1.
ptionDisru Disrupting
the
inHigher Ed
{ {
CorinneWeisgerber,Ph.D.
St.Edward’sUniversity
ShannanButler,Ph.D.
St.Edward’sUniversity
KaraLaskowski,Ph.D.
ShippensburgUniversity
KyleLongley,Ph.D.
ArizonaStateUniversity
SXSWedu 2015
#StopDisruption

2.
June11,2009
Pandemic
The

3.
Higher Ed
the
Swine Flu

4.
2. Respondwithfast-tracked
procedures&insufficienttesting
Createcrisisbychangingdefinition
Provokewidespreadunjustifiedfear
1.
Wastehugesumsofpublic$
Pharmaprofits:$7-10billion
3.

5.
2. Respondwithfast-tracked
procedures&insufficienttesting
Createcrisisbychangingdefinition
Provokewidespreadunjustifiedfear
1.
Wastehugesumsofpublic$
Pharmaprofits:$7-10billion
3.

6.
It’s A Storm!
It’s a Tsumami!
It’s an Avalanche!

7.
Personalizing learning

8.
Personalizing learning

9.
“You’renotjustanumber”
quantified
the
student

10.
It’s not what you say,
it’s what they hear
-FrankLuntz-

11.
W H A T W E
TALK ABOUT
W H E N W E
TALK ABOUT
EDUCATION
R e f o r m

12.
-Or-
The {C g}nitive
discourse
of the education
reform movement

13.
-Or-
The {C g}nitive
discourse
of the education
reform movement

14.
universities

15.
legislature
universities

16.
corp
Reformers legislature
universities

17.
corp
Reformers legislature
banks
universities

18.
edtech
corp
Reformers legislature
banks
universities

19.
edtech
corp
Reformers legislature
banks
universities
faculty

20.
edtech
corp
Reformers legislature
banks
universities
faculty
students
parents

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distractis

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educational technology might be
best understood as akin to many
other faith systems – that is, a
“system of radical optimism” that
persists despite the lack of
immediate experience or evidence.
—NeilSelwyn

23.
e c o n
omics
1 0 1

24.
?
corporate
r e f o r m

25.
MISSION STATEMENT
WORD CLOUD

26.
MISSION STATEMENT
WORD CLOUD

27.
MISSION STATEMENT
WORD CLOUD

28.
PRIVATE PUBLIC PROFIT ED TECH
MISSION STATEMENTS
OF TOP INSTITUTIONS

29.
PRIVATE PUBLIC PROFIT ED TECH
MISSION STATEMENTS
RESEARCH & TEACHING VS.
CONTENT & LEARNING

30.
PRIVATE PUBLIC PROFIT ED TECH
MISSION STATEMENTS
RESEARCH & TEACHING VS.
CONTENT & LEARNING
X
X
X
X

31.
PRIVATE PUBLIC PROFIT ED TECH
MISSION STATEMENTS
COMMUNITY VS. INDIVIDUAL

32.
PRIVATE PUBLIC PROFIT ED TECH
MISSION STATEMENTS
COMMUNITY VS. INDIVIDUAL

33.
community
service
citizen
humanity
society
knowledge

34.
community
service
citizen
humanity
society
career
data
points
human
capital
skillsPersonal
content
knowledge

35.
U.S. has the
b e s t
universities
in the world

36.
a c c r e d i t i n g o r g a n i z a t i o n s w a n t
assessments of student learning
o u t c o m e s; s t a t e a g e n c i e s w a n t
assessments to prove that tax dollars
a r e b e i n g s p e n t e f f i c i e n t l y ;
institutions want internal assessments
that they can use to demonstrate
success to their own constituencies
—ChristopherB.Nelson

37.
It’s no trick to
if all you want is to
make a lot of money.
make a lot of money.

38.
It’s no trick to
if all you want is to
increase graduation rates.
increase graduation rates.

39.
It’s no trick to
if all you want is to
complete on-time loans.
complete on-time loans.

40.
It’s no trick to
if all you want is to
increase student evals.
increase student evals.

41.
It’s no trick to
if all you want is to
retain students.
retain students.

42.
It’s no trick to
if all you want is to
raise test scores.
raise test scores.

43.
It’s no trick to
if all you want is to
reform higher ed.
make a lot of money.

44.
The reformers…view students as “human
capital” or “assets.” One seldom sees any
reference in their literature or public
declarations to the importance of
developing full persons to assume the
responsibilities of citizenship.
—DianeRavitch

45.
edtech
corp
Reformers legislature
banks
universities
faculty
students
parents

46.
edtech
corp
Reformers legislature
banks
universities
faculty
students
parents
Flipping the
disruption