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Learning in 21st Century

How people think, communicate and learn together in technology supported interactions .. .Ilker Yengin (PhD) Social & Cognitive ComputingInstitute of High Performance Computing, A*STAR

Optimize communications and thinking processesCollaborative knowledge buildingMulti-modal knowledge representation

Mobile AppsSocial Tutoring RobotsE-Learning ToolsOutline21st Century Life and Economic Values Learning Societies in 21st centuryCore Cognitive Skills in 21st century EducationActivities to Develop 21st century Cognitive SkillsTechnology for 21st century Education Developing Social and Communicative Skills DiaCog

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21st Century Life and Economic Values Learning Societies in 21st centuryCore Cognitive Skills in 21st century EducationActivities to Develop 21st century Cognitive SkillsTechnology for 21st century Education Developing Social and Communicative Skills DiaCog

60s70sICT and Change80s90s

ICT and Change

2000ICT and ChangeNowadays

Internet = Economic Power

Knowledge = Internet

Knowledge Creates Greater KnowledgeLeibold, Marius, Gilbert Probst, and Michael Gibbert. Strategic Management in the Knowledge Economy: New Approaches and Business Applications. Erlangen: John Wiley & Sons.2007.

ICT enabled knowledge societies create new economical values to the products or processes that enable the knowledge societies to provide new methods to generate even greater knowledge

Knowledge Knowledge

Knowledge Knowledge

Internet= KnowledgePositive disruptive technologyCreating new industries Spread KnowledgeOrganize new social interactionEducation=Economic PowerEffective education of cognitive skills is positively correlated with the economic growth of the societies .Hanushek, E. A., & Wmann, L. The role of education quality for economic growth. 2007.Education=Economic Power

Can you calculate this for me ?

1 Percent of GDP of USA in 2013 = ? 167 Billion

Question ?IF >Internet = Economic PowerKnowledge = InternetKnowledge Creates Greater KnowledgeEducation=Economic Power

What is Education THEN?

Question ?IF >Internet = Economic PowerKnowledge = InternetKnowledge Creates Greater KnowledgeEducation=Economic Power

What is Education THEN? >

Education = Internet=Economic PowerEducation = Internet =Knowledge Education Creates Greater Education = ?Education Creates Greater Knowledge ?

http://www.ericsson.com/thinkingahead/networked_society

Winning Ingredient in the Equation Successful economies and societies will need to be creative !

2010 Winning Ingredients report , Standard Chartered

Fast changing dynamics Knowledge as the economical valueNetworked societies Collaboration and team workImportance of creative and innovative individuals 21st Century Life and Economic Values Learning Societies in 21st centuryCore Cognitive Skills in 21st century EducationActivities to Develop 21st century Cognitive SkillsTechnology for 21st century Education Developing Social and Communicative Skills DiaCogChange = ?

Exam Factory

Pupils becoming 'anxious, stressed and disaffectedhttp://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/

http://www.google.com.sg/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativityhttp://www.technologyreview.com/news/506351/the-most-important-education-technology-in-200-years/Knowledge SocietyFactory ModelChanging Face of Education21st Century Life and Economic Values Learning Societies in 21st centuryCore Cognitive Skills in 21st century EducationActivities to Develop 21st century Cognitive SkillsTechnology for 21st century Education Developing Social and Communicative Skills DiaCogCORE COGNITIVE SKILLS IN 21st CENTURY EDUCATION

CORE COGNITIVE SKILLS IN 21st CENTURY EDUCATIONCreativity

Inventive Thinking

Critical Thinking

Effective Communication

Collaborating in Teams

The Flexible & Self-directed Learning

Cross-cultural Understanding

ICT Literate

21st Century Life and Economic Values Learning Societies in 21st centuryCore Cognitive Skills in 21st century EducationActivities to Develop 21st century Cognitive SkillsTechnology for 21st century Education Developing Social and Communicative Skills DiaCog

Activities to Develop 21 Cognitive Skills

Tilling and Fadel (2009). 21st Century Skills 21st Century Life and Economic Values Learning Societies in 21st centuryCore Cognitive Skills in 21st century EducationActivities to Develop 21st century Cognitive SkillsTechnology for 21st century Education Developing Social and Communicative Skills DiaCog

Future direction of Knowledge! Plagiarism=? Privacy and Security=?

http://classroom-aid.com/technology-resources/Web 2.0 & 21st CENTURY EDUCATION

http://content.clearchannel.com/cc-common/mlib/4665/03/4665_1362608472.jpgCreativity & Inventive ThinkingDifferent forms of collaborative idea creation and discussion tools:

Wikis BlogOnline story telling Brainstorming Concept mapping Multimedia (Video, audio, 3D objects etc.)Games Document Formats (Presentation, office documents etc.)

Web 2.0 Web 2.0 & Critical ThinkingOpen platform Impact and trustworthiness of resources

Web 2.0 & Effective CommunicationText based messages Allowing different modes of non-verbal communication.

Web 2.0 & ICT Literacy Chicken Egg Problem Cyber ethics and rights

Web 2.0 Cross-cultural Understanding A platform to practice attitudes.

Flexible & Self Directed LearningPlatform for practice skills

21st Century Life and Economic Values Learning Societies in 21st centuryCore Cognitive Skills in 21st century EducationActivities to Develop 21st century Cognitive SkillsTechnology for 21st century Education Developing Social and Communicative Skills DiaCogCORE COGNITIVE SKILLS IN 21st CENTURY EDUCATIONCreativity

Inventive Thinking

Critical Thinking

Effective Communication

Collaborating in Teams

The Flexible & Self-directed Learning

Cross-cultural Understanding

ICT Literate

Example ArgumentationWhat do you think about the role of the internet in education in 21st century ? Player 1s Response to the QuestionComment of Player 2 to Player 1Player 2s Response to the QuestionComment of Player 3 to Player 2Player 3s Response to the QuestionComment of Player 1 to Player 3What is the Structure of language and cognition in this dialog ?

Outline21st Century Life and Economic Values Learning Societies in 21st centuryCore Cognitive Skills in 21st century EducationActivities to Develop 21st century Cognitive SkillsTechnology for 21st century Education Developing Social and Communicative Skills DiaCogSTART: Copyright laws and policy could be better aligned with the interests of both consumers and copyright holders.TURN 1:Student A: I agree, although the Copyright Act attempts to balance culture and commerce through exclusive incentive models and fair use defenses, the law just doesnt seem to be keeping up with the way end users, developers, and content creators operate in the digital sphere.Student D: For instance, current copyright laws are inadequate for the digital age anyway, some legal experts says "Most of it was written more than a quarter century ago,"Teacher: Is it the case that , the Copyright Act protects original expression, but what is considered original?Student C: I read that, a work can only be original if it is the result ofindependent creative effort.

Tracking Interactions with Cognitive MapsTracking Interactions with Cognitive MapsSTART: Copyright laws and policy could be better aligned with the interests of both consumers and copyright holders.Student A: I agree, although the Copyright Act attempts to balance culture and commerce through exclusive incentive models and fair use defenses, the law just doesnt seem to be keeping up with the way end users, developers, and content creators operate in the digital sphere.Student D: For instance, current copyright laws are inadequate for the digital age anyway, some legal experts says "Most of it was written more than a quarter century ago,"Teacher: Is it the case that , the Copyright Act protects original expression, but what is considered original?Student C: I read that, a work can only be original if it is the result ofindependent creative effort.

Student C

Teacher

Student D

Student ASTART

I read that, for Type II is theoretically possible to fulfill a condition which is given in the if-clause.Structuring cognitionSummary21st Century Life and Economic Values Learning Societies in 21st centuryCore Cognitive Skills in 21st century EducationActivities to Develop 21st century Cognitive SkillsTechnology for 21st century Education Developing Social and Communicative Skills DiaCog

Social & Cognitive ComputingInstitute of High Performance Computing, A*STARBy Ilker Yengin (PhD) yengini@ihpc.a-star.edu.sgCollaborative Thinking Technologies

Learning in 21st Centuryhttp://www.slideshare.net/ilkyen/21st-century-learning-and-technology