone.
They link person to person, shrinking, as the
authors put it, 'time and distance barriers among
people, and between people and information, to
near zero.' In its simplest form, the Network
Nation is a place where thoughts are exchanged
easily and democratically and intellect affords
one more personal power than a pleasing
appearance does. Village Voice, 1978
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More . . .
use of learning objects
external certification
learning while mobile
media convergence
syncronous
cross-platform learning
peer-peer learning
gaming
modular
collaborative
just-in-time learning
flexible
audio-enabled
Second Life
visual
accountable
faculty issues
media-rich
podcasting
social networking
diverse origination delivery
blogs
consumer-driven
networked
virtual reality
competency-based
bricolage
ee-learning
student-created content
device migration
-- OLN-OTL listserv
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Edinburgh Scenarios Web of Confidence U
Choose Back to the Future Virtually Vanilla
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• Changes in media environment are accelerating,
  unpredictable, serendipitous, driven not by
  industry but by individuals.
• Individuals have an unprecedented array of media
  choices.
• Users control their media in terms of both
  technology content.
• Media use is facilitating new kinds of
  communities connected technologically.
• -- Media Mindsets Research Cluster

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Old consumers were compliant
New consumers are resistant.
Old consumers were predictable loyal
New consumers are migratory.
Old consumers were isolated individuals
New consumers are socially connected.
New consumers are noisy public.
Old consumers were silent invisible
-- Joshua Green, MIT
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viewusers Dan Harries
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produsers Axel Bruns
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46 of US public school students come from low
income families. Within the next ten years, the
majority of US public school students will be
poor. -- NY Times
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In 2004, 69 of all US adults were or had been
enrolled in some form of higher education. Yet
only 29 of the same population had
degrees. -- UNESCO
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1975 1989 2005
tenured 36.5 33.5 21.8
tenure-track 20.3 13.7 10.1
non-tenure track 13.0 16.9 20.1
part time 30.2 36.4 48.0
-- AAUP
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Almost 3.5 million students, or 20 of all
students in higher education, were taking at
least one online course in the fall 2006
semester. The growth rate for online enrollments
was 9.5 in 2006. The overall growth rate for
higher education was 1.5. -- Online Nation
decrease
same
grow
expected change in online enrollments among
institutions with online offerings
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Digital technologies are for education as iron
and steel girders, reinforced concrete, plate
glass, elevators, central heating and air
conditioning were for architecture. Digital
technologies set in abeyance significant,
long-lasting limits on educational
activity. -- R. O. McClintock (1999)
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Many thanks to Corrie Bergeron, Roy Fish,
Sheryl Hansen, Mary Hricko, Richard James, Mark
Karamor, Laura Little, Ken Millard, Carrie
Rathsack, Tina Royal, Lynn Trinko, Patricia Ann
Westington OLN Online Teaching and Learning
Listserv
Karen Swan Research Center for Educational
Technology Kent State University kswan_at_kent.edu