Course Description
This appears to many to be a pivotal time in the history of education. This course is designed to help you:
Course Objectives
To successfully complete this course, you will:
Define and discuss the following active “movements” in education:
Develop and express a deep understanding of key trends in K-12 and Higher Education, including:
Use your knowledge of MOOCs, badges, competency-based learning and prior learning assessment as well as trends in education, employment, commerce and social networking to predict likely changes in either K-12 or higher education.
Experience, from a learner’s perspective:
This appears to many to be a pivotal time in the history of education. This course is designed to help you:
- Become aware of, understand, and think about technologies and approaches that have the potential to change education in important ways
- Consider other factors that, in combination, have been described as creating a “perfect storm” with the potential to change longstanding trends and traditions
- Find and think with others who are aware of these factors and are considering their potential impact
- Predict changes in K-12 and Higher Education
- Think about how to shape education's future at the level of your choice.
Course Objectives
To successfully complete this course, you will:
Define and discuss the following active “movements” in education:
- Massive Open Online Courses
- Open Educational Resources
- Open (digital) Badges
- The “Flipped Classroom”
- Competency-based Learning, and
- Prior Learning Assessment.
Develop and express a deep understanding of key trends in K-12 and Higher Education, including:
- Costs associated with K-12 and Higher Education
- Perceptions of the effectiveness of K-12 and Higher Education
- Employers’ expectations for high school and college graduates
- Accreditation and the ranking of colleges and universities
- Learner expectations in terms of online commerce and social networking (Will learners continue to accept a “one size fits all” approach in education, now that they control online shopping, media playback, etc.)
- What learners want and need.
Use your knowledge of MOOCs, badges, competency-based learning and prior learning assessment as well as trends in education, employment, commerce and social networking to predict likely changes in either K-12 or higher education.
Experience, from a learner’s perspective:
- The use of technologies to learn with people in other locations
- “Open Badges” as a new form of educational credential
- Competency-based education
- The use of peer review to enable more and better assessment of higher order learning outcomes, and
- Co-creation of open educational resources of value to others.