Understanding the Next Generation of Students and How They Expect to Learn

Blended Learning Conference August 28 - 29 2012

Cathie Howe Macquarie ICT Innovations Centre

Who am I?

Professional Learning & Leadership Coordinator

Manager Macquarie ICT Innovations Centre

Our Community

DEC & non-DEC schools across NSW Students K-12 Teachers K - 12 School Executives

DEC Regional staff University students Academic partners Industry Partners

Living and Learning in a Technology Rich World

CONNECTING

COMMUNICATING

COLLABORATING

LEARNING COLLECTIVELY

PRODUCING

CUSTOMISING & ADAPTING TECHNOLOGY

Learning Environments

compromised access to technology

emerging technology rich environments with a blend of physical and virtual spaces

FROM

TO

Pedagogical Approach: Inquiry Learning

can take many forms…

student-centred

teacher-guided learning

concepts learned in context development of

students’ critical and creative

thinking skills

supports autonomous learning

creates the need to know

authentic learning activities

begins with a driving question - key to arousing curiosity

engages and empowers students

work autonomously (usually in groups)

construct their own learning

culminates in realistic, student created products

Pedagogical Approach: Inquiry Learning

Models of Delivery | Project Based Learning

Student Reflections

collaborative learning

guided knowledge construction

propose solutions to real problems

take action

reflect on learning and the impact of actions

publish solutions to a worldwide audience

focus on learning process rather than product

Pedagogical Approach: Inquiry Learning

Models of Delivery | Challenged Based Learning

Student Challenges

real world contexts

multiple contexts

scaffolded challenges and open-ended design tasks

rich, varied feedback

discussion and collaboration

experimentation and exploration

both the process of learning and its outcomes or products are valued

Pedagogical Approach: Inquiry Learning

Models of Delivery | Design Based Learning

Student Design

videos instead of direct instruction

increased interaction

autonomous learning

teacher is "guide on the side” not "sage on the stage"

a blending of direct instruction with constructivist learning

content is curated

Pedagogical Approach: Inquiry Learning

Models of Delivery | Flipped Classroom

Processes

Building PLNs (Professional Learning Networks)

Crowdsourcing

Crowd Collaboration

Technologies

eLearning platforms

Mobile technologies

Smart devices

Netbooks

Cloud computing Storage and collaboration

Connecting & Communicating

Collaborating & Sharing

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Web 2.0

Overcoming Challenges

Regional Professional Learning consultancy teams

Project Leader Ms Kate Farrow

Year 10 students created an alternate reality game played by 120 Year 7 students over

3 consecutive school days

Year 7 Global Citizenship Project

Students as Learning Designers Manly Selective HS

Year 7 Global Citizenship Project

The future…

If people don’t really learn how to learn and how to engage, and how to be flexible and adaptive, how to find communities and have ideas about things that they want to do now, we’re just really in trouble.

Professor Katie Salen

George Siemens suggests that, when students “make their learning transparent, they

become teachers.”

Some questions to ask ourselves…

Is it possible to share knowledge more effectively in online spaces?

Who might be directing the learning in online spaces?

As teachers we are beginning to be urged to:

Rethink access

Rethink transparency Rethink openess

Rethink ownership

Understanding Virtual Pedagogies For Contemporary Teaching & Learning AN IDEAS LAB WHITEPAPER

Understanding Virtual Pedagogies For Contemporary Teaching & Learning AN IDEAS LAB WHITEPAPER

Perhaps the question we should be asking ourselves is not how technology can improve

what we are currently doing…

BUT

what is now possible?

We are at the very beginning of what these new technologies will enable.

Contact details

catherine.howe@det.nsw.edu.au

http://au.linkedin.com/in/cathiehowe

@cathie_h

@macict

http://web2.macquarieict.schools.nsw.edu.au

Macquarie ICT Innovations Centre Building C5B, Macquarie University NSW, 2109 Ph | 02 9850 4310