Teaching in an Age of AbundanceUnderstanding the New Contexts ofEducation and Work
Will [email protected]@willrich45
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“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn. ”
Alvin Toffler
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Opener: What do we need to “unlearn”
in education?
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Jacob Arnott14-year old Editor in Chief
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Context
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“Crisis of Contexts”
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Crisis of Contexts
Traditional LearningPoliticians, Parents,
Communities, Educators
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Crisis of Contexts
Traditional LearningPoliticians, Parents,
Communities, Educators
Modern LearningConnected Learners
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Traditional LearningPoliticians, Parents,
Communities, Educators
Modern LearningConnected Learners
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Traditional LearningPoliticians, Parents,
Communities Educators
Modern LearningConnected Learners
≠Delivery
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Traditional LearningPoliticians, Parents,
Communities Educators
Modern LearningConnected Learners
≠Delivery
Discovery
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New reality
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Scarcity
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ABUNDANCESunday, February 3, 13
CHANGESunday, February 3, 13
“The change we are in the middle of isn’t minor,and it isn’t optional.”
Clay Shirky
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750,000 Apps2.5 Billion People
2 Trillion Webpages4.5 Years of YouTube video per minute
16,000 Tweets per second*5 Billion Internet Connected Devices
Etc...
*Japan’s 2012 New Years Celebration
ABUNDANCE
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...A world marked by “ubiquitous computing, ubiquitous information, ubiquitous networks, at unlimited speed, about everything, everywhere, from anywhere, on all kinds of devices that make it ridiculously easy to connect, organize, share, collect, collaborate and publish.”
Michael Wesch
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Media Politics
JournalismMedicineBooks
BusinessMusic...
Which is Changing:
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Key Idea:
Institutionally Organized World
Self-Organized World
ABUNDANCE
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The Future of Schooling
ABUNDANCE
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Discussion
Define “learning”
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Learning Is...
creativitypassion to know
application of knowledgeinquiry
seeing patternsposing and answering questions
understanding the worldacquiring knowledge
curiosityfinding and solving problems
making somethingunderstanding something you previously didn’t understand
making connectionschanging your perspective on something
synthesizing ideasadding new knowledge
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"Productive learning is the learning process which engenders and reinforces
wanting to learn more. Absent wanting to learn, the learning context is
unproductive or counterproductive."
Seymour Sarason
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New Reality
Teachers are everywhereClassrooms are everywhere
“School” is everywhere
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215,284,446 Lessons Delivered
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Self-Organized Learning
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“What does a middle school algebra teacher do if kindergarteners can start learning to solve equations
within a couple of hours?”
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The Future of Higher Education
ABUNDANCE
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Scarcity
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Scarcity
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Scarcity
Abundance
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Scarcity
Abundance
Information ≠ Education
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Scarcity
Abundance
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Cal Tech, Georgia Tech, U. of Va, Duke, Rice, Johns Hopkins, Stamford, U. of Washington, U. of Illinois, U. of Edinburgh, U.
of Toronto, Princeton, U. of Penn.
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Cal Tech, Georgia Tech, U. of Va, Duke, Rice, Johns Hopkins, Stamford, U. of Washington, U. of Illinois, U. of Edinburgh, U.
of Toronto, Princeton, U. of Penn.
“This is the tsunami.”--Richard DeMillo, Ga. Tech
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InstitutionallyOrganized
Self-Organized
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2024?
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Self-Organized Learners?
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Learning Is...
creativitypassion to know
application of knowledgeinquiry
seeing patternsposing and answering questions
understanding the worldacquiring knowledge
curiosityfinding and solving problems
making somethingunderstanding something you previously didn’t understand
making connectionschanging your perspective on something
synthesizing ideasadding new knowledge
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The Future of Work
ABUNDANCE
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Self-Organized Work
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--Stephen Downes
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“Looking to the future of work, one could sum up the anticipated impacts in a single word: More. More intensity. More pressure. More change. More risk. But also, more opportunity. More engagement. More transparency. More impact.”
Yvette Cameron
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Means that we are now the central, organizing force in our own learning, our own education, and, increasingly our own careers.
ABUNDANCE
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Means that we now need the skills and dispositions to “design”our own
learning and careers.
ABUNDANCE
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New Question:
What do students need to learn in school at a moment when they can
learn so much without us?
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New Question:
And:What is the value of school (and
classrooms and teachers) at a moment where we don’t need
school to do school?
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New Question:
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New Answer:
That which cannot be “Khanified.”
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New Answer:
CuriosityResiliencePassion
Entrepreneurial ThinkingEmpathyCreativity
CollaborationInquiry
NetworkingCommunicationCritical Thinking
(and more)
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New Reality
Schools need to be “different”...not just “better.”
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Discussion
So, what do we have to unlearn about learning and education?
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Content and Skills
Schools’ Traditional Value
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Schools’ New Value
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PassionInquiry
Authentic WorkConnectionPerformance
Schools’ New Value
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Schools’ New Value
Creating“Entrepreneurial Learners”
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“Constantly looking around you, all the time, for new ways
and new resources to learn new things.”
John Seely Brown
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New Requirements
Inquiry
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“Dots in Blue Water”South Adams HS, Berne, IN
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“Dots in Blue Water”
1. Authentic Problem/Question“How can we purify water for people in Haiti?”
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“Dots in Blue Water”
2. Student Directed TeamsResearch, Development, Marketing, Community “Investment"
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“Dots in Blue Water”
3. Real Product/Real AudienceTeachers and students travelled to Haiti to install their devices.
5 systems = clean water for 8,000
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“Dots in Blue Water”
Notes:
-Aligned to standards-Interdisciplinary-Student-centered-Technology-rich
-Innovative thinking
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CHANGE(The World)
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New Requirements
Authentic Work
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New Requirements
Transparency
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--Stephen Downes
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New Requirements
Self-Direction
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New Requirements
Literacy
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New Requirements
• Develop proficiency with the tools of technology • Build relationships with others to pose and solve
problems collaboratively and cross-culturally • Design and share information for global communities to
meet a variety of purposes • Manage, analyze and synthesize multiple streams of
simultaneous information • Create, critique, analyze, and evaluate multi-media texts • Attend to the ethical responsibilities required by these
complex environments
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New Requirements
Networks
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Networks are the new classrooms.
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“What can you do has been replaced by what can you and your network connections do. Knowledge itself is moving from the individual to the individual and his contacts.”
Jay Cross
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Where Do We Start?
With Us.
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LEARNERS FIRST
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LEARNERS FIRSTTeachers Second
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“What can you do has been replaced by what can you and your network
connections do. Knowledge itself is moving from the individual to the individual and his
contacts.”Jay CrossInformal Learning
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People
People
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People
Classrooms
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This changes learning.
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This changes us.
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Sheryl Nussbaum-BeachThe Connected Educator
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How do we get there?
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LEARNERS FIRST
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LEARNERS FIRSTTeachers Second
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PLNs allow us to“design our own learning.”
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“Network Literacy”
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“Create, navigate, and grow personal learning networks in
safe, effective, and ethical ways.”
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Create
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Share
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Sharing is the only way to...
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--Stephen Downes
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Share
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Become “Googled Well”
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Connect
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Repeat after me...
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“I want to be found by strangers on the Internet.”
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#edchat#plpnetwork#education
#k12#scichat
#engchat (etc.)#edreform
#startyourown
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Co-operate/Collaboarate
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Authors
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“In times of change, learners inherit the Earth, while the learned
find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that
no longer exists.”
Eric Hoffer
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