innovation in digital age educationfrom incremental to breakthrough change

ACT Education and Training Directorate Leadership Conference 2012

embedding innovation as part of strategic processes

http://www.innovationunit.org/resources/next-practice-education-disciplined-approach-innovation

‘next practice’ innovation model

what is next practice?

“In one sense ‘next’ practice is like tomorrow: it is never here. The term is meant, though, to convey the notion of genuinely new approaches rooted in practical understanding.” (Innovation Unit)

“There is a lot of research focused on best practice, but I focus on next practice. Next practice [is]: future-oriented .... about connecting the dots. Next practice is disciplined imagination.” (CK Prahalad, Professor of Business Administration at the University of Michigan)

“Next practices open up new ways of working – are much more likely to come from thoughtful, experienced, self-confident practitioners trying to find new and more effective solutions to intractable problems.” (Improvement and Development Agency UK)

what is next practice?

A way forward for purposeful, disciplined interventions, which nevertheless optimise the scope for professional creativity.

The Next Practice model:• Supports practitioners and gives them the creative space and

incentives they need to be innovative.

• Develops interventions that both release professional imagination, whilst encouraging work that is disciplined and system relevant.

• Assists schools to learn from the resultant innovation and its process characteristics so that these can be taken to scale.

what next practice looks like

The combination of a methodology derived from the available evidence base, with a mobilised group of empowered practitioners motivated by a compelling purpose, supported by a variety of individuals and networks to develop.

what next practice looks like

practitioners already pushing at the boundaries

The Right Group

their ideas spring from immersion in practice: not in

theory or in ideology

have a lively interest in the overall direction of education

take risks can lead others

skilled and self-confident visionary and energetic

http://www.innovationunit.org/resources/next-practice-education-disciplined-approach-innovation

‘next practice’ innovation model

digital learning labsdefining projects that drive innovation

Small groups of staff are invited participate in DLL groups.

Yr 8 Online Project Based Learning Group

DLL meet regularly throughout 2011.

DLL group members are supported to develop skills, pedagogy and to innovate.

DLL share their work at the beginning of Term 4 staff day.

Virtual Learning Group

iPad Field Trial

rethinking institutional structures to support innovation

Participation

Independent Learning

Digital Media Authentic Online

P2P

Learning Teams

no f2f teachingreal-time online communication

flexible work time / assessment times / who participates in learning / where learning happens

students central to problem solving / helping each other, rather

than only relying on teacher

students grouped in cross-class learning teamsteam members support each other

teams participate in p2p assessmentteams collaborate online and f2f once a fortnight

web-based applications

more than collaboratingactively participating towards

learning outcomes

time management teacher as guide and mentor when online

blended learning initiative core features

Amply Youth VoicesParticipatoryLearning

Virtual Learning

Core Features

Choices & Differentiation

21st CenturyLearning

SocialNetworking

Respond to the needs of learners: present choices in the way

content is presented, created, assessed.

Utilise social networking & digital tools to amplify youth

voices & participation.

Support learning beyond classroom & school structures. Promote

inquiry through virtual connections.

Develop digital literacy, critical thinking & 21stC

skills.

Learning based on sharing, creation, interaction,

conversation, communication.

Use social networking features to develop new learning

experiences & place learners at centre of knowledge creation &

exchange.

learning network initiative

Sylvia Guidara

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