The Future of Education

The Future Of Education

But first let’s get to know each other

Tell a story of a time when you really enjoyed learning something. How was the material delivered? How did it feel?

Mattan Griffel Chris Castiglione

We’re here to understand the educational landscape

How will you leave better?

Here’s what we’re covering today• The problems with our current educational system

• Why do people get a degree?

• Alternatives to traditional education

• Arguments for and against online learning

• The education landscape

• Accelerated Learning

• The flipped classroom / self-paces learning

• And more!

WHAT ARE SOME OF THE PROBLEMS WITH OUR CURRENT EDUCATION SYSTEM?

Low university completion

High cost

Lack of preparation for employment / job skills

The innovator’s dilemma in education

“This is what people buy when they’re buying a degree.” !

– Michael Staton, Learn Capital

THE EDUCATION LANDSCAPE

WHAT ARE SOME ALTERNATIVES TO TRADITIONAL EDUCATION?

All online?

Thiel fellowship

DISCUSSION: WHY ARE PEOPLE CRITICAL OF ONLINE LEARNING?

THE FLIPPED CLASSROOM SELF-PACED LEARNING

Discussion

• Do you think that a bringing technology into a classroom can make a classroom more “human”?

• Do you think that teachers should be replaced by computers?

ACCELERATED LEARNING

How long does it take to learn a new skill?

“It takes 10,000 hours to acquire a new skill.”

- K. Anders Ericsson

Josh Kaufman’s Accelerated Learning model

1. Deconstruct the skill

2. Learn enough to self-correct

3. Remove practice barriers

4. Practice at least 20 hours

Group work

• Do you think that accelerated learning works?

• Have you ever learned a new skill quickly?

• If so, what was your approach? What worked and what didn’t?

LEARNING TECHNIQUE: SPACED REPETITION

How could we use spaced repetition

WHAT CAN EDUCATION DO WITH DATA?

(Sal Khan talk)

Student completion

Student completion

MOTIVATION

The gap (Ira Glass)

Duolingo uses A/B testing and is constantly experimenting with data so

that they can “Learn how people Learn”

“The leader board increased retention and vitality for us. “

3 hearts was too hard (people dropped off and never came back), 4 hearts just right (people

would proceed and come back and felt challenged), 5 was too easy.

How do we keep people motivated in an attention-economy?

GOOD TEACHERS: CAN WE MAKE MORE?

Experts have a hard time externalizing what they’ve internalized

Experts have a hard time externalizing what they’ve internalized

mastered

explaining

PROJECT-BASED LEARNING

“A student that can be trained by a machine, should be.” !

“If students have interest, then education happens.” !

- Sugata Mitra