THE ONLINE EDUCATION SYMPOSIUM FOR INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS

January 31 February 1, 2013 Marina del Rey, California

Emerging Insights
On Learning Innovation from Secondary, Postsecondary, and the World of Work
Mark David Milliron mark.milliron@wgu.edu

Emerging Insights
Swirl and Blend Upward Mobility is Possible Get Serious about Play Move from Social to Learning Nets Take Action with Analytics Changing Learning Models We Need to Get Ready

Swirl and Blend

Gen X, Y & Z virtually always connected Gen Y 50% more likely to send IMs than GenX Gen Y & Z are major mobile; Gen X big-time adopters Broadband Ubiquity Mobile Device Ubiquity Social Network Ubiquity From Fixed Media to Search Engines to Answer Engines

Swirl and Blend

Face to Face Infrastructure
* Housing *Classrooms *Lecture Halls *Labs *Office Hours *Library *Open Space

Online Infrastructure
*Website *Learning Mgt Systems *Content Repositories *MOOCs *Social Networks *Mobile Apps

Activities
Lecture, Dialogic, Small Groups, Contextual Learning, Simulations, Learning Communities, Project-Based Learning, Self-Directed Learning, Collateral Learning

Swirl and Blend

Upward Mobility is Possible

Upward Mobility is Possible

Get Serious about Play

Get Serious about Play

$25 Billion: typical US household with at least one gaming console, PC, or handheld Average gamer is 30 (has been playing for 12 years); 47% are women Average age of most frequent game purchaser: 35 Fast growing cohort, over 50 (25% now) 33% play on Smart Phones, 25% on small handhelds 73% of games are E, T, or E10+

Get Serious about Play

From Social to Learning Nets

From Social to Learning Nets

From Social to Learning Nets (CRS!)

Take Action with Analytics

Take Action with Analytics

University of Maryland Valencia College Purdue University

Changing Learning Models

We Need to Get Ready

We Need to Get Ready

Critical Learning Creative Learning Social Learning Courageous Learning

Courageous Learning In times of drastic change, it is the learners who inherit the future. The learned usually find themselves equipped to live in a world that no longer exists. --Eric Hoffer

Emerging Insights
Swirl and Blend Upward Mobility is Possible Get Serious about Play Move from Social to Learning Nets Take Action with Analytics Changing Learning Models We Need to Get Ready

Dr. Mark David Milliron www.markmilliron.com