Science, Technology and Education from teaching to making minds
Ides of June 2010
A new world view
Education is an uncontrolled experiment
(Kelley,2008)
In our lifetime we will actually know how learning is occurring
Professor Usha Goswami,Cambridge University
Businesses, universities, government, schools
sharing information and expertise
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Learning sciences
create, test and share solutions
using new science and technologies
more effective, efficient, engagingAndrew N. Meltzoff, et al. Science 325, 284 (2009)
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Taking learning to scale
Understanding learners
Learning from others
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Lower costs, better outcomes?
Distributing learning anywhere
Infinitely scalable
Cheaper, faster, betterVital and OneNote
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YOUNG APPLICANTS IN SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES
A UK HE success story
‘THE case study for Higher Education in schools’
10,000+ students40% increase each year600 schools / colleges
Primary Language courses
every lesson, every resourceteacher training French, Spanish, Mandarin, English . . .
. . . for less than $1 per student
. . . and better results than conventional teaching (University of Durham data analysis 2007)
2,000 schools@1,000,000 pupils
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Primary Languages
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Entrepreneurship and Globalisation: Hebei Province
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More students learn through Monkseaton’s innovations in other schools . . .
. . . than in Monkseaton itself
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Taking learning to scale
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Excel has the statistical tools to prove what solutions work, are cost effective and favoured by students, staff or families.
Schools can be independent organisations driven by real time data.
adapting to our worldmeans adapting to more
InformationCommunication
Technologies
academicactions
progress confidence
emotionalattitudes
healthbody clock
attendancebody analysis
Key PerformanceIndicators
Direct access for parents
A student’s own self assessment is as accurate as teachers or tests
(OECD studies, 2004 onward)
Do I have to read all these today??
Existing ways of conceiving human behaviour were developed without access to terabytes (1012)of data
Lazer et al., Computational Social Science, Science, 6 February 2009
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adapting to more information means more abstraction-
like algebraFlynn, What is Intelligence? 2009
Taking learning to scale
Understanding learners
Learning from others
Knowledge transferfrom new science and technology
InformationCommunication
Technologies
YES WE CAN
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Woof, woof information
means algebra
DARPA and others
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Learning is a physical process
plasticity
is lifetime adaptation to our environment
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Plasticity
is lifetime adaptation to our environment
based on naturalenvironmental cues
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Light
A natural cue
ProfessorRussell Foster
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Light
Natural lightAnd >1,000 lux inside
Natural light: nano-gel
. . . and cheaper per m2
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Light
Daylightand body clocks
This programme was broadcast 24 February 2009 and is not on BBC IPlayer- hopefully it will be out on DVD soon (or rebroadcast)
so change the school day
. . . and start after 10
YESWE CAN
ASK NOT . . .
what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country
Scientific American, October 2009
The symbol H+ is the code sign used by somefuturists to denote an enhanced version ofhumanity. The plus version of the humanrace would deploy a mix of advanced technologies, including stem cells, robotics, cognition enhancing drugs, and the like, to overcome basic mental and physical limitations.
Scientific American, October 2009
In our lifetime we will actually know how learning is occurring
Professor Usha Goswami,Cambridge University
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Learning is a physical process
plasticity
is lifetime adaptation to our environment
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Plasticity
is lifetime adaptation to our environment
based on naturalenvironmental cues
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Time
A natural cue
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Spaced learning
Massed training/ lessons- unnatural?
Spaced learning- Spaced environmental cues
-natural?
Doug Fields
Spaced Learning
FINALLY,WE BEGAN
TO APPRECIATE THATTHE IMPORTANT
FACTORWAS TIME
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Spaced Learning
Proof by outcome
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Spaced Learning
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We are an integrated learning creature
Latent learning
Procedural learning
Didactic learning)
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a natural learning environment
neuroscience: light, time patternssocial: peers, parents, partners
scientific: evidence not habitTechnologies: faster, better
Part 3: Science and neuroscience
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Learning sciences
create, test and share solutions
using new science and technologies
more effectiveAndrew N. Meltzoff, et al. Science 325, 284 (2009)
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