[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Stephen Downes) So, Hello, everyone. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd like to state for the record:\NI love the blue dots. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(LAUGHTER) Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been sitting here watching the blue dots. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I've been cast in the role of \Nthe person who finds the problems Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the topic that we're all praising. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I do like agile design, I like it a lot. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I like the concept of \Nagile {\i1}learning{\i0} design, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I like it a lot. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, you know, I've been in the field \Nof programming for many years. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been in the field of learning design \Nfor many years. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've worked on small projects,\NI've worked on big projects, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been the peon \Nat the bottom of the pile Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and currently I'm the program leader\Nresponsible for producing outcomes (check). Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I've seen it from different angles. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there's so many ways it can go wrong, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially when we move from the \Nfairly static domain of software design Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the far less static domain\Nof learning design. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's (check) learning design, it's\Nthe least agile thing you'll ever see. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's actually a graphic from IMS Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which produced the learning design \Nspecification. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's supposed to be \Npretty open and flexible, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like a play with a director and roles\Nand all of that. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, you know, once you're into the thing, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there isn't a whole lot of flexibility \Nhappening Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it leads to questioning just \Nwhat is it that we're up to Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we are talking about \Nagile learning design? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are we talking about \Nagile 'learning design' Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or are we talking about \Nthe design of agile learning? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two different things, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it seems to me that \Nit doesn't make sense Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to give the instructional designers\Nall that freedom and flexibility Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if they're going to march students\Nlockstep through Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a predefined kind of process. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's what agile learning design\Nought to look like. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a flow. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is agile design generally, right?\Nand it's an iterative thing, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then people don't talk \Nabout that so much Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's an iterative thing: Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,each iteration is like designing a full\Nand complete product, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then you might spin off \Nsome side things, some prototype things Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as you need to, but, you know, \Nversion 1, version 2, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're doing the same thing over again. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No course in the world \N-- well, maybe not no course, but -- Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,few courses in the world \Nare designed that way. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Courses progress from Lesson 1, \NLesson 2, Lesson 3, Lesson 4. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They don't cover all of geometry \Nand then all of geometry in more detail Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all of geometry in more detail. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a different way of thinking\Nabout the process. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, what are the major concepts\Nin agile learning design? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In agile design generally, it's the Scrum. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Scrum is basically a self-organizing\Ndevelopment team. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is originally drawn from the idea that Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,programmers are the smartest people \Nin the world and do not need management. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, I'm just kidding. (3:36)