educational trends 2016

Educational TrendsBrenda Cecilia Padilla Rodríguez

May 4, 2016

Some trends…

Adaptive Learning

Event-Based Learning

Competency-Based

Education

Metacognitive Approach to

LearningEducational Trends, May 2016 2

Adaptive Learning:What is it?

Educational Trends, May 2016 3

• Best in hybrid and online learning environments, where students can be monitored by software and tracking

Data-driven approach to learning, which adjusts to learners’

interactions and performance

Adaptive Learning:Who is using it?

• The Adaptive Learning Market Acceleration Grant Program (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation) provides grants to study adaptive learning platforms in over 20 courses through different pedagogical approaches.


eAdvisor (Arizona State

University, USA)

iLime (Universidad

Internacional de La Rioja, Spain)

Adaptive learning LMS (University of

Phoenix, USA)

E2Coach (University of

Michigan, USA)

Adaptive Learning:Why is it relevant?• Personalised learning

o One size does NOT fit all.

• Improve graduation rates and identify students at risk of dropping out

• Having access to analytics has a positive impact on learning (87% of college students, n= 2,600)


Event-Based Learning:What is it?


• Based on the idea that events, such as births, weddings, religious holidays and festivals, shape our personal and national histories

Learning activities that run over a series of days and create a

memorable sense of occasion

Event-Based Learning:Who is using it?


Knowledge-building events: Bioblitzes

People that carry out a biological survey of an area within a short period of time

Community event: Scratch Days

Users meet up locally to collaborate on programming projects, share and have fun

Media-led learning event: Stargazing Live by the BBC

television, focused on astronomy and planetary

science

?? Glasgow Caledonian ‘Games

On’: Open online 3-week event with themes related to the 2014

Commonwealth Games or Glasgow, and Twitter activities

Event-Based Learning:Why is it relevant?


• Focus that provides learners something concrete to work towards, together with a sense of personal engagement and excitement

• Encounters between amateurs and experts

• Potential to engage millions of people

• Possibility of making significant additions to the body of knowledge

Competency-Based Education:What is it?


• Academic credits are awarded for specific skills and thus allow for more flexible and personalised degrees

Approach to learning and teaching more often used in learning

concrete skills than in abstract learning

Flexible Option (University of

Wisconsin, USA)

CBE Model (Lipscomb

University, USA)

FlexPath (Capella

University, USA)

Deakin Hallmarks (Deakin

University, Australia)

Competency-Based Education:Who is using it?


Competency-Based Education:Why is it relevant?


• Recognition of informal and non-formal learning

• Increased access to formal education for non-traditional students

• Reduced student workload

• Opportunities for undirected activities outside the classroom to become part of schoolwork

Metacognitive Learning:What is it?


• It includes activities such as planning, monitoring comprehension and evaluating progress.

Approach that fosters higher order thinking involving active control

over the cognitive processes engaged in learning

Metacognitive Learning:Who is using it?


Exam Wrappers(Queen’s University,

Canada)

Reflective Journals(University of Brasov,

Romania)

Muddiest Point (San Francisco State

University, USA)

Pre-assessments(Virginia State University,

USA)

Metacognitive Learning:Why is it relevant?


• Focus on knowing how to learn

• Better learning outcomes

• Adjusted teaching strategies

• Ability to analyse personal strengths, weaknesses and study strategies that work (or not)

Activity: Trends in Practice• Objective

o Analyse an example of one of the educational trends (adaptive learning, event-based learning, competency-based education or metacognitive approach to learning).

• Tasko Select the trend you want to work with.o Find an example of an institution that is applying the trend (you can

use one mentioned in this presentation).o Describe this example considering the following questions:

• What is the initiative about?• What are the main challenges that arose during implementation?• What are the results of this initiative?

o Share with other students in your team.
