Create a Future Education Model K-Graduate Programs

Lynn Nolan, EdD Chief Innovator Global Education Solutions

Blanca E. Duarte, Chief Enablement Officer LogicWing, Inc.

“We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.”

― Franklin D. Roosevelt

Introductions

Agenda Process What should we include? Flat Connections Emerging Trends Skills for the Future Learning Model: Problem-based and Passion-based Learning Creating a Collaborative Model Resources

Process Understanding by Design Model -  developed by McTighe and Wiggins -  backwards design model -  starts with an essential question -  includes learning objectives -  provides a scaffolded framework -  focuses on demonstration of mastery project/problem-

based

What should be included in a Future Education Model?

Turn and Talk

What are the global concerns that need to be included in K12 and Higher Education futures

education model?

Turn and Talk

Flat Connections

http://www.flatconnections.com

Flat Connections ●  Children from different countries ●  In groups of 4; decide on a problem of the

global future ●  Activity - sell the idea on the largest world

problem

How should Futures Education be included in K12 and Higher Education?

                                 

   

The  NMC  Horizon  Report:  2015  K-­‐12  Edi:on,  examines  emerging  technologies  for  their  poten:al  impact  on  and  use  in  teaching,  learning,  and  crea:ve  

expression  within  the  environment  of  pre-­‐college  educa:on.  

Emerging  Technologies  

The  interna:onally  recognized  New  Media  Consor:um  (NMC)  Horizon  Report  series  and  regional  NMC  Technology  Outlooks  are  part  of  the  NMC  Horizon  Project,    a  comprehensive  research  venture  established  in  2002  that  iden:fies  and  describes  

emerging  technologies  likely  to  have  a  large  impact    over  the  coming  year,  three  years,  and  five  years  in  educa:on  around  the  

globe.                                        

Key  Trends  Accelera:ng  K-­‐12  Ed  Tech  Adop:on  

• Long-­‐Term  Impact  Trends:  Accelera:ng  Ed  Tech  adop:on  in  K-­‐12  for  five  or  more  years  •  Rethinking  How  Schools  Work  •  ShiR  to  Deeper  Learning  Approaches  

• Mid-­‐Term  Impact  Trends:  Accelera:ng  Ed  Tech  adop:on  in  K-­‐12  for  the  next  three  to  five  years  •  Increasing  Use  of  Collabora:ve  Learning  Approaches  •    ShiR  from  Students  as  Consumers  to  Students  as  Creators  

• Short-­‐Term  Impact  Trends:  Accelera:ng  Ed  Tech  adop:on  in  K-­‐12  for  the  next  one  to  two  years  •  Increasing  Use  of  Hybrid/Blended  Learning  Designs  •    Rise  of  STEAM  Learning  

Significant  Challenges  Impeding    K-­‐12  Ed  Tech  Adop:on  

•  Solvable  Challenges:  Those  which  we  both  understand  and  know  how  to  solve      •  Crea:ng  Authen:c  Learning  Opportuni:es  •  Integra:ng  Technology  in  Teacher  Educa:on  

•  Difficult  Challenges:  Those  we  understand  but  for  which  solu:ons  are  elusive  •  Personalizing  Learning  •  Rethinking  the  Roles  of  Teachers    

• Wicked  Challenges:  Those  that  are  complex  to  even  define,  much  less  address  •  Scaling  Teaching  Innova:on  

•  Teaching  Complex  Thinking  

 

Emerging  Technologies  in  Educa:on    (2015  NMC  Report)  

• Within  the  next  12  months  • Bring  Your  Own  Device  (BYOD)  • Makerspaces  

• Within  the  next  2  –  3  years  •  3D  Prin:ng/Rapid  Prototyping  •  Adap:ve  Learning  Technologies  

• Within  the  next  4  –  5  years  •  Badges/Microcredit  •  Wearable  Technology  

NMC  2015    Higher  Educa:on  Horizon  Report  

• Panel  was  composed  of  56  technology  experts  from  17  countries  on  six  con:nents      • Modified  Delphi  process    

Educa:on  Trends  

Long-­‐Term  Trends:      Driving  Ed  Tech  adop:on  in  higher  educa:on  for  five  or  more  years  •  Advancing  Cultures  of  Change  and  Innova:on  •  Increasing  Cross-­‐Ins:tu:on  Collabora:on  Mid-­‐Term  Trends:    Driving  Ed  Tech  adop:on  in  higher  educa:on  for  Three  to  Five  Years  •  Growing  Focus  on  Measuring  Learning  •  Prolifera:on  of  Open  Educa:onal  Resources  Short-­‐Term  Trend:  Driving  Ed  Tech  adop:on  in  higher  educa:on  for  the  next    one  to  two  years  •  Increasing  Use  of  Blended  Learning  •  Redesigning  Learning  Spaces    

 

   

   

Significant  Challenges  Impeding  Technology  Adop:on    in  Higher  Educa:on  

Solvable  Challenge:  Those  that  we  understand  and  know  how  to  solve  •  Blending  Formal  and  Informal  Learning  •  Improving  Digital  Literacy  

Difficult  Challenge:  Those  that  we  understand  but  for  which  solu:ons  are  elusive  

•  Personalizing  Learning  •  Teaching  Complex  Thinking    

Significant  Challenges  Impeding  Technology  Adop:on  in  Higher  Educa:on  

• Wicked  Challenge:  Those  that  are  complex  to  even  define,  much  less  address  

•  Compe:ng  Models  of  Educa:on  •  Rewarding  Teaching  

Important  Developments  in  Educa:onal  Technology  for  Higher  Educa:on  

• Time-­‐to-­‐Adop:on  Horizon:  One  Year  or  Less  • Bring  Your  Own  Device  (BYOD)  • Flipped  Classroom    

• Time-­‐to-­‐Adop:on  Horizon:  Two  to  Three  Years  • Makerspaces  • Wearable  Technology  

Important  Developments  in  Educa:onal  Technology  for  Higher  Educa:on  

• Time-­‐to-­‐Adop:on  Horizon:  Four  to  Five  Years    

• Adap:ve  Learning  Technologies  • The  Internet  of  Things  The  Internet  of  Things  (IoT)  is  a  network  of  connected  objects  that  link  the  physical  world  with  the  world  of  informa:on  through  the  web.  

On  the  Horizon  

• Compu:ng  in  Educa:on  and  Problem-­‐Solving  with  Technology  –  PIAAC  Assessment  

•  Great  Britain  •  Finland  •  The  Netherlands  

•  Future-­‐Ready  and  Future-­‐Friendly  Schools  • Big  Data  • Global  Digital  Ci:zenship  

Answer Garden What skills do learners need to embark on a study of the future? Type in: http://goo.gl/c7KKLE or http://answergarden.ch/view/186675

Learners need …… to study the future.

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Type in a skill and click Submit. If you agree with a term already used, click on the word and then click on submit.

Current Models of Education Industrial model Blended learning Student-centered Personalized learning Project and Problem-based “Flipped Classroom” Maker movement Passion-based

What if this were true in schools?

The goal is to work toward a world where expectations are not set by the

stereotypes that hold us back, but by our personal passion, talents and interests.

- Sheryl Sandberg

Passion

Follow your passion, be prepared to work hard and sacrifice, and, above all, don't let anyone limit your dreams. - Donovan Bailey

#geniushour geniushour.com

●  Include blended learning experiences ●  Modify behavior plan ●  Teach with a sense of urgency Modified from Making Time for Genius Hour in the Classroom by Chris Kesler, geniushour.com.

Planning for Genius Hour

Passion-based projects

How can we make education more adaptable?

“..no economy can long survive in violation of ecological principles.”

-  Barry Commoner

Nature

Teaching children about the natural world should be seen as one of the most important events in their lives. - Thomas Berry

“If we teach today as we taught yesterday, we rob

our children of tomorrow.” - John Dewey

The problem with teaching like yesterday, is that we are always only one day ahead.

Teaching

Lynn Nolan EdD, Global Education Solutions lynn.nolan@gmail.com

Blanca E. Duarte, LogicWing, Inc. @blancaedu bduarte@logicwing.com

Thank you!