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<\/em><\/p>\nearlier this week, the new media consortium and the educause learning initiative released the 2014 horizon report<\/strong><\/a>, an annual report on current trends in technology in higher education. one of the six key trends identified in this year\u2019s report is the shift from students as consumers (of information, of content, of knowledge) to students as creators.\u00a0 we were thrilled to see our own \u201cstudents as producers\u201d initiative<\/strong><\/a> mentioned in the report as an example of this trend.\u00a0 (there we are on page 15<\/strong><\/a>!)\u00a0 we see this shift from consumer to producer as an important mechanism by which we make sure a university education is a meaningful, authentic, deep learning experience for our students, and we\u2019re glad the horizon report\u2019s expert panel highlighted this growing trend in higher education.<\/p>\n speaking of experts, i wanted to say a few words about the keynote speaker at the final event in our students as producers theme year, a celebration of learning<\/strong><\/a> scheduled for the afternoon of monday, april 21st, in alumni hall. our speaker is randy bass<\/strong>, vice provost of education and english professor at georgetown university.\u00a0 at georgetown, he is responsible for curriculum quality and development, as well as innovation in education and technology-enhanced learning.\u00a0 he was the founding executive director of georgetown\u2019s teaching center, the center for new designs in learning and scholarship (cndls)<\/strong><\/a>, and continues to serve there as a senior scholar for pedagogical research.<\/p>\n randy has led a number of multi-institution initiatives that connect with our \u201cstudents as producers\u201d theme.\u00a0 he served as creator and director of the american studies crossroads project<\/strong>, an early and influential effort to explore the use of new technologies in american studies funded by the department of education\u2019s fipse program.\u00a0 randy was director and principle investigator of the visible knowledge project<\/strong><\/a>, a digital humanities and learning project spanning twenty universities funded by the atlantic philanthropies.\u00a0 and he was co-leader of the social pedagogies project<\/strong><\/a>, funded by the teagle foundation, in which faculty at ten campuses explored teaching strategies that connect students with authentic audiences.<\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n randy bass<\/strong><\/p>\n if you would like to get a sense of what randy will share in his keynote\u2014and his incredibly engaging presentation style\u2014watch his 2011 educause learning initiative talk, \u201cthe problem of learning in the postcourse era<\/strong><\/a>.\u201d his 2012 educause review article, \u201cdisrupting ourselves: the problem of learning in higher education<\/strong><\/a>,\u201d covers similar ground and is a provocative read.\u00a0 and his introduction to the social pedagogies project, \u201cdesigning for difficulty: social pedagogies as a framework for course design<\/strong><\/a>,\u201d co-authored with heidi elmendorf, has been instrumental in the development of our \u201cstudents as producers\u201d theme year.<\/p>\n i hope you\u2019ll be able to join us on april 21st at our celebration of learning for randy bass\u2019 talk\u2014and for the exhibition of student learning.\u00a0 more on that component of the event in next month\u2019s newsletter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" by derek bruff, cft director earlier this week, the new media consortium and the educause learning initiative released the 2014 horizon report, an annual report on current trends in technology in higher education. one of the six key trends identified in this year\u2019s report is the shift from students as consumers (of information, 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