Schooling at The Speed of Thought

Mike LloydDirector, Schooling SolutionsMicrosoft Corp

• Effectiveness

• Skills

• Implementing Change

• Software

• Personalisation

• Schooling Enterprise Architecture

Agenda

Based on Mark Treadwell, Schooling 2.0

Goals Targets, implementation planning and operational modes

Vision & Mission What will we do, by when How will we do it, what will

we be

Operations

ProcessesService delivery

Feedback

Organisation ArchitectureArchitectu

resInformation ArchitectureIT Platform Architecture

Policy Legislation Intentions Procedures GuidelinesWhat outcomes will our system deliver

Strategy Expectations, instructions and guidancePlan of action for delivering policy

ActionsSetting objectives

Performance managementCulture and group processes

Schooling Enterprise

Architecture

Skills

Schooling at The Speed of ThoughtA Blueprint for Making Schooling More Effective

The skills that are easiest to teach and test are also the ones that are easiest to digitise, automate and outsource.

The Dilemma of Schools

Levy and Murnane work trends, cited by OECD PISA

21st Century Skills

Academic Qualifications

Vocational Qualifications

Ways of Thinking• Creativity and innovation • Learning to learn• Problem solving and decision

making

Ways of Working• Editing and communicating • Creativity and synthesis • Collaboration and

orchestration

Tools for working • Information literacy • ICT literacy

Living in the world• Citizenship, global and local •

21st Century Skills

• 21st Century Skills

• Information literacy

• ICT literacy

Skills for Teachers

Implementing Change

Schooling at The Speed of ThoughtA Blueprint for Making Schooling More Effective

Lectures – 5%

Audio-visual – 20%

Discussion Group – 50%

Practice by Doing – 75%

Teach Others – 90%

Learning Effectiveness

PBL

Creative. Loves to write poetry. Argues a lot with friends. Level 2b.

Addicted to computer games. Good at Chess Level 3c.

New arrival from Poland. Poor English. Loves Science. Level 2a.

Possible abusive parents. Enjoys collaborative work. Level 2b.

Criminal tendencies. Bully and abusive to teachers. Disruptive influence on others. Level 1b.

Loves computers. No interest in sports. Level 3a.

Loves drama. Has written a play. Stays behind to help after school. Level 3c.

Strong in groups. Great ideas person. Level 3b.

Poor reading skills. Doesn’t like working with others. Loves art. Level 2b.

Talented athlete. Competitive but easily distracted in class. Level 3c. Excellent home

support. Could sit final exams in Maths and Science 1 year early. Level 5b.

AnalyseDeliver

Synthesise

“Home Base”• Organise learning• Review and discussion• Personalised learning space

Theatre• Receive• Perform• Debate

New task

Knowledge Workbench• Write• Calculate• Model

Collaboration Station• Analyze• Discuss• Decide

Science Pods and Outdoor Learning Areas• Test• Experiment• Hypothesise

Research Station• Search• Gather• Classify

Breakout Area• Reflect• Resolve• Ponder

Creation Station• Imagine• Consider• Conclude

Practical Workbench• Prototype• Evaluate• Construct

Media Station• Film• Record• Edit

Presentation Suite• Present• Propose• Assess

Students

Teachers

Classroom assistants

Expert

The Learning Plaza concept at New Line Learning, Kent, UK

Software

Schooling at The Speed of ThoughtA Blueprint for Making Schooling More Effective

Development

Architectures

Standards

Data

Services

Operations

Learning

AccessAccess Options Device Types Infrastructure Physical

Environments Accessibility

Three Dimensions of Learning S/W Creativity Comms and Collab Productivity Testing and

Assessment

Learning Management

Staff Management

Finance Management

Assets Management ERP

Security Identity Management

Systems Management Virtualisation Cloud

Types of Data Databases Process Integration BI Content

Management

Standards forLearning

Standards for Operations

Standards for Services

Data & Content Standards

Architecture & Dev Standards

Small School Large School Municipality State Ministry of Education

Maturity Models IO Project Management

Procurement (inc OSS vs Proprietary) Skills

Software is key

Learning Software 2.0

Creation Trumps Content

Learning is a Social

Construct

Use Data to Personalise

Learning

Database

Measure gains

Read books at

home

Read more in

classSupport

Reading club

Use Data to Personalise Learning

CRM Online

Effective Operations

Schooling Enterprise Architecture

Schooling at The Speed of ThoughtA Blueprint for Making Schooling More Effective

• Traditional• 10 SQL servers • 30 IIS servers• 3 months• $180,000

• Azure• Development - $5,400• Testing - $12,000• Delivery - $600• Total - $18k

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Australia (NSW) Cloud based Science testing system

80,000 students, 100 questions, 1 day

Three Critical Components

Training• IT Academy• Innovative Teachers’

Network

Teaching & Learning• Ubiquitous access• Content creation tools• Comms & Collab tools

Effective Processes• SharePoint (Portal)• CRM• Cloud

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System Management

Creativity and productivity Comms & Collab Data Driven Decisions Content and learning services Service Management

Hardware Connectivity Choice of content and learning

Content

Comms &

Collab;Prod

Access

Schooling Enterprise Architecture

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Mike LloydDirector, Schooling Solutions Worldwide Education Group, Microsoft Corporationhttp://mikelloydtech.wordpress.com