Create an innovation initiative in real time while learning about a framework by which to transform an entire education insitution's innovative capacity. See how ed tech can (and must) blend with human capital to create sustainable, meaningful solutions. See some lessons learned (both positive and negative) within formal higher education and leverage a new rubric as you create new ways of doing and thinking.
“We cannot solve a problem by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.” When Albert Einstein said that, he had education in mind. And the problems in education are plentiful – retention, enrollment, cost, diversity, accountability, and on and on. But education problems do not simply impact schools, they impact living. By 2025, the Lumina Foundation and George Washington University report that the United States will have 23 million jobs which require at least an undergraduate degree with no qualified American to fill them. Racing toward 10 billion people on this planet will result in challenges of epic proportions. Never before in history have we needed more ideas.
Every school has a few innovation “pockets” to showcase. From pioneering instructors to first-adopter technologists, innovation exists at most schools. But disparate, silos of innovation likely are not enough to solve the problems education is facing anymore. We need scalable, sustainable, intentional innovation impacting multiple streams of education context (like retention, content delivery, instruction, assessment, etc), if we want to stay relevant and successful as teaching and learning organizations.
Former Chief Innovation Officer, author, and world-wide presenter / education consultant, Dr. Jeff Borden will share an innovation formula for insitutions to begin creating more innovative solutions, at scale. Jeff will share his blueprint for such initiatives actually used to create a culture of Learning Innovation, at scale, across a 16,000 fte university. Leveraging the latest frameworks from organizational psychology, creating efficiencies through strategic technology, and tapping into resources across multiple stakeholder groups, this methodology is comprehensive and attainable. While re-imagining some old processes, strategic Learning Design and Innovation can help us move into the next century, helping solve some long time problems and addressing others before they manifest.
Come to this session armed with problems from your world. What is an issue that needs to be addressed, a problem that needs to be fixed, or a dilemma you are facing? This ‘hands on’ and interactive session will frame learning innovation and creative problem solving through a series of “firsts” – ways to filter information to reach transformation quicker as well as to remove typical barriers to ingenuity. Participants will find new ways to search, curate, and vet ideas so as to find possible pathways toward educationally relevant innovation.
This session will showcase various frameworks to both model and encourage learning innovation, but participation is expected. Bring your devices, your ideas, and get ready to move, talk, and try. Taking risks is part of the innovation equation, and we will start immediately. From how to get students innovating to how to be innovative as an educator in a consistent, systematic way within a learning culture, the paradigm can be shifted. Participants will see examples of learning innovation, at scale, that can impact the problems we all face today and will face tomorrow.