linking innovation in teaching and learning with educational research (in higher education)
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Linking Innovation in Teaching and Learning with Educational Research (in Higher Education)
Presented byLina MarkauskaiteFaculty of Education and Social WorkCentre for Research on Learning and Innovation
@ University of Oslo, 27 September 2016
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Outline: Four contexts . . . + 1
1. Innovation → X ← Research @ Australia2. T&L Innovation ← ? → Research @ Australian HE3. T&L innovation ← X→ Research @ the
University of Sydney 4. T&L Innovation → X ← Research @ CRLI
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Big picture
Source: http://innovation.gov.au/page/national-innovation-and-science-agenda-report
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Big picture
Source: https://theconversation.com/australias-innovation-problem-explained-in-10-charts-51898
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Broad context
Source: http://www.industry.gov.au/innovation/Pages/default.aspx
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Broad context
– The National Innovation and Science Agenda
– $1.1B AUD– 24 initiatives– 4 years
(from 2015 Dec)
Source: http://www.industry.gov.au/innovation/Pages/default.aspx
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“The value” of education in Australia
Exports from international education in 2014–15 • $17.1-$19.7 billion• ~5.2%• 3-4 largest export• the largest service
export• 1.3% additional
employment
The value of international education to Australia, 2016
Source: https://ministers.education.gov.au/pyne/education-exports-hit-record-176-billion
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No 1: What is Innovation @ AU?
“Everyone can innovate ... ”
“Innovation generally refers to changing processes or creating more effective processes, products and ideas”
. . . implementing new ideas, creating dynamic products or improving your existing services.
. . . does not only mean inventing.
. . . should be an in-built part of your business strategy, where you create a culture of innovation and lead the way in innovative thinking and creative problem solving.Source: https://www.business.gov.au/info/run/research-and-innovation
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Innovation in Higher Education (...closed)
Source: http://www.science.gov.au/education/Pages/programmesDirectory.aspx
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1. Academic standards 2. Assessing equivalence of
qualifications and learning outcomes
3. Assessment and promotion of student learning
4. Designing learning for the future 5. Employability skills for the future
6. Improving institutional pathways across higher education
7. Improving access to and outcomes in higher education for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
8. The contemporary PhD
No 2: What is Innovation @ HE?
Source: http://www.olt.gov.au/grants-and-projects/innovation-and-development
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1. . . . must have a significant impact on students’ learning outcomes
2. . . . should transform the learning experience
3. . . . includes development OR adoption of novel approaches
4. . . . may target development of Sydney graduate qualities, or support career transition into employment/further study
5. . . . not necessarily application, adoption or development of new technologies
6. . . . is not intended to fund educational research
No 3: What is Innovation @ USyd?
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No 4: What is Innovation @ CRLI?
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A starting point: Design-Based Research
• Grounded in theory and research• Implemented in real-world
settings• Addressing theory-building and
practice innovation• Interactive, participatory• Iterative, flexible• Integrative (mixed methods)
Middleton et al, 2008
Also other emerging approaches for producing “principled-practical knowledge”
Bereiter, 2014
“A systematic but flexible methodology aimed to improve educational practices … leading to contextually-sensitive design principles and theories.”
(Wang & Hannafin, 2005, p.6)
Design &
Refine
Implement &
Observe
Analyse &
Theorise
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Bootstrapping approach: Educational innovation & research as “innovation & research”
A. Issue-specific innovations Solution of an issue A
B. Capacity building innovations: theories, principles, tools, etc.
Improvement in how A gets done
C. Innovation of innovation: innovation & research methods, techniques, technologies,
etc. Improvement of capability to improve A and
BBased on: http://www.dougengelbart.org/vision/paradigm-map.html
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CRLI: Research knowledge creation as an intrinsic part of practical innovation 1. Innovation → X ← Research @ Australia2. T&L Innovation ← ? → Research @ Australian HE3. T&L innovation ← X→ Research @ the
University of Sydney
4. T&L Innovation → X ← Research @ CRLI
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No 5: What is Innovation @ Learning?
Lina MarkauskaiteCentre for Research on Learning and Innovation (CRLI)University of Sydney
Room 581 @UiO
Book available at: http://www.springer.com/gp/book/9789400743687Website: https://epistemicfluency.com