Gearing Up for Learning Beyond K--12. Bryan Johnson Alexander

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2015946560

      ISBN: 978-1-942496-35-9 (perfect bound)

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       Acknowledgments

      Will Richardson was the inspiration for this book, taking the initiative to bring it and the others in the Solutions for Modern Learning series into being. He wrangled the series with grace and aplomb, while answering my many odd email queries and bringing patience to this text.

      Thank you to the local public schools, which have been enormously helpful in my research. School board colleagues for the town of Ripton and the Addison County Supervisory Union, high school and elementary school teachers, administrators, support staff, parents, students, and community members have enriched this book through their reflections and generous conversations. As our state of Vermont faces major educational upheaval, your collective strength, vision, and wisdom has been an inspiration.

      To my social web, I owe great and ongoing thanks. Thoughtful readers of my blog have contributed constructive comments on- and offline to posts pushing at many of this book’s topics. Members of the Association of Professional Futurists challenged and inspired me. Audiences on several continents endured presentations of much of this material and graciously gave feedback.

      Future Trends in Technology and Education subscribers have read and shared the monthly FTTE report very generously. They have also informed me every month, suggesting news stories, topics, and interpretations. You are superb, kind FTTE friends.

      My wife and two children have each journeyed with me in the course of making this book. Ceredwyn created and co-taught an innovative flipped classroom for emergency services instruction, quietly revolutionizing that field. Gwynneth, our eldest child, has taken classes at two very different institutions and kindly answered my ruthless barrage of questions about her experiences. Owain, our youngest, has been working through high school and similarly bore up under my inquisition. To all three of you I owe not only gratitude, but my entire heart.

       Table of Contents

       About the Author

       Preface

       Introduction

       Revising Our Understanding of Higher Education

       Imagining the Future of Higher Education

       Chapter 1: After the Technological Tsunami

       Our Dynamic Digital Landscape

       New Learning From New Technologies

       The Wake of New Technologies and Practices

       Conclusion

       Chapter 2: The World and the Campus

       Changing Policies, Changing Campuses

       Conclusion

       Chapter 3: Peak Campus

       Forces Driving Peaks and Bubbles in Higher Education

       Families and Campuses Scale the Peak

       Higher Education After Its Peak

       Conclusion

       Chapter 4: College After Campuses

       Informal Learning

       Online Learning

       Open Education

       New Forms of Online Learning

       Hands-On Learning

       Conclusion

       Chapter 5: Campus of the Future

       Preparing for Learning After High School

       Making Choices About Higher Education and Other Pathways

       Skills for Learning Beyond K–12

       Considerations for Adult Learners

       Building Capacity for New Forms of Learning

       Schooling in the New Gilded Age

       Overcoming Educational Segregation

       Guiding Social and Technological Transformation

       Technology

       The Traditional Campus