FIRST DRAFT (still fleshing out these ideas)
This page is dedicated to efforts beginning in November 2012 and tentatively concluding in June 2013 to draft a short analysis that briefly summarizes the state of online education at UC and to make recommendations that fall within our purview as Directors in ETLG (based on a specific charge from ITLC).
Sites of Interest
YouTube of Fred Wison - venture capital pro with Union Square Ventures. This video describes how exclusivity is not optimal for learning tools / systems. To align with the multifarious ways in which content is created (users are generating content extra muros and then repurposing it within the instructional context, it is - doesn't have to be supported by IT staff. The trend for vendors is to resist standardization as an enterprise tool for educational - things get adopted virally as we know often beyond the control of IT departments. It may be better to go freely available tools that operate on bottom-up selling approach: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV3SKcJD9rw&feature=plcp
This is reminiscent of Professor Sally Jackson's comments that the campus is not the sweet spot - it is the sour spot for deploying large scale tech solution, including collaboration technologies. See Educasue discussion (Adobe Connect) with Jim Davis and Sally Jackson dated February 2012: https://educause.adobeconnect.com/_a729300474/p6nb2e2f7x9/?launcher=false&fcsContent=true&pbMode=normal Cue the start to 4:59 to catch the question put to Professor Jackson and her answer.