Teaching & Learning in the 21st CenturyArgentina 2017

Teaching & Learning in the 21st Century

David BishDirector of Academic Management

EF Education First, Zurich

21st Century Skills1. Critical thinking

2. Problem solving

3. Communication skills

4. Collaborating

5. Flexibility and adaptability

6. IT literacy

7. Innovation and creativity

8. Global competency/awareness

9. Financial literacy

10. Entrepreneurialism

What is 21st Century Learning?

Why do we need it?

1930 Netherlands1950 USA Language Lab1980 Language Lab

“If we teach today’s students as we taught yesterday’s, we rob them of tomorrow.”

John Dewey

2016 VR Convention

Bloom’s

Taxonomy

Language is changing

• Digital native (N)• To Google (V)• Vlogger (N)• Fake news (N)• Flipped classroom (N)

• Clickbait (N)• Bitcoin (N) • To unfriend (Vb)• Lit (Adj) • TL;DR (Adj)

Jobs are changing

Are learners changing?

Homo Digitalis: The Digital Native

Digital Natives are used to receiving information really fast.

They like to parallel process and multi-task. They prefer their

graphics before their text rather than the opposite. They

prefer random access (like hypertext). They function best

when networked. They thrive on instant gratification and

frequent rewards. They prefer games to ‘serious’ work.

Marc Prensky

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Problems or opportunities?

Which of these matter most in education?

• Availability of, and familiarity with, ICT

• Learner autonomy

• Potential for new ways to learn

• Learner motivation

• Teacher flexibility

• Learner motivation

• Potential for new ways to learn

• Learner autonomy

• Availability of, and familiarity with, ICT

• Teacher flexibility

• Quick responses

• Control

• Following interests

• Personalised

• Thinking differently / puzzle solving

• Getting information about the world (…that they don’t teach at school)

• Being socially connected

• Gaining social capital

What motivates the 21st Century Learner?

Top level teaching strategies

• Rich input

If you can’t beat ‘em join ‘em (but not just digital)

• Focus

Help them cope

• Feedback

Knowledge of results, small increments

• Disruption

Engage the students with something unexpected

• Problem solving

Challenge the students to think for themselves

Additive or Transformative Pedagogy?

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me

nt Substitution

Tech acts as a direct tool substitute, with no

functional change

AugmentationTech acts as a direct tool substitute, with

functional improvement

ModificationTech allows for significant task redesign

RedefinitionTech allows for the creation of tasks previously

unconceivable Tra

nsfo

rmation

Tethering & Silos

vs Mobility & Interaction

The Flipped Classroom

Student created lessons

The Double Flip

Thank you!

David.Bish@ef.com

References

Mentimeter (online quiz/voting platform)

https://www.mentimeter.com

The invented History of ‘The Factory Model of Education’, Audrey Watters:http://hackeducation.com/2015/04/25/factory-model

Oversold & Underused, Larry Cuban:https://books.google.com.ar/books/about/Oversold_and_Underused

CST Inspired Minds Careers 2030:http://careers2030.cst.org/jobs/

MacArthur Foundation, Digital Media & Learning:https://www.macfound.org/programs/learning/

SAMR Model, Rueben Puentedura: http://hippasus.com/rrpweblog

The North Face ‘Our Story’:https://www.thenorthface.co.uk/about-us/our-story.html

A flipped classroom lessonhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKVV9AIbQvw&feature=youtu.be

EF EPI 2017www.ef.com/epi/

Using Technology to Personalize Learning, Darrell Westhttps://www.brookings.edu/research/using-technology-to-personalize-learning-and-assess-students-in-real-time/

21c Partnership

http://www.p21.org/our-work/p21-framework

Blooms Taxonomy historyhttp://www.learnnc.org/lp/pages/4719

Blloming Appa, Kathy Schrockhttp://www.schrockguide.net/bloomin-apps.html

Educreations (App for teaching presentations)https://www.educreations.com/