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Rethinking School in an Era ofSelf-Organized, Networked Learning

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Two crucial, fundamental questions:

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How is it that you believe children learn?

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What is required for productive, “sticky” learning to take place?

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"Productive learning is the learning process which engenders and reinforces wanting to learn more. Absent wanting

to learn, the learning context is unproductive or counterproductive."

Seymour Sarason

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Do our students “want to learn more?”

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Do our students “want to learn more” about the topics they study in school?

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Jacob Arnott14-year old Editor in Chief

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CHANGEFriday, June 14, 13

Scarcity

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5 Billion App Downloads2.5 Billion People

2 Trillion Webpages5 Years of YouTube video per minute

Est. 1 billion photos uploaded each day 20145 Years of all IP video per second

100,000 Tweets per minute12 Billion Internet Connected Devices by 2015

ABUNDANCE

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GamesVideos

NetworksTexts

Hangouts

(...and all sorts of other interesting stuffthey don’t have access to at school.)

ABUNDANCEKids’ Version

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...A world marked by “ubiquitous computing, ubiquitous information, ubiquitous networks, at unlimited speed, about everything, everywhere, from anywhere, on all kinds of devices that make it ridiculously easy to connect, organize, share, collect, collaborate and publish.”

Michael Wesch

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Media Politics

JournalismMedicineBooks

BusinessMusic...

Which is Changing:

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i.e.

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i.e.

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i.e.

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U.S. Postal Service

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Education?

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Massive Shift

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“The change we are in the middle of isn’t minor, and it isn’t optional.”

Clay Shirky

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In Education:

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In Education:

A Clash of Contexts

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Traditional Learning(Politicians, Parents, Communities, Educators)

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Traditional Learning(Politicians, Parents, Communities, Educators)

Modern Learning(Kids with Access, Connected, Networked Learners)

Vs

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Traditional Learning

Modern Learning

DeliveryVs

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Modern Learning

Delivery

DiscoveryVs

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Traditional LearningWhat you want me to learn.

Modern Learning

Vs

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Traditional LearningWhat you want me to learn.

Modern LearningWhat I want to learn

Vs

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Traditional LearningJust in case.

Modern Learning

Vs

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Traditional LearningJust in case.

Modern LearningJust in time.

Vs

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New reality

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Information, knowledge and teachers are in abundant supply and ubiquitous.

NEW REALITY

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That supply of knowledge and information is expanding and changing at a rate like never before.

ABUNDANCENEW REALITY

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We cannot predict the impacts of technological advances on the future of learning and work.


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We cannot predict the impacts of technological advances on the future of learning and work.

A wide range of new skills and literacies will be required to navigate the future.


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THE Key Shift:

NEW REALITY

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Institutionally Organized World


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Institutionally Organized World

Self-Organized World


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...an agent to get a record deal?...a broker to buy stock?

...a publisher to write a book?...a journalist to report the news?

...a travel agent to book our flights?

Remember when we needed...

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...an agent to get a record deal?...a broker to buy stock?

...a publisher to write a book?...a journalist to report the news?

...a travel agent to book our flights?

...a school to learn Algebra?

Remember when we needed...

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Institutionally Organized Learning

Self-Organized Learning

ABUNDANCENEW ED REALITY

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THE Disruption

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Access to an abundance of content, knowledge, information, teachers,

and technologies shifts the balance of power for learning from the

school to the learner...

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Access to an abundance of content, knowledge, information, teachers,

and technologies shifts the balance of power for learning from the

school to the learner...

...whether we like it or not.

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It. Changes. Us.

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“What you ought to be learning at school is that you don’t need to be taught in order to learn.”

Seymour Papert

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Especially now.

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“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn. ”

Alvin Toffler

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Part 1:Relearning Learning

RELEARNING

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Networks are the new classrooms.

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“Connected Learning”

New Reality

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“Connected learning is realized when a young person is able to pursue a personal interest or passion with the support of friends and caring adults, and is in turn able to link this learning and interest to academic achievement, career success or civic engagement.”

Mimi Ito

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“Continual Learning”

New Reality

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Top “Learning” Tools 2012

582 voteshttp://c4lpt.co.uk/top100tools/

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Top “Learning” Tools 2012

582 voteshttp://c4lpt.co.uk/top100tools/

Self-organized learning

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In a world of abundance, learning is less about content (which is

everywhere) and more about skills and dispositions.

RELEARNING

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“There’s no competitive advantage today in knowing more than the person next to

you. The world doesn’t care what you know. What the world cares about is

what you can do with what you know.”

Tony Wagner

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creativitypassion to know

application of knowledgeinquiry

seeing patternsposing and answering questions

understanding the worldacquiring knowledge

curiosityfinding and solving problems

making somethingunderstanding something you previously didn’t understand

making connectionschanging your perspective on something

synthesizing ideasadding new knowledge

RELEARNING

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RELEARNINGWhich of These do we Assess?

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RELEARNING

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“Learning the new is about being in the flow of new ideas, making sense of what we hear and find out, i.e. by ‘joining the dots’ ourselves, and by sharing our thoughts, experiences, with others in our teams, groups, communities and networks. It’s not about waiting for someone to come along to teach us this new knowledge or new skills but rather to continuously learn for ourselves.”

Jane Hart

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Part 2:Relearning “School”

RELEARNING

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New Reality

Teachers are everywhereClassrooms are everywhere

“School” is everywhere

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215,284,446 Lots of Lessons Delivered

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What if he’s right?

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Self-Organized LearningSelf-Organized Learning

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“What does a middle school algebra teacher do if kindergarteners can start learning to solve equations

within a couple of hours?”

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New Question:

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New Question:

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New Answer:

That which cannot be “Khanified.”

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Part 3:Relearning Higher Education

RELEARNING

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Scarcity

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Scarcity

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Scarcity

Abundance

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Scarcity

Abundance

Information ≠ Education

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Scarcity

Abundance

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Cal Tech, Georgia Tech, U. of Va, Duke, Rice, Johns Hopkins, Stamford, U. of Washington, U. of Illinois, U. of Edinburgh, U.

of Toronto, Princeton, U. of Penn.

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Cal Tech, Georgia Tech, U. of Va, Duke, Rice, Johns Hopkins, Stamford, U. of Washington, U. of Illinois, U. of Edinburgh, U.

of Toronto, Princeton, U. of Penn.

“This is the tsunami.”--Richard DeMillo, Ga. Tech

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InstitutionallyOrganized

Self-Organized

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2024?

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Self-Organized Learners?

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Part 4:Relearning The Future of Work

RELEARNING

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Self-Organized Work

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“Looking to the future of work, one could sum up the anticipated impacts in a single word: More. More intensity. More pressure. More change. More risk. But also, more opportunity. More engagement. More transparency. More impact.”

Yvette Cameron

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To Sum it Up:

ABUNDANCE

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Means that we are now the central, organizing force in our own learning, our own education, and, increasingly our own careers.

ABUNDANCE

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Means that we now need the skills and dispositions to “design”our own

learning and careers.

ABUNDANCE

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Means we must develop a new context for modern learning.

ABUNDANCE

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So...

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Modern LearningVs (?)

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Modern LearningAND

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“We have to do both.”

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New Reality

Schools need to be “different”...not just “better.”

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New Reality

“Better” won’t cut it.

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June 3, 1952Friday, June 14, 13

May 2, 1952

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Moral of the Story

“Better” matters little if what people need and want is something else.

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Where Do We Start?

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Where Do We Start?

With us.

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Where Do We Start?

Ask: “Are we self-organized, connected,

modern learners?”

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LEARNERS FIRST

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LEARNERS FIRSTTeachers Second

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