latest developments in technology enabled learning
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The Latest Developments in Learning Technology
World of Learning, 2015 Birmingham, UK
Robert Todd Captain @ Learning Invention
the product view
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A Brief History of Me
?What If!, Wijo Desktop and mobile learning delivery system for just-in-time, and structured learning, field-based learning experiences and new granular digital learning content framework.
DigitalThink, L5 Standards-based learning delivery system with offline synchronization, customized learning environments and asynchronous tutor support
SFSU Online Dynamic courseware authoring and delivery system with real time tutor support
1996 1998 2006
McKinsey&Co, TEL Customized OTS eLearning authoring and delivery system with custom interactions, offline synchronization, dynamic navigation and detailed tracking. Lean eLearning development “factory.”
2012 2015
LearnLinkedInDeveloped a product concept and roadmap to transform LinkedIn’s learning platform into a career development platform.
LearningInvention
An earthquake is coming…
How earthquakes happen
Stationary Plate Moving Plate
Business disruption follows a similar pattern
Institutions Resist
Technology Moves
In the past 20 years, technology
has been on a tear.
Smart Phone, 1995 Smartphone, 2015
Massive growth in the quantity and accessibility of knowledge
Brittanica 32 Volumes
Wikipedia
Source: Wikipedia, User:Tompw Mathematical estimate of the size of a printed version of English only Wikipedia (text only).
2200 Volumes
Powerful new tools for production and distribution
DVD HD 4K
1B
316M
1.49B
97M
Potential
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Unparalleled access to expertise2015
GatesNotes
Music Television AdvertisingThe Mail
These changes have disrupted many information-centered industries
By comparison, education and training have changed very little
Learning 1995 Learning 2015
But there are signs…
An education start-up led by former Google Exec focused on building a scaleable model for personalized K-12 education.
What is it? How is it shaking things up?
WIIFU?
By addressing all parts of the education experience.
By doing iterative product development in the field.
A. Playlists
B. Classroom as laboratory
C. Three way learning partnership
A Higher Ed. startup with a global, flipped classroom competing for students with U.S. Ivy league schools.
What is it? How is it shaking things up?
WIIFU?
Redefining the University experience around teaching and learning.
Starting at the top of the market - not low cost alternatives.
A. Radically-flipped classroom
B. Curated content
A technology standard that supports tracking of learning activities with simple subject/verb/object statements (I did this).
What is it? How is it shaking things up?
WIIFU?
Potential to create a new standard for competence by allowing users to build competency records from doing real work in the real world
A. Get your hands around field-learning
B. Correlate learning activity with business performance (finally)
xAPI
A video-based eLearning company recently purchased by LinkedIn for $1.5B.
What is it? How is it shaking things up?
WIIFU?
By being end-user focused from the start.
By launching LinkedIn into the L&D space.
A. Video chops
B. Demonstration of what happens when you focus on the customer
Keys to unlocking institutional change in learning
Learning programs and products that are (actually) driven by learner needs
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2 The growth of high-quality educational alternatives
What can you do?
• Carve out a place to experiment
• Look beyond traditional learning tools and technologies
• Be a champion for your learners
10 Great Places to Innovate
#10MOOCs
#9xAPI
#8Pages Not Courses
#7Playlists
#6Video Anything
#5Apps Not Content
#4Flipping
#3Serious Curation
#2Missions
#1Customers First
Change is natural and inevitable.
Bad things happen when we resist change.You can be an agent of change.
What kind of change? Ask your learners.
