derek wenmoth director, elearning core education ltd [email protected]
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NATIVES
Follow the markers…Follow the markers…
INTERNATIONAL
NATIONAL
LOCAL
FUTURE
SOCIAL
THINKING
TECHNOLOGY
PEDAGOGY
POLITICAL
EducationalEducational
• Curriculum reviewCurriculum review• Pedagogical changePedagogical change• Learner-centrednessLearner-centredness
– Personalisation/customisationPersonalisation/customisation• Information/digital literacyInformation/digital literacy• AssessmentAssessment• Professional learning - teacher skillsProfessional learning - teacher skills
Schooling StrategySchooling Strategy
• All students experience effective teaching
• Evidence-based practice
• Children’s learning is nurtured by families and whanau
Curriculum ProjectCurriculum Project
Teacher SkillsTeacher Skills
“What teachers really need is in-depth, sustained assistance as they work to integrate computer use into the curriculum and confront the tension between traditional methods of instruction and new pedagogic methods that make extensive use of technology.”(CEO Report, 1999 http://www.ceoforum.org)
“What teachers really need is in-depth, sustained assistance as they work to integrate computer use into the curriculum and confront the tension between traditional methods of instruction and new pedagogic methods that make extensive use of technology.”(CEO Report, 1999 http://www.ceoforum.org)
“Despite growing evidence of the importance of quality teaching, the vast majority of the nation's teachers are prepared in programs that have low admission and graduation standards and cling to an outdated vision of teacher education… [they have] not kept pace with changing demographics, technology, global competition, and pressures to raise student achievement.”
“Despite growing evidence of the importance of quality teaching, the vast majority of the nation's teachers are prepared in programs that have low admission and graduation standards and cling to an outdated vision of teacher education… [they have] not kept pace with changing demographics, technology, global competition, and pressures to raise student achievement.”
PedagogicalPedagogical ChangeChange
politicalpolitical
• AccountabilityAccountability• Financial rigor - ROI focusFinancial rigor - ROI focus• MoE structural changesMoE structural changes• Contestible fundingContestible funding• Pan sector focusPan sector focus
AccountabilityAccountability
Digital StrategyDigital Strategy
•
http://www.digitalstrategy.govt.nz
Ed. Sector ICT StrategyEd. Sector ICT StrategyLearning & Teaching
Research Administration & Support
Connectivity What Improved accessShared resources
How Connected networksAppropriate security
Access & interoperability standardsShared services
Content What Discoverable content in digital repositories
How Open standards-based digital repositoriesDiscovery tools
What Information & knowledge managementLifelong learning
How Information & knowledge management practicesContinuityePortfolios
Confidence &Capability
What Information literacy skills and competencies Effective, efficient systems
How Coordinated change managementMonitoring & compliance
Learning, teaching, research and administration systems
What Learners, teachers, researchers, administrators working together & sharing resources
Agencies delivering value-for-money
How Online learning communitiesSharing effective research & practice
Shared planning & monitoring
SocialSocial
• Internet safetyInternet safety• Digital divideDigital divide• Urban driftUrban drift• Internet - content to conversationInternet - content to conversation• Emphasis on life-long learningEmphasis on life-long learning• Corporate intranet/training focusCorporate intranet/training focus
Internet SafetyInternet Safety
http://www.netsafe.co.nz
Life-long learningLife-long learning
http://www.seniornet.org.nz
technologicaltechnological
• LMS/SMSLMS/SMS• Social software/ Web 2.0Social software/ Web 2.0• Semantic webSemantic web• Advanced NetworkAdvanced Network• Interoperability/connectivityInteroperability/connectivity• Personalisation/customizationPersonalisation/customization• MiniaturizationMiniaturization• ConvergenceConvergence
Personal learning toolsPersonal learning tools
Personal Web Space - eg http://www.myspace.com
Social Bookmarking - eg http://del.icio.us
Photo sharing - eg http://www.flickr.com
Sharing videos - eg http://www.youtube.com
Collaborative websites - wikis eg http://www.jotspot.com
Synchronous toolsSynchronous tools
• Instant message - eg http://www.msn.com • VOIP - (Voice over IP) - eg http://www.skype.com• Video conferencing - eg iChat, Skype, MSN
The Read-Write WebThe Read-Write WebThe everyday creation of content by everyday people
WebNote
10 tips for using furl
VodCasting
Key issues Key issues
• Authorship• Ownership• Identity• Community (not audience)• Discovery• Power of the collective
(harnessing collective intelligence)
• The 4 “R”s
ConvergenceConvergence• Phone (obviously)• Appointments Calendar• Alarm Clock• Game device• Music player• Still Camera• Video Camera• Video player• Address Book• To Do List Reminder• Voice Recorder• Calculator• Email Tool• Text Messenger• Satellite Navigation System
Local/regionalLocal/regional
• Mush NetworksMush Networks– Digital ChristchurchDigital Christchurch– Nelson LoopNelson Loop– LERN networkLERN network
• Broadband ChallengeBroadband Challenge• VC clustersVC clusters
Regional InitiativesRegional Initiatives
• Nelson Loop• Venture
Southland • North Shore• Hamilton• Canterbury
Ref: http://www.beehive.govt.nz/ViewDocument.aspx?DocumentID=26535
And http://www.beehive.govt.nz/ViewDocument.aspx?DocumentID=26535
And http://www.beehive.govt.nz/ViewDocument.aspx?DocumentID=27043
Learning CentresLearning Centres
Parnterships between local council and schools/MoE -
• CHCH South Learning Centre
• Riccarton Community Library
Access anywhere…Access anywhere…
• Wireless networks - local and WAN• Satellitle access to all corners of NZ• WiFi connecting small islands in the Pacific
NationalNational
• Strategies and action plans• KAREN• Research initiatives• Online pilots & projects• Brokerage services
Linking it togetherLinking it together
KARENKAREN
National NetworkNational NetworkCityLink Auckland Vector
North Shore
10Gb
10Gb
Forest ResearchRotorua
Innovation Waikato
10Gb
10Gb
TCL POP Napier 10Gb
Hawkes Bay ResearchCentre
Havelock North10Gb
10Gb
Inspire.NetPalmerston North
10Gb
Massey UniversityPalmerston North
10GbCityLink
Wellington 10Gb GNS Lower Hutt
10Gb
10Gb
TCL POPNelson
10Gb
10GbCanterbury University
10Gb 10Gb
10Gb AgResearchInvermay
= Nortel DWDM Connection
= Fibre Connection
10Gb
10Gb
Hort ResearchMount Albert
CityLinkWellington
= Fibre Patch Lead
REANNZ Physical Network DiagramVersion 1_1
30th December 2005
Lincoln University
Otago University
10Gb
VectorNorth Shore
VC BrokerageVC Brokerage
Research- eFellowsResearch- eFellows
http://www.efellows.org.nz
Research - DigiOpsResearch - DigiOps
• http://www.digiops.org.nz
Research - Online Research - Online ProjectsProjects
What overall impacts are these web-based learning services having on diverse learners?
• http://www.wicked.org.nz• http://www.learn-now.school.nz• http://www.studyit.org.nz• http://www.learnz.org.nz• http://www.anyquestions.org.nz
InternationalInternational
• JISC/DEST partnershipJISC/DEST partnership• Common Services (SOA)Common Services (SOA)• E-Framework - IMSE-Framework - IMS• Advanced networksAdvanced networks
Common Services…Common Services…
E-FrameworkE-FrameworkA services-oriented framework for education and research
http://www.elframework.ac.uk
Advanced NetworksAdvanced Networks
International ReportsInternational Reports
• Emerging Technologies for Learning - BECTAhttp://www.becta.org.uk/research
• Emerging Techologies (EdNA, Australia)• http://www.det.act.gov.au/ • Coming of Age - an introduction to the new WWW• http://www.ictineducation.org • Social Software Report - FutureLab, UK• http://www.futurelab.org.uk/research/
opening_education.htm
Future School…Future School…• What would students learn?
• How would they learn?
• Who would they learn with?
• When would they learn?
• What would they learn on or with?
• Where would they learn?
• How will they/we know what they’ve learned?
• Who decides?
• Etc…
Two key questions…Two key questions…Education in the Future:
• What will our schools be like?
• Where will learning occur?
• What will be the role of teachers?
• What technology will be used?
Education in the Future:
• What will our schools be like?
• Where will learning occur?
• What will be the role of teachers?
• What technology will be used?
Education for the Future:
What must we be doing today to ensure that our students are equipped with the skills and knowledge required to function in the world of tomorrow?
Education for the Future:
What must we be doing today to ensure that our students are equipped with the skills and knowledge required to function in the world of tomorrow?
Future School ScenariosFuture School Scenarios
Secondary FuturesSecondary Futures
http://www.secondaryfutures.co.nz/
3 key questions
5 themes
Database of evidence
Building Future SchoolsBuilding Future Schools
• Ambitious UK project• 2.5 billion pounds per
year• Rebuilding half of all
secondary schools by 2015
• Joint venture - 50% government and 50% business.
Mental ModelsMental Models
What are the ideas about knowledge, mind, and learning that inform your current thinking about how you teach and how schools should be organised?
Ref: Jane Gilbert (2005) Catching the Knowledge Wave - NZCER
KnowledgeKnowledge
• Knowledge is “stuff”
• It can be stored - in minds, books or other kinds of databases
• Knowledge is true, correct, “the facts”
• It is something stable that accumulates slowly over time; new knowledge builds on older knowledge
• It is built up by people, and people can “have” it, however, it exists objectively, independently of people
• There are different branches of knowledge called disciplines or subjects
• Each discipline has its own way of doing things
MindsMinds
• Minds are like containers (filing cabinets or databases), they store knowledge
• Minds also process knowledge; they take it in, organise it and represent it
• Minds are the places where thinking and learning happen
• Some minds have more capacity than other minds for storing and processing knowledge
• The mind is located in the brain, but its activities are distinct from the brain’s other functions
LearningLearning
• Learning is the process by which knowledge gets stored in minds
• Learning is an individual activity: it takes place in individual minds
• Learning is an activity that happens in more or less the same way in all individuals
• Learners of the same age (or stage of development) will be ready for the same kinds of knowledge at the same time
• Learning is easier if the knowledge to be learned is broken down into parts and introduced as a series of steps.
The Net GenerationThe Net Generation
Time using electronic media holding steady at 6.5 hours a day -- but packing more media exposure into that time: 8.5 hours' worth, thanks to "media multitasking"
Time using electronic media holding steady at 6.5 hours a day -- but packing more media exposure into that time: 8.5 hours' worth, thanks to "media multitasking"
Today 82 percent of kids are online by the seventh grade, (Pew Internet and American Life Project)
Today 82 percent of kids are online by the seventh grade, (Pew Internet and American Life Project)
Some characteristicsSome characteristics
• “hypertext minds” ability to leap around and gather information from multiple sources
• Ability to read visual images intuitive visual communicators
• Inductive discovery learn better through discovery than being told
• Fast response time able to respond rapidly and expect rapid responses in return
• Visual - spacial skills perhaps because of their expertise with games they can integrate the virtual with the Physical
• Attentional deployment able to shift their attention rapidly from one task to another
Source: Educating the Net Generation - available electronically: http://www.educause.edu/educatingthenetgen
Think about it…Think about it…
“The only people who call technology “technology”, are those who were born before it was invented”
(Source unknown)
Takeaways…Takeaways…• Alignment of government strategies• Greater bandwidth is coming• Different view of networks• Current students offer insights• Social networking applications• Impact on pedagogy• Future of schooling options• Changing view of knowledge• Consumers to contributors
Choose to act…Choose to act…
• Keep watching– Set up an RSS aggregator– Join email lists
• Participate– Join discussion forums:
Curriculum project, Centre4, LeadSpace
• Contribute– Create a blog– Join a wikispace
Thank youThank you
Derek Wenmoth
Director, eLearning
CORE Education [email protected]
http://blog.core-ed.net/derek