Education in the Exponential Age

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Exponential?

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Shouldtheylearnasecondlanguage…inaworldofinstanttranslation?

Shouldtheyevermemorizeanyfact…inaworldofubiquitousGoogle?

Source:PeterDiamandis

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RapidDistruption◦ Nosinglejobforlife◦ Expectatleast2to3jobobsoletenessevents

AIandRobotswilldoeverythingbetter◦ “Ifpredictionscometrue,namelythatroboticsandartificialintelligencewilldisplace50percentoftoday’sjobsin20years’time,whatshouldyourkid(s)studytoday?”PeterDiamandis

Newtechnologieswillcomeandgoeverfaster◦ Notimetowritemanualsandhavevestedexperts

ExponentialEducation:What?

Toffler:

Learn– Unlearn– Relearn

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ExponentialEducation:What?

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ExponentialEducation:What?PETERDIAMANDIS

Shortterm:◦ Coding◦ STEM

Longterm:◦ Passion◦ Curiosity◦ Perseverence◦ Imagination◦ Criticalthinking

AGEOFARTISTS.ORG

ArtisticAttitude:◦ Passion◦ Curiosity◦ Resilience◦ Transcendance◦ Position

ExponentialEducation:What?Designthinking

Understandtheproblem,knowyouraudience

Entrepreneurialskills◦ Whattodo,togetfromideatoproduct

Askthegoodquestions◦ AIcangiveyouananswer!

Daretoquestion◦ “Ithasalwaysbeendonelikethat”

ExponentialEducation:What?

ExponentialEducation:How?

PeertoPeerEducation◦ Teachingimprovesunderstanding◦ Easiertorelate◦ Improvesinterpersonalskills

ExponentialEducation:How?

EducationExplorers◦ Teacherisamentor◦ Notthepurveyorofallknowledge◦ Helpsyoufindinformation

ExponentialEducation:Do!

SchoolisNOTgoingtoprepareyourkidsforthefuture!

◦ Trainkidsoutsideofschool◦ TEDxYouth@Flanders

◦ Bringnewtechnologiestoyouth◦ Learntoexplainthetech◦ Learntheskillsneeded◦ Createcontentandworkshopstoshare◦ Createyouthambassadors

ExponentialEducation:Do!

Whatwillwebecondemnedforbyfuturegenerations?

◦ Notpreparingthemproperlyforthefuture?