2014 inacol symposium - susan patrick welcome

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iNACOL: A Mission to Transform

•iNACOL: formed to transform learning– Early mission: Advance the work of teachers, administrators and public policy

makers in the field of online learning to transform teaching and learning toward student-centered approaches

– New opportunity: new student-centered learning models leveraging new tools have the potential to dramatically boost worldwide learning

•Transformation will require:– Policy Advocacy– Communications– New Models– Convening & Field-building

Policy Advocacy

• Building Coherent (Student-Centered) Accountability 3.0 Model• Rethinking Systems of Assessments • Expanding Access to Educational Opportunity (Courses, Programs)• Modernizing Human Capital Systems and Talent• Improving Technology and Broadband (Modernizing E-Rate)

– Transformative shift from time-based to learner-centered– Advancing on mastery; eliminates learning gaps– Core component of personalized, student-centered– Transformation is a pedagogical, technical, political challenge

the largest active community of practice transforming the future

of education.

Top 10 Trends Driving the Future of Education

1. Personalized Learning

2. Competency Education

3. Learner Profile/Interest-driven

4. Online Learning

5. Blended Learning

6. Open Content and OER

7. Adaptive Technologies

8. Badging

9. Community Connectivism

10. Mobile Learning

Global Context Matters

Amina Mohammed, the United Nations Special Advisor to the Secretary

General on “Post-2015 Development Planning for Global Education” said: “Quality basic education is a prerequisite for meeting the unalienable right to learn and to develop. However, the complexities of new and emerging global challenges demand that the education agenda must be more aspirational. Provision of quality education and skills training at all levels, seamlessly linking with pathways to lifelong learning, must be equitably accessible for all through a range of flexible modalities in order to cater to the diverse needs of learners today.”