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Leveraging ICT in Support of Modern Learning

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Successful Education?As individuals, Learners and EducatorsWe do not live in isolationWe are part of a social environmentWe are part of an economic system

Are our learners being adequately prepared to actively engage in, and play a significant role in a dynamically developing digital world?

How do we measure success?Is a pass enough?Is it how many certificates issued?Is it about throughput targets?Is it about learners coping in society?Is it about health of economy?Is it reduced unemployment?Is it national competitiveness?Is it ranking of institution in sector?

GroupSociety

Economy

Individual

Leveraging ICT in Support of Modern Learning

21st Century Learning

Pres

sure

Traditional Education

Technology and Service Innovation

Leverage

Move to

Evaluate New Models

Consider Readiness

21st Century skills

Four Broad Categories:

Ways of thinking. Creativity, critical thinking, problem-solving, decision-making and learning

Ways of working. Communication and collaboration

Tools for working. Information and communications technology (ICT) and information literacy

Skills for living in the world. Citizenship, life and career, and personal and social responsibility

Two Key 21st Century Skills…two skills that span all four categories:

Collaborative problem-solving. Working together to solve acommon challenge, which involves the contribution andexchange of ideas, knowledge or resources to achieve thegoal.

ICT literacy — learning in digital networks. Learning throughdigital means, such as social networking, ICT literacy,technological awareness and simulation. Each of theseelements enables individuals to function in social networksand contribute to the development of social andintellectual capital.

http://atc21s.org/index.php/about/what-are-21st-century-skills/

21st Century Learning9:54 AM on September 19, 2013 (http://www.edweek.org/tsb/articles/2010/10/12/01panel.h04.html)"No longer does learning have to be one-size-fits-all or confined tothe classroom." …… facilitating students reaching for their dreamsrather than chasing adult contrived standards…... to be relevant tothe careers and lives of our children.…… one thing we can be certainabout it is that change is occurring at an ever increasing rate…… thejobs of today will be the dinosaurs of 5 years from now…… Trying toteach our kids the skills needed for as yet invented jobs is bydefinition a whimsical concept.

CurrentOccupations

FutureOccupations

Economic Participation

Emotive, Dramatic or Real?

CurrentSociety

FutureSociety

Active Citizenship

EmbracingNew Models

blended learning, remote lecturing and tutoring,

online learning, traditional and modern lecture capture, and flipped classrooms

Operational FocusReach and Scale

Throughput Efficiency

Learning FocusLearning Enhancement

Move to Active LearningMove to Self Directed Learning

EmbracingNew Models

Blended Learning - formal education program in which a student

learns at least in part through online learning, with some element of

student control over time, place, path, and/or pace; at least in part in

a supervised brick-and-mortar location away from home..

Flipped Class - moving the

content coverage to outside the

class in order to devote

precious, in-class time to

practice of important course

skills.

By participating in structured

activities in class, the students

rehearse aspects of critical

thinking with their peers andgauge their own proficiency.

Before Class

In Class

After Class

Prepare forInteraction

Review PostInteraction

Maximise Interaction

On-line

Review Content, Revisit as Needed

Remote Class

Review Content, Prepare for Tutorial or Class

Active Collaborative Learning in Real and Virtual Spaces

Example: SA University Content Interactions

200+ Hours per week of Content Interaction

Pull of Learners

Entitlement and Equality

Earn your Stripes

You're not Wearing my Shoes!

Resistance of Educators

Generation Issues

Cultural Issues

Technology Competency Concerns

Tug of (the Innovation) War…

Service and Technology Innovation

Living in an increasingly digital world

Preparing our Youth and Ourselves

Era of Continuous leaning

21st Century Education

Asynchronous Synchronous

Own CultureAmbient Awareness

Longer RetentionUnexpected Knowledge Discovery

Free-RiderSocial Loafer“Sucker”

Non-CooperativeEffects

Static

ActivePe

dag

ogi

es

Collaboration Style

Guided Use of InstitutionalStandard Collaborative

Toolsets(Vaughan et al. 2011)

Shifting EconomiesAnd Technology

Unsustainable(Shifting EconomiesAnd Technology)

(Yeshi 2007)

Move to Active Synchronous Learning

Preferred (Cogburn 2003)

Dealing With Reality – Hype and TrendsAttitude of Youth

• My World and Me Focused -"Selfies"

• Immediate, Brief, Contextual

EmergingTechnology

• Rich Media Interaction, HCI Gesture, Voice and Biometric

• Promise of Ubiquity, Services not Products

Learning Approach

• Passive to Active Learning

• Synchronous, Collaborative

False Prophets

• Computer LABs

• Internet

• Mobile Phones

• MOOCs

Flood of Offerings

• Competing Sources of Information

• Competing Communication Services

• Competing Collaboration Services

• Competing Knowledge Tools

• Institutional “Shifting” Portfolios are

behind the market!

Learning is a process, not a product

Learning is not something done to students, rather something students themselves do!Learning involves change in knowledge, beliefs, behaviours and attitudes

Lasting impact on how students think and act

Direct result of how students interpret and respond to their experiencesPast or Present, Conscious and Unconscious

Increased Communication -> Increased Student InteractionNot Necessarily Geared to Academic Facilitation (Lipponen, 2002)

Computer Supported Collaborative Learning Processes

Purposeful Application of Technology to Support Learning Processes and Objectives

Course Climate

Seven Principles for Smart Teaching (TEP)Students' Prior Knowledge Helps or Hinders Learning

Students' Knowledge Organisation influences how they learn and apply learning

Students' Motivation determines, directs and sustains what they do to learn

Development of Mastery, application and integration of acquired component skills

Goal directed practice, coupled with targeted feedback enhances quality of students' learning

Students' current level of development interacts with the Course Climate to impact learning

Move to Self-Directed Learning

Prior Knowledge

Self Directed Learning

Goal Directed Practice

Development of Mastery

StudentMotivation

KnowledgeOrganisation

4 Core Educator and Learner

Competencies

Leveraging ICT in Support of Modern Learning

Dealing with Choices, Addressing Primary Competencies

Interactive (In-Class)

Technologies:• Projectors

• Audio-Visual Systems

• Interactive White Boards

• Document Cameras

• Voting Systems

• Class Participation Management

FoundationTools:• Laptop / PC / Tablet

• Networking on LANs, Wireless LANs, 3G

• Internet and Browsers

• Email and Instant Messaging

• Search Tools, Academic and non-

academic

• Social Media Tools

• "Office Suite" tools

Institutional Tools:• LMS - Course and Learner Management

Systems

• Library Services

• Plagiarism Services

• Institutional Email and Calendaring

• Student and Educator Communication

Services

• Student and Educator Collaboration

Services

• Administrative Systems

Communication and

Collaboration Tools:• Audio Conferencing

• Video Conferencing

• Online Meetings

• Desktop / Application Sharing

Content Tools:

Rich Media Content Production

• Presentation Tools

• eBook Production Tools

• Flipped Classroom Content Recording

• Discussion, Tutorial and Lecture Capture

Content Sourcing Tools

• Educational Technology Portals

• "Wikipedias" and "Googles"

• Application Stores "Free and Freemium

Apps"

An Educator’s Toolbox – Drive the Agenda

Attributes Needed:Accessible and AffordableDiverse Platform SupportIntuitive, Simple to Use

Appropriate for Task:Support 2 Core 21st Century Skills DevelopmentSupport CSCL Learning ProcessesSupport 7 Smart Teaching PrinciplesSupport 4 Core Teaching Competencies

Future of Technology in Education: Ambient Ubiquity - in Support of the Development of Human Potential

Invisible

Everywhere

Always On

Intuitive

Collaborative

Proactive

Contextual

Subject Knowledge

Collaborative Competencies

Tool Competencies

Cognitive Competencies

Digital Alien or Digital Native?The choice is yours!

Coach the Youth to Take Ownership of their Learning, Develop Agency to Act, and Master Appropriate Competencies to give them a fighting chance!

Content will Change!Tools will Change!Job Opportunities will Change!

Core Competencies and Appropriate Knowledge will Underpin the Ability to Participate Meaningfully and Effectively in Society.