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The “before and after”-moment for education

Roger LarsenSenior Vice President

Market Development and Strategy

Pearson Education Platforms

Founder of Fronter (fronter.com)

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TEACHING AND LEARNING

TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION

BEFORE AND AFTER

Agenda

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TEACHING VS LEARNING

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Our educational system...

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...is designed to mass produce education

and to serve traditional industry?

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Technology changes behavior

In an evening I...

• visited one friend

• talked with another

friend

• watched a movie

• listened to a record

• read a magazine and

looked a word up in the

encyclopedia

My children are...

• cathing up with 15 friends

on Facebook

• have 4 live chats up

similtaneously

• watched 20 clips on

YouTube

• downloaded 19 songs

from iTunes

• used Google, scanned 6

articles covering 3

subjects.

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Student, when learning...

In school…

• Lesson based

• Teacher led

• Courses / class

• Content selected by

other

Privately…

• Problem based

• Learner led

• Relationship / peers

• Content selected by

learner

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Teaching vs Learning

• Teaching is political driven and its process is determined by structure of the educational system, curriculum, content and culture.

• Learning is needs based and its process is driven by problem solving, opportunity realization and curiosity.

• Technology has changed the way we acquire knowledge, thus learn, but not the way we teach!

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“We need to prepare children for

jobs which doesn’t exist,

to solve problems we don’t have

facing challenges we can’t imagine.”

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TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION

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ICT investments in education

PCMIS

Digital Content

Whiteboard

Internet

Learning Platform

2010ish2000ish

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Digital

Content and

Assessment

Student

Information

System

Learning

Platform

Content

Management

System

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Learning PlatformPhysical and Virtual Learning Platform

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Oslo

• Capital of Norway

– 120 schools

– 170.000 learners

• School of the future

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London MLE

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2583 schools in 33 school districtsLondon:

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Managed Learning Environment

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Self guided

learning

Personalising

LearningPupil mobility

Parental

Involvement

Every Child

Matters

Anywhere

Anytime learning

Key stage

transition

Independent

learning

Student voice

Qualifications

Assessment for

Learning

Special Education

Needs

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Learning points

• Basic infrastructure must be in place

• Teachers need training

• Change management among leaders

• Keep it simple

• Digital Learning Platform will “glue”

it all together.

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BEFORE AND AFTER

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Before and after moments

For life

• Fire

• Wheel

• Steam

• Automobile

• Electricity

• Oil

• Jet engine

• Microprocessor

For Education

• Gutenberg?

• Chalk board?

• Learning Platform?

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Platform for ”e”...

• eWorking

• eMusic

• eBooks

• eLearning?

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Digital Platform for Learning

• The learning platform will become the most important

element of the elearning infrastrucutre at the school.

• The learning platform will act as a starting place for all

students and teachers and glue together all other

components.

• The learning platform will lay out the possibilities for

individual learning paths and self phased learning, and

will keep a digital eportfolio for all students.

• Decision about the learning platform must not be left to

each individual school, but must be led by the city.

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Enabling Innovation

for Educators

No teacher left behind!