Learning is a Team Sportor
A conversation about learning in the new millennium
There is so much information out there and so many information sources, that it is becoming (or maybe already is) impossible to learn on your own, that as educators we need to be aware of this fundamental change and be prepared to teach and learn differently.
This means more collaboration and cooperation between learners and between educators, an awareness of learning styles and a need to develop authentic curriculum and assessment...
Technology of all types will be increasingly Important
When I was in school
Books
Encyclopedia
Newspapers
Radio
Information
InformationToday
Internet
YouTube
iTunes
24/7 500 Channel TV
Books
Newspapers
What does all this extra information mean?
Two Must Read Books:
“Everything is Miscellaneous - the power of the new digital disorder” - David Weinberger
“The Wisdom of Crowds” - James Surowwiecki
Must watch videos:
Anthropological Introduction to YouTube
The Essay
A Vision of Students Today
Social Networking in Plain English
Did You Know 2.0
Ma and Pa Kettle Do Math...
New approaches to information gathering
Information evaluation, validation and interpretation - new literacy skills
Collaboration and cooperation in information gathering and analysis
“Skimming” or “Diving” the information sea
Need to understand learners and how the not only learn but how they find information and what they do with it
“while N-Gens interact with the world through multimedia, online social networking, and routine multitasking, their professors tend to approach learning linearly, one task at a time, and as an individual activity that is centered largely around printed text…” - Innovate - Will Richardson
So What?
So What?
When does collaboration become cheating?
“Students see collaboration where their teachers see cheating. They're not even talking the same language. They don't have the same understanding of the world.” - NSCC Colleague
What do we need to do as educators to engage in this new playing field?
Be Tech savvy
Understand our learners
Use project and problem-based approaches to learning
Stay in touch with industry
Allow learners to learn how THEY learn, not how WE learn
Emphasize collaboration and cooperation - know the new paradigm
What Else?...