Comments on: Beginning with the End in Mind http://www.jonmott.com/blog/2008/06/beginning-with-the-end-in-mind/ Musings about Academic Technology Wed, 19 Oct 2011 20:30:30 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: jonmott http://www.jonmott.com/blog/2008/06/beginning-with-the-end-in-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-971 jonmott Sat, 01 Nov 2008 15:49:52 +0000 http://www.jonmott.com/blog/?p=4#comment-971 This is helpful clarification. There are clearly learning problems and delivery problems. I wonder how seperate and distinct they are. For the purposes of organizing and classifying our goals, we use the Sloan-C Five Pillars (<a href="http://www.sloan-c.org/5pillars" rel="nofollow">http://www.sloan-c.org/5pillars</a>). One of the pillars is access/flexibility. I think this captures the "delivery problem" angle you're thinking about. Perhaps we're not terribly concerned in a particular case about how well learning goals are being acheived--what we really want is to make learning opportunities available to a broader, more diverse audience. This is absolutely one of the "ends" we can and should focus on in teaching & learning technology projects . . . <br><br>In other words, the "end in mind" doesn't always have to be student learning. In fact, learning outcomes is but ONE of Sloan's five pillars. As mentioned, access is another. The other three are cost effectiveness/scalability, student satisfaction and faculty satisfaction. <br><br>Thanks for prompting clarfication. I hope this helps. This is helpful clarification. There are clearly learning problems and delivery problems. I wonder how seperate and distinct they are. For the purposes of organizing and classifying our goals, we use the Sloan-C Five Pillars (http://www.sloan-c.org/5pillars). One of the pillars is access/flexibility. I think this captures the “delivery problem” angle you're thinking about. Perhaps we're not terribly concerned in a particular case about how well learning goals are being acheived–what we really want is to make learning opportunities available to a broader, more diverse audience. This is absolutely one of the “ends” we can and should focus on in teaching & learning technology projects . . .

In other words, the “end in mind” doesn't always have to be student learning. In fact, learning outcomes is but ONE of Sloan's five pillars. As mentioned, access is another. The other three are cost effectiveness/scalability, student satisfaction and faculty satisfaction.

Thanks for prompting clarfication. I hope this helps.

]]> By: Jared Stein http://www.jonmott.com/blog/2008/06/beginning-with-the-end-in-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-970 Jared Stein Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:44:58 +0000 http://www.jonmott.com/blog/?p=4#comment-970 Often I find that the "problem" is merely, "How do we do this at a distance, (a)synchronously?" THis shares some aspects of but is still different from the "administrivia" example you provide. Technology is in that instance a tool to solve not a learning problem but a delivery problem--in your thinking about technology as a tool to solve a problem, do you dwell much or differentiate between learning and delivery problems? It almost seems like one is macro and the other is micro, but I haven't dwelt on that idea much. Often I find that the “problem” is merely, “How do we do this at a distance, (a)synchronously?” THis shares some aspects of but is still different from the “administrivia” example you provide. Technology is in that instance a tool to solve not a learning problem but a delivery problem–in your thinking about technology as a tool to solve a problem, do you dwell much or differentiate between learning and delivery problems? It almost seems like one is macro and the other is micro, but I haven't dwelt on that idea much.

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]]> By: The End in Mind » The More Things Change . . . http://www.jonmott.com/blog/2008/06/beginning-with-the-end-in-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-13 The End in Mind » The More Things Change . . . Wed, 04 Jun 2008 22:45:53 +0000 http://www.jonmott.com/blog/?p=4#comment-13 [...] do we persist in pouring the same old wine into new (and shinier) bottles? The reasons are many. But at least one significant driver of this phenomenon is that [...] [...] do we persist in pouring the same old wine into new (and shinier) bottles? The reasons are many. But at least one significant driver of this phenomenon is that [...]

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