Education 3.0: Learn Better

Identity Theft

Pick a number…

• Between 01 & 10• Multiply by 9• Add 2 digits of new number together• Subtract 5• Assign the corresponding letter to the number

(1=A, 2=B, etc)• Pick a country that begins with that letter

(A=Argentina, etc)• Think of an animal that begins with the 2nd letter of

the country

The Problem…

• There are no elephants in Denmark!

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Teaching Perspective

Dr. Jeff D Borden

Dr. Jeff D Borden

Learning Today

Smarter Planet Experts Webcast: What needs to change in education?

1. Stop ignoring research2. Cross-curricular courses3. Teach students how to be creative / innovative4. Teach core, communication, and collaboration

competencies5. Real life – Practical (Authentic) Assessment6. Personalized Learninghttp://smarterplanet.tumblr.com/post/381892250/smarter-students-for-a-smarter-planet-live

(Feb 10, 2010)

21st Century Educator

Jeff’s Talks

• Skeuomorphs• Filter Bubbles• Curriculum Integration• Gamification• Learning Analytics• Technology• Communication• Narrative• Teacher Effectiveness• eLearning

• Motivation• Retention• Program Growth• Personalization

Agenda

•Effective Learning–Technology Based–Game Based–Authentic–Research Based–Personalized

Education 3.0: Learning

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Technology Based Learning

Perception Determines Reality

Perception Determines Reality

Connecting To Perception

•Internal PerceptionWhat you believe to be true.

•External PerceptionWhat others believe to be true about you.Favorite Ice Cream Flavor Test…

He Thinks He’s FunnyI’m Funny

Mark Edmundson

John Boyers vs…

Lecture vs Sleep: Eric Mazur

Educause: Next-Generation Learning

Academically Adrift (Arum / Roksa, 2011)

• “….but for a large proportion of them [students] the gains in critical thinking (complex reasoning, and written communication) are either exceedingly small or empirically nonexistent.”

• 45% : 2 Years• 36% : At Graduation

Assumptions

• “Better Than Average”• We Don’t Value Teaching & Learning• Bloom’s Replication• Most Professors Were Never Taught How To

Teach (Effectively)• Students Success Is Suffering• Technology = Scale, Replication, Efficacy Data• Technology is not used in Education

Education…Connected?

Scale of the Universe

Augmented Reality

Game Based Learning

JSB: WOW L-70

Guild Master

• WoW Guild Master = total-immersion course in leadership

Insert game slide

Tension Leads To Better Learning

What was your favorite course?

Mystery @ MIT

•400 Students•20 Faculty•2 Weekends•Curriculum Integration

• Nursing• Engineering• Chemistry• Journalism• Political Science

Authentic Learning

Assessment Methods

Thinking critically / making judgments(Developing arguments, reflecting, evaluating, assessing, judging) •Essay •Report •Journal •Letter of Advice to .... (about policy, public health matters .....) •Present a case for an interest group •Prepare a committee briefing paper for a specific meeting •Book review (or article) for a particular journal •Write a newspaper article for a foreign newspaper •Comment on an article's theoretical perspective

Solving problems and developing plans (Identifying problems, posing problems, defining problems, analyzing data, reviewing, designing experiments, planning, applying information) •Problem scenario •Group Project•Work-based problem •Prepare a committee of enquiry report •Draft a research bid to a realistic brief •Analyze a case •Conference paper (or notes for a conference paper plus annotated bibliography)

Assessment Methods

Performing procedures and demonstrating techniques (Computation, taking readings, using equipment, following laboratory procedures, following protocols, carrying out instructions) •Demonstration •Role Play •Make a video (write script and produce/make a video) •Produce a poster •Lab report •Prepare an illustrated manual on using the equipment, for a particular audience •Observation of real or simulated professional practice •Simulations•Games•Zentation•Facilitate Web Chat

Managing and developing oneself (Working co-operatively, working independently, learning independently, being self-directed, managing time, managing tasks, organizing) •Temporal Case Study•Gaming•Discussion•Journal •Blog•Portfolio •Learning Contract •Group work •Polls•Surveys•Self Check•Wiki•Immersive Gaming

Assessment Methods

Accessing and managing information(Researching, investigating, interpreting, organizing information, reviewing and paraphrasing information, collecting data, searching and managing information sources, observing and interpreting) •Annotated bibliography •Project •Dissertation •Applied task •Applied problem•Wiki•Case Study•Letter to the Editor

Demonstrating knowledge and understanding (Recalling, describing, reporting, recounting, recognizing, identifying, relating & interrelating) •Written examination •Oral examination •Essay •Report •Comment on the accuracy of a set of records •Devise an encyclopedia entry •Produce an A - Z of ... •Write an answer to a client's question •Short answer questions: True/False/ Multiple Choice Questions

Assessment Methods

Designing, creating, performing (Imagining, visualizing, designing, producing, creating, innovating, performing) •Portfolio •Performance •Presentation •Hypothetical Illustration•Projects •Prezi•Mind Map•Mock / Real Interview•Teacher Others

Communicating (One and two-way communication; communication within a group, verbal, written and non-verbal communication. Arguing, describing, advocating, interviewing, negotiating, presenting; using specific written forms)•Written presentation (essay, report, reflective paper etc.) •Oral presentation •Discussion/debate/role play •Participate in a 'Court of Enquiry' •Presentation to camera •Observation of real or simulated professional practice

Schools Do Teach…

• …Short Term Memory matters more than connection to culture, context, or reality

How Would You Weigh A Boeing 747?

Divergent (Lateral) Thinking: How Many Piano Tuners Are In Chicago?

Convergent (High Stakes Test) Thinking:

• There are approximately 5,000,000 people living in Chicago.• On average, there are two persons in each household in Chicago.• Roughly one household in twenty has a piano that is tuned regularly.• Pianos that are tuned regularly are tuned on average about once per year.• It takes a piano tuner about two hours to tune a piano, including travel time.• Each piano tuner works eight hours in a day, five days in a week, and 50 weeks in

a year.

• From these assumptions we can compute that the number of piano tunings in a single year in Chicago is __________.

• (5,000,000 persons in Chicago) / (2 persons/household) × (1 piano/20 households) × (1 piano tuning per piano per year) = 125,000 piano tunings per year in Chicago

• And we can similarly calculate that the average piano tuner performs _____ tunings per year.

• (50 weeks/year)×(5 days/week)×(8 hours/day)×(1 piano tuning per 2 hours per piano tuner) = 1000 piano tunings per year per piano tuner.

• So, there are approximately _______ piano tuners in Chicago.• (125,000 piano tuning per year in Chicago) / (1000 piano tunings per year per

piano tuner) = 125 piano tuners in Chicago.

Problem Based Learning (AKA Flipped Classrooms)

Personalized Learning

Understanding the Individual

•Differentiation: “By definition, differentiation is wary of approaches to teaching and learning that standardize. Standard-issue students are rare, and educational approaches that ignore academic diversity in favor of standardization are likely to be counterproductive in reaching the full range of learners.” – Tomlinson (2006)

Clasped Hands

Confluence

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Dropped Students Completed Students

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Social Interaction

History Pin

Remember…

Flash of Genius

Edu-Blogger:

• YouTube Video: Have You Been Paying Attention?• “…Has anyone seen this garbage? Students

don’t need to remix anything! Educators must teach them to be original, have original thought, and do original work! Imagine if society worked this way.

• We’d still be hoping someone would invent the rolling stone so as to create a wheel. Imagine a world where using other people’s work to create your own was ok.

• We’d never have gotten past the toaster to see the benefits of the microwave. We’d never have gotten past swing music to experience amazing original works like Elton John’s “The Lion King” or other seminal works…”

Remix, Sample or Steal?

• Can You Feel The love Tonight?• Save tonight, fight the break of dawn,

come tomorrow, tomorrow I’ll be gone…• You’re beautiful! You’re beautiful!• If I could, then I would, I’ll go wherever you

will go, way up high, or down low, I’ll go wherever you will go…

And she will be loved – and she will be loved…

I can’t stand to fly, I’m not that naïve, I’m just out to find, the better part of me, I’m more than a bird, I’m more than a plane…

Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray, South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio , Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, television, North Korea, South Korea, Marilyn Monroe

We’re not gonna take it, no we ain’t gonna take it – we’re not gonna take it anymore

Wherever you go – whatever you do, I will be right here waiting for you

Just a small town girl – living in a lonely world – she took the midnight train going anywhere

There was a time when I was so broken hearted

I think we’re alone now, there doesn’t seem to be anyone around

See the stone set in her eyes, see the thorn twist in her side, and I’m waiting for you, with or without you

Take on me, Take me up, I’ll be gone, ?????

On your mark, get set, and go now – gotta dream and we just know now

I come from a land down under, where women roll and men thunder…

When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me, speaking words of wisdom, let it be

1790?!?!?!

Does Better Learning Matter?

Thank You!

Dr Jeff D BordenVP of Instruction & Academic Strategy

jeffb@ecollege.com