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Contents
Week 01 : Orientation
Week 02: Zoraini Wati Abas
Week 03: Martin Weller
Week 04: Allison Littlejohn
Week 05: David Wiley
Week 06: Tony Bates
Week 07: Rory McGreal
Week 08: Nancy White
Week 09: Dave Cormier
Week 10: Eric Duval
Week 11: Jon Dron
Week 12: Clark Aldrich
Week 13: Clark Quinn
Week 14: Jan Herrington
Week 15: Break
Week 16: Break
Week 17: Howard Rheingold
Week 18: Valerie Irvine and Jillianne Code
Week 19: Dave Snowden
Week 20: Richard DeMillo, Ashwim Ram, Preetha Ram, and Hua Ali
Week 21: Break
Week 22: Pierre Levy
Week 23: Tom Reeves
Week 24: Geetha Narayanan
Week 25: Stephen Downes
Week 27: Antonio Vantaggiato
Week 28: Tony Hirst
Week 29: Alec Couros
Week 30: Marti Cleveland-Innes
Week 31: Diana Laurillard
Week 32: George Siemens
Week 33: George Veletsianos
Week 34: Bonnie Stewart
Week 35: Terry Anderson
Week 16: Valerie Irvine and Jillianne Code
The 21st Century University
This week, Valerie Irvine and Jillianne Code take the complex challenge of the 21st Century university. You can follow further discussion at their websites:
- Valerie Irvine - http://edtech.uvic.ca/virvine
- Jillianne Code - http://edtech.uvic.ca/jcode
Full week's notes and links
Live Meeting Recordings
January 11, Presentation
- Elluminate Recording
- Video recording (courtesy Jeff Lebow)
- Chat Transcript
January 13, Experimental / Play Session
- Elluminate Recording
- Video recording (courtesy Jeff Lebow)
- Chat Transcript
Overview
In this session, we will discuss issues facing brick and mortar universities in the current global context of post-secondary education. The economic situation facing most universities is one of diminishing funds through cutbacks, increasing competition both locally and globally as a result of the increasing number of post-secondary institutions (specifically colleges and online universities) and the growing prevalence of online programs. We are also dealing with a natural demographic phenomenon whereby the number of people aged 18-22 are smaller than in previous boom eras. What can brick and mortar Universities do to adapt, innovate, remain both competitive and relevant in this situation? In essence, become part of the 21st century? We will discuss the issues universities face and how they can meet the demands of students for flexibility. We also will propose a solution which is being piloted today at the University of Victoria through a new delivery method we have termed multi-access learning. Through modification of our registration system, we will be able to let the learner choose the delivery method they want for course enrollment. We will demonstrate a live multi-access session this week.
Drs. Valerie Irvine and Jillianne Code are professors of Educational Technology and Co-Directors of the Technology Integration and Evaluation (TIE) Research Lab at the University of Victoria.
Critical and Reflective Questions for Your Blog
You’re a learner... you may currently be a student enrolled in a face-to-face university... you may be a student enrolled in an online program/university... you may be a lifelong learner doing this because of its open format... What do YOU think about this idea? Have you ever been affected by having to take a course or program in a delivery method you did not want? Would it affect your choices in where you did your learning if you could access the programs or courses you wanted at brick and mortar universities that may have been inaccessible because of geography and face-to-face learning delivery mode? How do you feel about having the CHOICE in YOUR control to learn from the universities you wanted to learn from and the professors you wanted to learn from? NOT to be limited to those who agreed to meet you in your required delivery format?