education technology yesterday, today, and tomorrow richard j. h. varn
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Education TechnologyYesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
Richard J. H. Varn
"Whoever "Whoever desires desires constant constant success must success must change his change his conduct with conduct with the times."the times."
"There is nothing more "There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its or more uncertain in its success, than to take the success, than to take the lead in the introduction of lead in the introduction of a new order of things. a new order of things. Because the innovator has Because the innovator has for enemies all those who for enemies all those who have done well under the have done well under the old conditions, and old conditions, and lukewarm (indifferent, lukewarm (indifferent, uninterested) defenders in uninterested) defenders in those who may do well those who may do well under the new. "under the new. "
CIO
The Past: Gunfire At Sea*Let’s begin on landTrucks pulling old cavalry
light artillery Slow motion firing analysisTwo men for three secondsHold your horses*From Elting E. Morison/MEN, MACHINES, AND MODERN TIMES, (Cambridge,MA: THE MIT PRESS), 1966, pp. 17-44
Gunfire At SeaPre-1898RangeGears for elevation/depressionGun sight crosshairsRolling deck timingFireMostly miss
Gunfire At SeaSpanish-American War 9500 shots at close range121 hitsBritish exercise 18995 ships, 5 minutes each, all
guns blazing from 1600 yards2 hits!
Gunfire At SeaEnter Admiral ScottContinuous aim firingGear ratio changeUse existing telescopic sites
correctlySimulation for practiceArt to technician
Gunfire At Sea3000% increase in accuracy1 ship, 1 gunner, 5 minutes
from 1600 yards15 hits on a 75 X 25 target½ of them in a 50 square
inch bull's-eye
Gunfire At SeaTransfer of knowledge to the
US Navy…Lieutenant Simms advocatesNavy responseRebuttalName callingCharge of the Roughrider
Gunfire At SeaSimms appointed Inspector of
Target Practice6 years later universally
acclaimed as “the man who taught us how to shoot”
The engineer of the revolution was not an engineer—he was an angry annoying change agent
Gunfire At SeaA junior officerChallenging those that built
the current inferior systemWhy change?If you change the weapons,
you change the arrangement of military society and war
Gunfire At Sea1. The essential idea for change occurred in
part by chance but in an environment that contained all the essential elements for change and to a mind prepared to recognize the possibility of change.
2. The basic elements, the gun, gear, and sight, were put in the environment by other people, people interested in designing machinery to serve different purposes or simply interested in the instruments themselves.
*From Elting E. Morison/MEN, MACHINES, AND MODERN TIMES, (Cambridge,MA: THE MIT PRESS), 1966, pp. 17-44
Gunfire At Sea3. These elements were brought into
successful combination by minds not interested in the instruments for themselves but in what they could do with them. These minds were, to be sure, interested in good gunnery, overtly and consciously. They may also, not so consciously, have been interested in the implied revolt that is present in the support of all change.
*From Elting E. Morison/MEN, MACHINES, AND MODERN TIMES, (Cambridge,MA: THE MIT PRESS), 1966, pp. 17-44
Gunfire At Sea4. He and his colleagues were
opposed on this occasion by men who were apparently moved by three considerations: honest disbelief in the dramatic but substantiated claims of the new process, protection of the existing devices and instruments with which they identified themselves, and maintenance of the existing society with which they were identified.
*From Elting E. Morison/MEN, MACHINES, AND MODERN TIMES, (Cambridge,MA: THE MIT PRESS), 1966, pp. 17-44
Gunfire At Sea5. The deadlock between those who sought
change and those who sought to retain things as they were was broken only by an appeal to superior force, a force removed from and unidentified with the mores, conventions, devices of the society. The naval society in 1900 broke down in its effort to accommodate itself to a new situation. The appeal to Roosevelt is documentation for Mahan’s great generalization that no military service can reform itself. It must seek assistance from outside.
Gunfire At SeaA primary source of conflict in this case study
lies in "identification." People identified themselves with their creations and obtained satisfaction from the thing itself, a satisfaction that prevented them from thinking too closely the thing; that others identified themselves with a settled way of life and found their satisfaction in attempting to maintain that way of life unchanged; and that still others identified themselves as rebellious spirits of the insurgent cast of mind, and obtained a satisfaction from the act of revolt itself.
Some IntroductionI am Lieutenant SimsI have worked on E-
Government and Education for 28 years
I have been told repeatedly that I am too smart to work in government (think about that…)
I am Cassandra’s great, great, great, etc. ADD grandson
Some Change Attempt Examples1990 World Wide
Web…DNA forensicsBroadbandVideo History
ArchiveIowa Electronic
UniversityIndoor
playgroundsGovernment
services card
1 to 1 computing E-medical recordsHealth care poolingCourseware campsAd supported email100% E by 2003IP video and
telephonyGIS/GPS criminal
tracking
Examples of the Kind of Questions That I Intend to Ask As a Way of Infecting You With Viral Ideas
No Birds Are Involved In Transmission…
Do You Remember?
Plop Pop Cop
Technological EthicsWould it be unethical to make
learning addictive?Hint: TV, music, game, drug,
pornography, gambling and other industries do not understand the question
Time=Value=Mind Share=Learning—where the time goes, the mind goes
Technological EthicsWhich does not fit: Licentiousness,
Extremes, Titillation, Comfort, or Learning?
We try to do analog replication and combination of these “easier” things to help learning like with games that teach or a dramatization of an idea such as with Le Miserable
Technological EthicsWhat about when we can digitally and
elementally duplicate the pleasurable to achieve the difficult?
As we identify the electrochemical processes and stimulants that are involved with pleasure, spirituality, comfort, fun, etc. will the vice and commercial industries be the only ones willing and able to use them?
If we can make learning to solve quadratic equations feel like eating junk food, gaming, and skateboarding all at once, what is wrong with that?
Dominant Private Practice for Change
High Value
Low Value
High Cost Low Cost
Current Process
New Process
Leap and Reap
Rapidly
Creep and Weep Over a Much Longer Time
Government Failure to Precipitate
High Value
Low Value
High Cost Low Cost
Current Process
New Process
Current Process
Keep the Old Process But Do
Less of It
Optimizing ResourcesUnify and Simplify
1 2 3 5 50 500 5000 ?
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2
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1 Each Institution
1 Each Department
>1 Per Person
Kinds of Solutions
Number of Instances or Deployments
of the Solutions Optimization
Savings and Benefits—IT and Optimized Processes
Government Spending
Societal Spending on Compliance
and the Drag Effect on the
Economy
Potential Savings
Potential Savings and
Benefit
IT Spending and Potential
Savings
http://www.centerdigitalgov.com/center/reports.php
Points of IT FailureImagine if Thomas Jefferson did
not really understand–Boats
–Maps
–Exploration
–Navigation
–Weapons
How well do you think Lewis and Clark would have been supported?
Points of IT FailureLeadership and sponsorship
–Pioneer, leader, manager, caretaker, maintainer, destroyer, anti-leader, or clueless fool?
–Do they get IT?
–Do they get the new IT?
–Clarity, alignment, and commitment
–Consequences
Points of IT FailureCommunicationEscalation paths for problem
resolutionPolicy change time frames and
responsivenessNo single point of accountabilitySiloed money, reporting lines, and
governance
Points of IT FailureNo human change strategyMisalignmentApplication acquisition or
developmentLegalPaperworkProcurementProject management
Points of IT FailureTime and money misestimatedWe BeesTurf ProtectorsPassive aggressive yes wait killersCommitteesPrivacy or security issueBad publicity
Points of IT FailureDigitizing a bad or broken
processForcing process changes from
the technology sideEngineering and technology
blindnessLeadership changesInvisible or lagging benefits
Points of IT FailureShortchanging training time or
resourcesThree P’s and a T
–People
–Policy
–Process
–Tools
They forget to P somewhere
Where we passionately and methodically search for new insight
into how the brain functions, how we learn, and the factors and methods of
human organization and success...
SO WE CAN IGNORE IT ALL WHEN IT COMES TO OUR OWN PROGRAMS!
Education and Government—Resistant to Change
Pushing change in education and government is like trying to run through a wall of spandex…
…coated with Teflon so nothing sticks…
And imbued with the universal element “Bureaucratium”, an amazing substance that seems indestructible and repels everything…
Creative Deconstruction Destruction
Modern science and technologyHumanity’s Great Quest: Being
able to observe, identify, model, manipulate, create, form, and combine the parts of anything
Cosmos, atoms, genes, cells, brains, bodies, ecosystems, knowledge, work, processes, markets, and institutions
Key Effects of IT AgeDigitalizationAutomationRobotizationMiniaturizationSpecializationCustomizationGlobalization Mutation
CommoditizationDisintermediationModularizationTechnological
DeterminismAcronymization or
TCCTA– Tendency to Create
Colorful Technical Acronyms
– If you have an problem with that, join SPAM or Society to Prevent Acronym Memorization
Can You “C” the Future?ConsciousnessCampfireCraftCarvingCityCollegeCollectionCollationCarnegie
CommunicationComputationCollaborationConvergenceCorporationCommoditizationCreative DestructionComponentsCyborgs
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Technology or Technique is Not Neutral…
We conform to it, it does not conform to us.
But perhaps it can be Subversively Helpful.
Technological determinism means that if you change a part of an interconnected system, the rest of the system WILL eventually and inevitably change to reflect the speed, power, or capabilities of the part that was changed. -Richard J. H. Varn
Technology is ultimately a friend but mostly it is a "dangerous enemy" that "intrudes" into a culture "changing everything“ and even "eliminates alternatives to itself".
Automation increases probability but decreases possibility.
- Lewis Mumford
Determinism: A Short CutThe long term sneaky way to change the
world without ever asking permission or having to try to convince those who will be forced to change and already hate the idea, whatever it is and no matter what it is, before you even thought of it
Change key, interconnected tools and the rest of the system will change
Technological DeterminismTechnological systems are interconnected
websThe history of such systems shows a
consistent repeating patternChanges in the speed, power, or
complexity of one part causes comparable changes in all other parts to which it is connected
Determinism In Action
“Whatever can be done, will be done. If not by the incumbents, it will be done by emerging players. If not in a regulated industry, it will be done in a new industry born without regulation. Technological change and its effects are inevitable. Stopping them is not an option.” Andy Grove in Wired, Jan. 98
One Word: Database
Tools are viral containers of ideasHow we think differently from their use is often
even more important than what they actually do– Do you remember the first time you clicked instead of
typing?– Do you remember pocket protector wearers saying GUI
was a waste of time and resources and was the SAME AS TYPING COMMANDS?
– The viral idea was the connection between interface, function, and data and they could not see it
The dominant tool, metaphor, idea of our time is the database
ConvergenceThe coming together or merging of:
– Jurisdictions– Industries– Companies– Tools and technologies– Products and devices– Professions and skills– Jobs
The viral spread of IT across and within industries and elements of life
Analog: StandardizationNut, screws and boltsRailsElectricityAuto tiresPaperPlumbing and lumberDrove the greatest expansion of
human productive capacity in history and a lot of extinctions
Digital: StandardizationData (XML in every industry)Networks (IP everything)Software (Web Services and SOA)Storage (the one file holy grail)Human Computer Interface (see me,
feel me)Processing (Gird for the Virtual Grid)And the effect will be at least as large…Technological bow waves…
Government and Education As A Service
Domestic and Global Economy of Scale LayerCommon, Interchangeable, and Customizable Software and Hardware Services
Public Entities Non-Profit Entities and Associations For-Profit Entities
Public Only
BothPublic Only
BothPublic Only Both
Subject Matter Expert LayerSubject and Industry Specific Human, Software, and Hardware Services
Bit
Concierge Layer
Personalized and Automated Human, Software, and Hardware Services
Private OnlyPrivate Only
Niche Function Industry Cross-IndustryOne Stop
Government
Object MarketFunctional and Software Lego Bricks
Public DevelopersDomestic, Global, and Open
Source
Private DevelopersDomestic, Global, and Open
Source
Customer Agents
Web Services Government Integrated Into Other Software and Services
Steps to GAAS UPConsolidate (across boundaries and
industries)Broker (think “Plastics…”)Standardize (what and how)Automate (no human can…)Innovate (no machine used to…)
Steps to GAAS UPDocument rules (rules are made
to be coded)Virtualize (it happens
somewhere…) Eliminate (processes and
systems)Re-deploy resources (harvest)
Businesses
Customer Agents
Citizens
E-Forms Functional Summary
First Form
First Form
First Form
Data to Agencies
to:
• Accept
•Share
•Reuse
•Query
•Manage
•Safeguard Privacy
“COUNT”
“COUNT”
“COUNT”
Extract Data
Apply Business
Rules
Validate
Sign
Submit
Route
Forms Engines
to:
•Submit Data
•Apply Business
Rules
•Sign
•Submit
•Route
Authentication
Direct Data
Transfers
Data Analysis, Sharing,
and Public Access
Scope Industry
Segment or Government
Function
Data Management Improvement Process
Publish Data Routing
Processes
Create Harmonized
Forms
Identify Forms and Paperwork Processes
Within Segment or
Function
Determine Core Data Elements and Business Rules
Select Forms and
Processes to Be
Addressed
Select Industry or Government
FunctionFinalize and Publish XML Schema for Data Elements,
Business Rules, and Presentation Formats
Harmonize Data Elements and Business Rules; Coordinate With
Industry Standards
Customer AgentsPrivate Industry Solutions,
Systems, Services, and Software Modules
Agency Processing, Applications,
Databases, and Legacy Systems
Work With: • Business and Industry Associations• Industry Solutions Vendors • Federal, State, and Local Governments• Customer Agents• Industry XML and Data Standards
Bodies
Harmonize and Reduce
The Next 50 YearsDevices per chip continue to double every
12 monthsThe pace of change continues to
accelerate100 years happens in 20 at the current
rate*Use to ubiquityDistinctive to disposablePeripheral to integral
*Ray Kurzweil, The Age of Spiritual Machines
Universal AccessAnyone, anywhere, anytime will be
able to instantaneously talk, write, and send visual and audio information to anyone else
IP replaces Esperanto Please put my universal translator
engine in my cell phone in my ear rather than a Babel Fish…
Four Ways to IT
Wire
StorageProcessing
WirelessServices and
Content
Watch the Third Screen
The Digital Majority
Like Starbucks' relentless attempts to sell itself as the "third place," the wireless industry is
trying to sell itself as the "third screen."
2010:
•500 Million Broadband Users
•2.3 Billion Cell Phones
Computer Tipping PointComputers reach the speed of 20
quadrillion instructions per second, equal to the human brain– In accordance with Moore's law, we expected
to reach the computational capacity of the human brain---20 million billion neuron connection calculations per second (100 billion neurons times an average of 1,000 connections to other neurons times 200 calculations per second per connection) in a super computer by 2010 and in a standard personal computer---by the year 2020
Ray Kurzweil
Kurweil’s VisionBy the year 2040 a super
computer reaches the collective brain speed of all the human brains alive
By 2050 global brain speed is available on a $1,000 laptop
Before You RetireCumulative machine
intelligence becomes larger than cumulative human intelligence
GNR (Genetic, Nanotechnology, and Robotics) combine to remake civilization as we know it
Hi, HALNon-invasive brain
scanning capabilities are growing exponentially
Reverse engineering of the brain and other software techniques make machines more than human in many ways
“Will I dream, Doctor?”
Convergence in Learning
Neuroscience
Information Technology
Assessment
Learners
Diagnosis, Response, and “Treatment”
Inherent IT ObjectivesImplement new or improved systemsTrade labor for capitalRe-engineer processesAchieve efficienciesDo more with equal or lessImprove serviceBalance budgets
Inherent IT Advantages in Education?Customization and individualization Democratization of access,
content, and toolsNon-linearityPlace indifferenceAvailability of changeable contentThe elimination of rote tasks in
teaching and learning
Inherent IT Advantages in Education?More time to focus on only that
which a human can do wellInstant access human knowledge
in all formsOverlaying data on our
experiencesSharingCollaborationInput and outcome analysis
Are We Taking Advantage of the Inherent Advantages of IT in
Education?
Ummm…No
What Is Most Out of Whack?The Carnegie Unit credit hoursLinearityGradesSubjectsLearning to remember rather than
learning to learnEducation is expected to cure all
with out concomitant resources
What Is Most Out of Whack?Assessment is misapplied with too
many high stakes low yield tests and not enough low stakes high yield tests
The policy response is inadequate to the amount of change, the size of the challenge, and the importance of the outcome
Education Technology Objectives
Classroom and Institution Management– You want the grading and paperwork processes of
teaching to be easier and more automated– You want learners and their families to be able to do self-
service on classroom and institutional processes– You want to know more about your learners before they
show up for class. You want to know the results of your specific programs and effort with as much cause and effect analysis as possible
– You want your results based system to roll its results up to various mandated reports like NCLB and to teachers, researchers, educational leaders, policy makers, and the public
Education Technology ObjectivesBetter Lectures and Presentations
– You want to hold the attention of learners during lectures and presentations and appropriately use various media to enhance learning rather than just entertain
Reflect Work Conditions– You want your learners to learn using the
same tools, techniques, and systems they will use in the workplace
Education Technology ObjectivesRemediation
– You want to spend less class time on bringing everyone up to the same level and on addressing general study skill issues, subject matter gaps, and literacy problems
Education Technology Objectives
Technical Training– You want learners to learn to use tools and
systems that are not in themselves part of the curriculum by using self-paced, virtual, and hands-on tutorials
Customized Learning– You want use technology to match the
teaching and learning methods and materials to be tailored to the individual knowledge, skills, learning styles, and objectives of each learner
Education Technology ObjectivesDiagnostic Model of Education
– You want to use brain research, assessment, real time feedback, and (if it becomes commonly available) physical indication of learning activity in the brain to know if a learner is in fact learning and responds accordingly
Extended Learning– You want the exceptional and the motivated
learners to go beyond what is required in the class or program and beyond what you have time to teach them
Education Technology ObjectivesSelf-Directed Learners
– You want learners who can and will learn on their own to be able to do so and receive credit for what they learn. You want to be able to spend more time being a mentor, motivator, creator, guide, evaluator, and/or expert learner
Education Technology ObjectivesCollaborative Learning
– You want your learners to work in collaborative teams and networks that are not bound by the walls and grounds of your location
More Learning– You want your learners to learn more than
previously possible through print technology and gain greater mastery over the subject matter
Education Technology ObjectivesMore Cost-Effective Learning
– You want learning the amount of learning per dollar spent to be greater
Education Technology ObjectivesDifferentiating Roles and Specializing
– You want to allow each person to focus more on the more narrowly defined role, specialize, and improve the quality of their work on their areas of expertise (e.g. assessment, curriculum development, discussion, administrative processes, lecture, mentoring, counseling, etc.) and use technology to help free up time and reorganize the work to make this possible.
Education Technology ObjectivesVirtual Reality
– You want to be able to simulate real environments that are too dangerous, expensive, and/or remote to provide at your school
Education Technology ObjectivesCourseware Development
– You want to do what was once only the province of textbook companies, moviemakers, and computer specialists: make multimedia courseware
Education Technology ObjectivesReach New Markets
– You want to export your unique and high quality programs into areas beyond the magic 30-minute, 30-mile barrier
Education Technology ObjectivesExpand Offerings
– You want to be able to increase your offerings beyond what is possible and/or affordable with conventional educational delivery systems. You want to do this to attract and keep more students and increase the value of your programs
Education Technology ObjectivesSurvival
– You want to make sure you are not bypassed by other delivery systems and that your school is equal to or better than the competition in the use and availability of education materials and information technology
Courseware1--Each academic program has an
articulated curriculum2--Each class has specified goals and
objectives3--Standards and the method of
assessment are agreed upon4--Student achievement level and learning
style are assessed
More Courseware Steps...5--Learning and instruction plan
is customized and matched to goals, objectives, and student learning style
6--Search for, acquire, and develop courseware to meet the learning and instruction plans
7--Training in the use of the courseware and courseware tools is delivered
Final Courseware Steps8--Courseware is delivered9--Continuous assessment based on
standards is used to determine level of achievement of goals and objectives
10--Results of the assessment are fed back into the curriculum articulation and writing process
Repeat the cycle
Courseware LayersExperience, Information, and KnowledgeObjectsModulesUnitsCourses or CompetenciesDegrees, Certificates, and Documented
Achievement
Digital Content—Essential Raw MaterialWhy have state’s not mandated that all text
books and educational materials purchased must be in both analog (paper) or digital form?
Furthermore, since most of the cost of paper materials in NOT in the content development but in the manufacture and distribution, states should less for the digital copy and subscribe to updates like other software maintenance
If you feel lonely, put a trigger to make sure 10 or some number of states pass it before it goes into effect
Searching for Optimal Efficiency and Quality
Cost
Lecture
Personal Tutor
Self-StudyBook
Mode and level of personalization of delivery
Discussion/Class
Courseware
Low
High
Do What Students DoGames and simulationMix, mash, and create IMTxtCellMP3/PodcastsStream of consciousness surfingBloggingEmailCollaborateMusicTVDVD’sViral advertising
Where Can We Go From Here?
Key Questions of MeasurementWhat are your objectives?What is observable about your objectives?How can you turn what is observable into
data?Is such data available or acquirable? What are the relevant relationships or
formulas between the data elements? (Independent Verification &Validation or IV&V performed at this stage)
Key Questions of MeasurementWhat is the minimum and optimum value
of the metric formula? (IV&V)Is the value achieved? (IV&V)Did the achievement of the value actually
contribute to the objective? (shared V&V with feedback to beginning)
Data-Based DecisionsBeing able to see and use all allowable
data in multiple formats:– Textual– Tabular– Spatial– Simulation
The ability to know actual outcomes of programs from enterprise data and other private data sources
Data-Based DecisionsPersonally identifiable data can lead to
proper rewards and consequences– E.G. What students know and documentation
of demonstrated mastery can be used to let them work only on what they DO NOT know and have not mastered or on synthesizing what they know
– Teacher’s accomplishments and failings can be cumulatively known over their career and used in managing them and their assignments
Data-Based DecisionsDe-identified data can track individual and
collective outcomesOf course, some people will still make
decisions based on good stories, anecdotes, and self interest
What and Where Is Work and Who or What Does It?
Human Race
Workplace Workers
Distributed Workers
Outsourced Workers
Crowd Sourced Workers
Machine RaceComputers and Robots
Workplace Machines
Distributed Machines
Outsourced Machines
Distributed Processing
Work
Play
Neither and Both
Stages of ProfessionsArtSystematic ArtMass ProductionAutomationAggregation and DecentralizationCommoditizationIntegration and Absorption
Unbundling the Teaching Profession
One job categoryJob description?Do it all and do it wellWhat does that mean?We need to face up to our teaching
disabilities...
Job Description for a Teacher
TeachingAssessment expertDiagnostic expertCurriculum designerAdvisorMentorResearcher/WriterPublic servantSocial workerCommunity and Parent
Liaison
BureaucratPolicymakerMedical managerContent expertTechnology integratorDisciplinarianDisability managerSecretary and data entry
clerkAnd did I mention you
have a life?
Converged ScienceNeuroscience
– Psychometrics
BiologyPsychology
– Communication and Persuasion
ChemistryPhysicsHow these will be applied to the teaching
and learning process
Consider the Medical Model and Distributed Work
How the health care work force is organized– We pay doctors a lot but there is still a huge
supporting cast of specialist and professionals– They have insurance and customers shilling for
them and occasionally annoying them
Consider how the converging sciences of information technology, neurology, assessment, and so on can be used to diagnose successful and unsuccessful learning strategies and activities and vary how we approach education
Centers Are ShiftingCenter of Proximity and ConcentrationCenter of Culture/EntertainmentCenter of ProductionCenter of ApplicationCenter of Global ScaleCenter of ExcellenceCenter of IntegrationCenter of CreativityCenter of DiscoveryCenter of BrokeringCenter of Service (Concierge At Large)
Past (Settled)
Future (Frontier)
Converged Learning ManagementStudent portfolios to document learningNew evaluation methodsThe link between material use, brain
research, and real time monitoringDiagnostics with physical diagnostic
capabilitiesFormative assessments: can be
– Technology like Web Ex– Or cheap and simple
• Red dot, green dot• A-E letters
The Old New Key QuestionsWho teaches it?What is taught?When is it taught?Where is it taught?Why is it taught?How is it taught?How do we
measure teaching?
Who learns it?What is learned?When is it learned?Where is it learned?Why is it learned?How is it learned?How do we measure
learning?
Put Simply...What aspects of teaching and learning do
we want to:– Augment?– Replace?– Automate?– Decentralize?– Reform?
Example: Note TakingIs this the reason we go to school?It is the most practiced actGranted: it has the benefit for some
learners of reinforcing and as a memory aidIt is not part of the curriculum, evaluated,
credited, improvedAlternatives
– Notes in advance– Lecture capture, preview, or synopses– Real time voice to text– Moving on to the next level of discourse rather
than recording the sage on the stage
Change ManagerWho will enable,
empower, and enforce change?
Who will make the change happen in real time?
How can this happen in education?
America’s Limping DemocracyHow do we decide?
–No data
–Bad Data
–Conventional Wisdom
–Anecdotes
–Personal Experience
Time for a Tyranny of Truth
America’s Limping DemocracyToday, only three things matter
in politics in this order:–PAC Money
–Lobbyists
–Votes
These are the means to the primary end of today’s politics
America’s Limping Democracy
These are used to:–Increase the personal power and/or wealth of the politician
–Gain positive publicity so they can keep doing it
America’s Limping Democracy
Therefore, primary purpose of the current system is the redistribution of government resources to those who support the politician and their party
America’s Limping Democracy
Policy has become the means to get the five things that matter and is not currently the end of government
America’s Limping DemocracySound, evidence-based policy is
not just rare, it is actively opposed because it undermines the moral plasticity necessary to make the five things that matter the true ends of government
A few rare exceptions and occasions exists where sound policy matters more than politics
Your Career ChoicesMake these 5 things your friendsGet a conscience-ectomyWork for the exception and the
leaders who still care to tryRoll the beast from without, not
withinWork for the customer agents or
precipitate their ascendancy
Questions and AnswersIs it being done now and unique to
education and government? Keep ItNew, unique, and not done? Do ItNot doing but someone is? Source ItDo you know your own rules?
Document and Publish Them Think only a government employee
can do it? Prove ItIs it no longer needed? Stop It
