10 opportunities to embrace the future of education now

10 Ten Trends in K-12 Education:

What You Should Know and Why You Should Care

Dr. Bernard Bullbernard.bull@cuw.edu

www.etale.org@bdean1000

#blended #personalizedlearning

#adaptiveed #cbe

#openbadges #learninganalytics

#feedback #opened

#studentpln #edupreneurs

Where is the learner?

1. Blended Learning

http://www.christenseninstitute.org/blended-learning-model-definitions/

2. Personalized Learning (Time, Place, Pace, Path)

“Blended learning is a formal education program where the student is learning in part online and has some control over time, pace, and path” – Michael Horn 2/14/14

3. Adaptive Learning

‘the cognitive tutor”

4. Competency-based Education

Competencyvs.

Seat Time

PersonalizedPathways

Learningvs.

Teaching

The Syllabus Experiment

20% - participation

40% - 8 unit tests

30% - daily homework / activities / assignments

10% - quizzes

The Syllabus Experiment

Unit Test Scores – 40, 80, 80, 85, 85,

90, 95, 100 = 82.5%

Unit Test Scores – 90, 85, 85, 85, 85,

85, 85, 85 = 85.6%

The Syllabus Experiment

20% - participation

40% - 8 unit tests

30% - daily homework / activities / assignments

10% - quizzes

What is the highest possible

grading while knowing little?

What is the lowest possible grading while knowing a

great deal?

What if we had something else?

5. Micro-Credentials & Digital Badges

What is a digital badge?

A visual/digital symbol that indicates evidence of specific knowledge, skill, accomplishments, etc.

+ meta-data

What is a digital badge?

meta-data• Description • Badge Issuer• Criteria

Open Badge Infrastructure

http://www.openbadges.org/

2011-2013 Digital Badge Grant Competition

http://www.hastac.org/dml-competitions/2012

The Summer of Learning

http://www.chicagosummeroflearning.org/

Reconnect Learning

http://www.reconnectlearning.org

Digital Promise: Micro-Credentials for Educators

http://www.digitalpromise.org/initiatives/educator-micro-credentials

Competency-based Digital Badges at CUW

Port 1 - 0 Credits

Elective - 3 Credits

EDT 893 - 3 Credits

EDT 892 - 3 Credits

EDT 970 - 3 Credits

EDT 885 - 3 Credits

EDT 890 - 3 Credits

EDT 908 - 3 Credits

EDT 889 - 3 Credits

Elective - 3 Credits

Elective - 3 Credits

Elective - 3 Credits

Port 2 - 0 Credits

Port 3 - 0 Credits

=

M.S. in Educational Design & Technology

Learning Objectives

Required Learning Activities

Units of Instruction

Assessments

Flipped Classroom

Strategies for Interactive

Lecture

Learning Experience

Design Essentials

Digital Storytelling

Gamification & Game-based

Learning

Project-based Learning

Digital Discussion

-based Learning

Inquiry-based Learning

Sample Badge

Competency introduction and

instructions

Badge Host

Practice exercises to help reach the competency

Access to content and resources about PBL

Opportunities to connect and

collaborate on PBL

Worked examples of PBL

Criteria for earning the badge

=

M.S. in Educational Design & Technology

University owns the credential

Student owns / controls some of the credentials

Updated resume upon completion of courses and degree

Ongoing resume updates with each new badge

University formatted transcriptStudent can adjust the “transcript” based on a given context.

Credential describes courses and degrees.

Prerequisite competencies.

Credential describes discrete knowledge & skill.

Prerequisite courses

=

M.S. in Educational Design & Technology

=M.S. in Teaching &Learning

Graduate Certificatein Assessment Strategies

=M.S. in Educational Design & Technology

Badge from a MOOC

Badge Through Prior Learning

Badge from Professional Organization

Badge from Another University

Student Designed Badge

= School A

= School B

= School C

Cross-School Curriculum

Udacity NanoDegrees

https://www.udacity.com/nanodegrees

Clinical Competencies for Medical Students

https://credly.com/u/19623

Wan to issue badges?

http://etale.org/main/2014/07/27/want-to-issue-open-badges-here-are-some-options/

Etale + want to issue badges?

6. Learning Analytics

tracking &

adjusting

Identifying gaps& patterns

using to driveSchool

decisions

The Dark Side of Learning Analytics

Which data? What do the data tell us?

7. Assessment & Feedback

PortfolioAssessment

SelfFeedback

Peer Feedback

Remote Coaches, Tutors & Mentors

8. Open Learning

9. Democratization & The Personal Learning Network

Un bun dl ed Education

Learning Plans

Instructor Course Design

Courses

School Experience

Tuition & Fees

www.etale.org

Networked Life & Learning

Behaviorism

Cognitivism

Construstivism

Connectivism

http://www.connectivism.ca/

“Capable People”

“The world is no place for the inflexible, the unprepared, and the ostrich with head in sand,

and this applies to organizations as well as individuals.”

http://www.psy.gla.ac.uk/~steve/pr/Heutagogy.html

The Personal Learning Network (and why it matters for your students)

“A personal learning network is an informal learning network that consists of people a learner interacts with and derives

knowledge from in a personal learning environment.” – from the learning network known as Wikipedia

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cpoyatos/5292412247/sizes/o/in/photostream/

Self-directed Learning

“...the individual takes the initiative and the responsibility for what

occurs. Individuals select, manage, and assess their own learning

activities...”http://selfdirectedlearning.com/

Your Personal Learning Network

The PLN Challenge

http://etale.org/main/2013/10/30/join-the-pln-challenge-earn-a-rare-and-prized-badge/

The Personal Learning Plan1. What is the question that will drive my inquiry?

2. How will I pursue answers to this question?

3. How will I expand or leverage my personal learning network?

4. How will I document my journey?

5. What will be the culminating product or performance?

6. How will I monitor my progress?

7. What is my timeline?

8. With whom will I share my work?

http://www.teachingquality.org/teacherpreneurs

10. Edupreneurship

“The winning and surviving learning organizations will be the ones that put the students first.”

Dan Rosensweig (CEO of Chegg)

spirituality television

needs of my neighbor

Mr. Rogers’Neighborhood

? ?

?

Your Neighborhood

10 Ten Trends in K-12 Education:

What You Should Know and Why You Should Care

Dr. Bernard Bullbernard.bull@cuw.edu

www.etale.org@bdean1000