2 characteristics of 21 st century learning

Characteristics of 21st Century Characteristics of 21st Century LearningLearning

Characteristics of 21st Century Characteristics of 21st Century LearningLearning

What do you think these characteristics are?What do you think these characteristics are?What do you think these characteristics are?What do you think these characteristics are?

Learner-CenteredLearner-CenteredLearner-CenteredLearner-Centered

• Rethinks traditional teacher-learner roles.Learner as data holder,designer and decision maker.

• Nurtures role of play,informal learning and creativity.

• Supports wide range of '' academic'' success.

• Defines success in terms that support learner, not schools or districts.

• Learner benefits from flexible, diverse,differentiated support models .

Media-DrivenMedia-DrivenMedia-DrivenMedia-Driven

•Project,Problem or Inquiry-based.

PersonalizedPersonalizedPersonalizedPersonalized

•Learning is personalized by platform,interest,assesment results,self-selected pace.

Transfer-by-DesignTransfer-by-DesignTransfer-by-DesignTransfer-by-Design

• Learners constantly adapt,revise and synthesize information, using ''old learning'' in new, unfamiliar, meaningful ways.

• iTEC can be a fine and appropriate examlpe of this aspect in which students imagine,search,brainstorm and eventually design things. Students learn everything by doing the tasks themselves discovering new horizons with a little guidance from their tutors at school and experts out of school by organising design participatory workshops.

Visibly RelevantVisibly RelevantVisibly RelevantVisibly Relevant

• Increased Transparency

•Causing personal or social change, socially collaborative,visible products/projects/artifacts; Natural contexts.

•21st century learning requires learners to be aware of their needs both academically and socially.

Data-RichData-RichData-RichData-Rich

•Persistent and ''highly-consumable'' data and planned data sources that allow for easy revision of curriculum,instruction and resources.

AdaptableAdaptableAdaptableAdaptable

•The opposite of scripted and homogenized.Ownership by all stake-holders,learnes,teachers etc.

•Responds naturally and meaningfully to data and emerging best practices

InterdependentInterdependentInterdependentInterdependent

•Little is in isolation.

• Increased in transparency between schools and local communities.

•Media and assessment relate; content areas coverage; technology supports learning,

not simply instruction.

DiverseDiverseDiverseDiverse

•In terms of media, instructional/assessment strategies,audience,collaborative approaches,technology

use,data sources, etc.

''If we teach today''If we teach today’’s students as we taught s students as we taught yesterdayyesterday’’s, we rob them of tomorrow'' s, we rob them of tomorrow'' John DeweyJohn Dewey

''If we teach today''If we teach today’’s students as we taught s students as we taught yesterdayyesterday’’s, we rob them of tomorrow'' s, we rob them of tomorrow'' John DeweyJohn Dewey

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