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Personalized, Competency-based Education: Integrating the Intellectual and Technical

Infrastructure

Stacey Clawson, PhDJeff Grann, PhD

Nick White

NUTN Conference June 10, 2008

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Discussion Question

Does increasing learners’ choices pander to a consumer culture at the expense of

educational quality?


Disclaimer

The scholarly exploration of social, business, or technological trends, techniques, or products contained herein does not imply that Capella Education Company either supports or opposes those trends,

techniques, or products for its own business and educational use.


2020 Vision

A Look at Higher Education Through Techno-Colored Glasses


Speculating about the Future


Tutors and Apprentices


The Factory Model


Competencies and Calls for Accountability


Reflection Questions

• Is it possible to maintain the broadened access of the 20th century educational model while increasing the personalization of the tutor/apprenticeship model through the use of technology?

• Which of the following technologies are likely to be widely implemented in 2020 to inform learner choices?

• Learner profiles• Folksonomies and social software• Learner and expert ratings


Dare to Imagine a future…

Integration between intellectual and technological infrastructure.

• Personalization

• Choice

• Quality

• Collaboration

• Standards

• Meta Data

• Social construction of knowledge

• Finding (not searching)

• Assessment


Learner interactions

Personalized Learning

LearnerData

LearningResources


Promise of Technology & Intellectual Infrastructure

• Rating Systems• Experts• Learner Profiling• Social Software


How do we build this integrated future state?

“The future is here. It’s just not evenly distributed yet.” -- William Gibson

• conceptualized Internet• coined term: cyberspace• science fiction author


Lessons Learned from a Major Initiative


Learning Outcomes Transparency


Technical Infrastructure is Insufficient


Intellectual Infrastructure is Insufficient

2007

2008

2005-20062003-2004


Intellectual Infrastructure Evolution

Faculty

Course Development

Outcome Definition

Outcome Design

Are learners successful in my course?

How prepared are our graduates?

How can I improve the structure of our curriculum

and instruction?

Faculty Collaboration

Model

Discipline Maturity

How can I contribute to a learning science?

C o l l a b o r a t i o n


External Rallies Internal


Progress Toward IntegrationProgress Toward Integration

ModerationSessions


Progress Toward Integration

FormativeFeedback Rubric


Closing Reflection Questions

• Where is your institution relative to these themes?

• What step can you take to advance your institution?

• What might serve as a catalyst for your institution?


References

Lucas, C. J. (2006). American Higher Education (2nd ed.). New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

Thelin, J. R. (2004). A History of American Higher Education. Baltimore, Maryland: The Johns Hopkins University Press.

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