{"id":195,"date":"2010-05-04T16:14:52","date_gmt":"2010-05-04T23:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etec522.linden.olt.ubc.ca\/?page_id=195"},"modified":"2010-05-04T16:14:52","modified_gmt":"2010-05-04T23:14:52","slug":"1-1-about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522may12\/section1\/1-1-about\/","title":{"rendered":"1.1 – About The Course"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to “Ventures in Learning Technologies”!<\/strong><\/p>\n

ETEC522 is an online immersion in the global learning technologies marketplace with particular emphasis on the creation and assessment of original for-profit and not-for-profit ventures that seek to harness the prospective learning potentials of emerging technologies.<\/p>\n

More simply, the course is about the digital frontiers of learning, and the skills required to be a successful pioneer.<\/p>\n

This is not a “business” course. \u00a0We will provide a framework for understanding how commercial and institutional ventures related to learning technologies can be successfully conceived, launched and evaluated, but the focus is on opportunity development, not management process. \u00a0If you have lots of business experience, or none, you’re in the right place if you’re excited by the future of learning.<\/p>\n

Most ETEC522 students are educators. \u00a0The inspiration for this course is that far too few educators are also pioneers. \u00a0We believe that teachers and learners will benefit when more pioneering is done by those who know a lot about learning rather than mainly by technologists and industrialists. \u00a0However, like teaching, pioneering is a ‘calling’ – not everyone can do it well. \u00a0So ETEC522 will demonstrate how easily you can become a successful pioneer if that is your calling and, even if you don’t wish to be one, how you can effectively understand and get better value from the pioneering efforts of others.<\/p>\n

The course uses an active role-playing methodology. \u00a0 While acting as a venture creator or analyst, \u00a0you will examine real-world enterprises and markets, and design at least one authentic venture of your own. \u00a0Ventures can be small or large, innovative or traditional, start-up or internal, designed for profit or public good, or many combinations of these. \u00a0The processes involved with conceiving, creating and fostering all of them are essentially similar.<\/p>\n

Following this introductory stage (Stage 1), ETEC522 begins with a tour of the global opportunity landscape for learning technologies, and offers bootcamps for evaluating and launching intrepid ventures in that landscape. \u00a0Then groups of you will introduce the rest of us to emerging markets of special interest. \u00a0The course culminates with a “venture forum” featuring real or possible venture concepts that you design and ‘pitch’ to the class.<\/p>\n

The first and most important thing to understand is that even though the learning technologies landscape continues to change a breathtaking rate, the tools of the successful pioneer remain remarkably constant. \u00a0 We’re confident that the skills you learn here will be valuable for your entire career.<\/p>\n

Since pioneering is about exploration, you will be encouraged to explore, apply and evaluate newly available online tools and services as an essential part of our learning experience together. \u00a0In that spirit and as a launchpad for our explorations, ETEC522 itself is staged within an open public weblog rather than the ‘civilized’ comforts of Vista or any established Learning Management System (LMS).<\/p>\n

Onward, and good luck!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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