[Global HR Forum 2013] Freedom to Learn: The Modern Learners's Path to Autonomy

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Freedom to Learn: The Modern Learner’s Path to Autonomy Bruce Dixon Co-founder and President Anytime Anywhere Learning Foundation

Transcript of [Global HR Forum 2013] Freedom to Learn: The Modern Learners's Path to Autonomy

Freedom to Learn:

The Modern Learner’s Path to Autonomy

Bruce Dixon

Co-founder and President

Anytime Anywhere Learning Foundation

What expectations do your students have of what technology makes possible for them?

Where students are learning is changing

When students are learning is changing

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challenge-based, student-directed learning. Presentation to the LIFE Center: Learning in Informal and Formal

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What students are learning is changing

How students are learning is changing

Where students are learning is changing

When students are learning is changing

Emerging Web Technologies

Universal Access

Contemporary Pedagogical

Insight

The Shifts in the Modern Learning Environment….

Inquiry-based

…moving from

the Known to the Unknown

The Social Learner

…moving from

Me to We

Self-directed

…moving from

Dependency to Autonomy

1. Modern learners have the ability to access high quality content whenever and in whatever format we need it …which enables them to draw upon

a diverse range of external resources

Too Big to Know

2. Modern learners have the ability to publish using a variety of media for low or no cost…which enables them

to share their ideas and get feedback from others

The World is our Sounding Board

3. Modern learners have the ability to form networks …which enables

them to contrast ideas and experiences with other learners

Diversity Trumps Curation

4. Modern learners have the ability to form highly interconnected groups around an object of interest…enables

them to engage in shared meaning making

Objects Bind Us

from Me to We

..through the

lens of the Social

Learner…

Principles of Contemporary Learning….

Modern learners have the ability to publish using a diverse variety of media for low or no cost …which enables them to share

their ideas and get feedback from others

The World is our Sounding Board

..through

the lens of the Social Learner…

How does easy

online

publishing change the

way that our students learn?

Adding Value

Responding

Presenting

The World is our Sounding

Board

sportingjournal.com.au

“The Sporting Journal is an Australian based sports news and

opinion website, looking at the National (Australian) and

International sports stage. We have a dedicated team from all

around Australian who strive to provide our readers with regular,

high quality content. We cover everything from the A-League to the Netball Championships, AFL

to NRL as well as having a number of international correspondents

around the globe.”

The Sporting Journal was founded in June 2011, starting as a Sports Blog, but since then has

grown into a sports news and opinion website and a growing

online media organisation.

Currently all their reporters are currently aged between 13 – 25

and are all very keen to learn and grow their skills. Their founder,

Jacob Arnott is 14 years old and completing 8th Grade.

from Me to We

..through

the lens of the Social Learner…

Principles of Contemporary Learning….

Modern learners have the ability to form networks

…which enables them to contrast ideas and experiences with other learners

Diversity Trumps Curation

What opportunities are presented to schools

when our students

create learning

networks?

Personal Learning Networks

Situated Learning

Diversity trumps curation

www.deforestaction.org

How does the

availability of diverse,

high quality and

easily accessible content change the way

our students learn?

Archiving

Exposure to Ideas

Seeking Answers

5. Modern learners have the ability to save and retrieve information in a variety of formats…which enables them to

extend their capacity to manage and manipulate information 6. Modern learners have ability to work in teams to participate in open and distributed projects…which enables

learning teams to manage more complex projects

7. Modern Learners have the ability to reuse and build upon the work of others

…which enables them to move beyond individual and isolated projects 8. Modern Learners have ability to quickly obtain feedback for multiple sources

…which enables them to continuously improve their current work from Known to Unknown

..through the lens of the

Inquiry-based Learner…

Capacity is limitless

Fail Fast

Everything is a Remix

Think Team Brain

Principles of Contemporary Learning….

Modern Learners have the ability to reuse and build upon the work of others

…which enables them to move beyond individual and isolated projects

from Known to Unknown

..through the

lens of the Inquiry-based

Learner…

Everything is a Remix

Principles of Contemporary Learning….

Does copyright

encourage or discourage

creativity

and new ideas?

Everything is a Remix

Read Write Culture

from Dependency to Autonomy

..through the lens of the

Self-directed Learner…

9. Modern learners have the ability to generate large amounts of data about our technology-based activities…which

enables them to use self-generated data to assess and make decisions on future actions

Data Informs

11. Modern learners have the ability to amplify important and noteworthy content …which enables them to

easily identify and participate in new and noteworthy ideas

Powerful Ideas Spread

12. Modern learners have the ability to operate in the same spaces as experts and professionals…which enables

them to make better decisions about their own learning.

Everything is Scaffolding

10. Modern Learners have the ability to view the learning artifacts of others

…which enables them to learn from what other learners are doing or have done

PROCESS Learning leaves Tracks

Principles of Contemporary Learning….

…moving from Dependency to Autonomy

..through the lens of

the Self-

directed Learner…

Modern learners have the ability to operate in the same spaces as experts and professionals

…which enables them to make better decisions about their own learning.

Everything is Scaffolding

Principles of Contemporary Learning….

Rethink…

How do schools respond to students as

autonomous,

high-speed web connected,

self-directed

learners?

Situated Learning

Everything is Scaffolding

Lurk

Negotiate

Engage

Practice

It’s not about delivering curriculum to kids, but

rather discovering curriculum with them

Larry Rosenstock,

Principal, High Tech High San Diego

We used to worry about our students getting around web

filters, now we they are getting around our

curriculum

Richard Olsen

We are locking young people’s

potential up inside our

20th Century notions of

curriculum

Contemporary Curriculum Strategy

Teacher-

directed

Student-

directed

How might we start developing a a contemporary

curriculum strategy ?

..need to know? ..want to know?

100% 75% 50% 25%

Modern technologies provide students with

the potential for experiences of unprecedented breadth, depth

and relevance.

.

We now have the conditions for

modern learners to tackle projects

of a complexity

previously unimaginable.

..as a result we must rethink what we

expect of our students.

We must stop underestimating

what they are now capable of;

and above all…set

much higher expectations

.