21st century lahc

21st Century: new teaching strategies, but are the learners ready?

Gabriel Rshaid – LAHC Conference 2009

Contents

Challenges and Opportunities

Conclusions

The Course

Becoming a 21st Century Teacher

21st Century Teaching Scenario

21st Century Teaching & Learning

Teachers

Classroom

New Paradigm

A completely new paradigm has transformed a pedagogy of

poverty into infinite abundance.

Teachers need to relinquish their

central role, tend to become facilitators.

Classroom of the Future is more

about teaching and learning than

about technology.

Teaching in the 21st Century

The implicit assumption is that as soon as we change our pedagogy, our students will be ready to embrace the new model.

Our students should be able to translate their everyday/social experiences using technology to formal learning.

Moment of truth: 21st Century pedagogy.

The 21st Century World…

Information Technology in a Global Society

ITGS is a technology-oriented subject that deals with the ethical and social impact of technology on individuals and society.

Course themes include Internet, telecommunications, software and hardware use, robotics and AI, applications of technology to businesses, education, art and entertainment.

Students are expected to demonstrate general technical competence, but mostly the ability to analyze impact of technology on individuals and society.

We know more than what we do…

ITGS Premises

Assessments gradedwhen completed

Blog with all lessonsand activities

Use of web-based publicly available resources

All-Digital

Open book scenario

No textbook

Minimize lecturing

No papers allowed!

Course Objectives

Mirror a real-life scenario with overabundance of unfiltered data

Develop higher order skills:analysis, reflection, collaboration

Apply IT skills toa formal learning environment

INDEPENDENTINDEPENDENTLEARNERSLEARNERS

The Blog

Initial Course Sequence

LEARNING!LEARNING!Formal

Assessment

Assignment

Lesson

Blog

Intended Sequence

Topics

Research

SelfAssessment

Reflection

Collaborate

Lifelong Learning

Teacher facilitating

Activities

SearchEngines

NetworkDesign

CRYPTOCOMGame

Activities

Slavehack AI Bots Roboethics

Tutorialcreation

SimulationsPresentations

Creation ofMM content

Assessmentdesign

Assignments

“Metacognition” experiments

ReflectionReflection

PlanPlan

SynthesisSynthesis

CreationCreation

Conclusions!

Facebook, Emaildo create disruption,DADD???

Resist

SELessons

Activities

Distractors2121stst Century Learning Century Learning

Difficulty in doing homeworkand time management.Students that adapt better.

Gaming/ relevancy.Assessment of nonconventional activities.FA & technology.

Learners resist changeTraditional view / unlearnWhat they study this way

Conclusions!

21st CSKILLS

SCHOOLS MUST TEACH THEM!

Filtering

Validation

Relevancy

Summarizing

Critical Thinking

Reflection

MM Learning

Conclusions!

MULTIMEDIA EXPRESSIONMULTIMEDIA EXPRESSIONMULTIMEDIA EXPRESSIONMULTIMEDIA EXPRESSION

AlphabetizationAlphabetizationSkillSkill

Creating Creating MMMM

OpportunityOpportunityCostCost

Real LifeReal LifeSkillSkill

Multimedia

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What Students Say

They prefer textbooks / spoon fed for “boring topics” enjoy real life scenario for those topics that interest them.

Teachers who use technology tend to be the ones that care the most about their subjects, share the joy of learning.

Are quick to discern “cosmetic” use of technology.

Find open-book evaluation harder.Want to play!

The Tipping Point…

… when remaining as we are is more risky than changing.

To err on the side of caution implies CHANGING!

Missing skill in the 21st Century Skills Puzzle?

Challenges & Opportunities

Teacher abandoning central role, modeling “confident uncertainty”, etc. but….

It takes a profound leap of faith to embrace the model.

Develop 21st Century learners, let them fly, unfold their arms.

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