Digital Learning: The 12,000

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• Disruptive innovations are called disruptive because they disrupt the business model.

• As a result of the disruption, the business model cannot sustain itself.

• Disruptive innovation is not revolutionary; disruptive innovation disrupts the business model and kills the organization.

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Edu-preneurs:  Democratizing education, extending innovation and reach, venture funding.

Big Data:  Adaptive L

earning 

Systems, Ana

lytics, Cogni

tive 

Sensors.

Talent Cloud:  Powerful personal brands, personal mosaic of skills, Individualized educational plans, Dynamic Lifetime Learning.

Prosumers:  knowledge producers and consumers, create your own school.

Integrated cities:  Cities growing more dominant in most of world, more integrated.  51% of the World’s Population lives in cities today.

Economic Perfect Storm: the closing of universities or the opening of universities.  Less money or more money. 

Rick Van Sant, Ph.D.Frequent Flyer – Frequent Thinkerrick.vansant@blackboard.com

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States.jpg• Slide 2:  http://neilperkin.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341d4dc653ef0133f147f6f4970b-500wi •  Slide 3: Photo Mac Air. http://www.digitaltrends.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/apple_macbook_air-8.jpg.  Mac Iie:  

http://oldcomputers.net/pics/appleii-system.jpg• Slide 4:  Photo:  Modern Web:  http://www.vlib.us/web/worldwideweb3d.html  Old Internet:  

http://www.adafruit.com/blog/2011/05/13/telehack-a-retro-command-line-museum/• Slide 5: http://www.bcm.edu/cain_foundation/noframes/html/pages/staff/robert_mcneil.html• Slide 6:   http://www.bcm.edu/cain_foundation/noframes/html/pages/staff/robert_mcneil.html• Slide 7: 

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• Slide 8: http://thenewinquiry.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/moocimage.png • Slide 9: zzz:  http://www.serial-sticker.com/decoration-enfants/56-sticker-decoratif-zzzzz.html• Slide 10:  http://edtechdigest.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/50-fascinating-eduprenuers.png• Slide 11: http://blog.newgensoft.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/big_data.jpg • Slide 12:http://www.organikconsulting.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Talent-Cloud-background.png• Slide 13: http://www.customerservice.ae/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/prosumers-and-customer-service2.jpg & 

http://cyber-kap.blogspot.ae/2012/02/top-10-sites-for-curating-web.html • Slide 14:  http://www.stanza.co.uk/sensity/merged_cities_paris_london.jpg• Slide 15:  http://www.who.int/gho/urban_health/situation_trends/urban_population_growth_text/en & 

http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2012-02-12/world/35443499_1_public-universities-private-universities-higher-education &  http://pietistschoolman.com/2013/04/19/how-many-colleges-and-universities-have-closed-decade-by-decade-since-1900/

• & http://www.hindustantimes.com/hteducation/educationnews/200-universities-across-india-in-next-5-yrs-sibal/article1-846073.aspx • Slide 16:  http://faststreamblog.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/traceyblogimage-meeting-small-size1.jpg • Slides 10 – 15:  http://knowledgeworks.org/sites/default/files/Forecast3_0_0.pdf & 

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