Looking Over The Looking Over The Horizon Horizon

Erica McWilliamErica McWilliam

Canberra iLead Conference, 11 May, 2012. Canberra iLead Conference, 11 May, 2012.

1. The future isn’t 1. The future isn’t what it used to be.what it used to be.

Data Transformation: the 4 Data Transformation: the 4 VsVs

VolumeVolume

VarietyVariety

VelocityVelocity

VeracityVeracity

Cultural Transformations: Cultural Transformations: The 4 Cs The 4 Cs

ConnectednessConnectedness

Change in the Workplace (Generational)Change in the Workplace (Generational)

Cheeky Power Plays Cheeky Power Plays - - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YGc4zOqozohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YGc4zOqozo

Can I trust you?Can I trust you?

2. We cannot teach kids 2. We cannot teach kids what they will need to what they will need to

know.know.

3. Learning matters 3. Learning matters more than knowing.more than knowing.

Myth Reality

Flash of insight Comes from immersionBrilliant idea Fail often but earlyIndividualistic CollaborativeNew knowledge Admitting ignoranceInvention Mostly development

Originality Borrowing

Look to the future Look sideways and backwardsAll about learning Unlearning just as vital as learningInternal R & D Networked, open innovationProduct pipeline Consumers as innovators (prod-

users)

Innovation Innovation

Source: Charlie Leadbeater

4. The cafe, not the school, is 4. The cafe, not the school, is the proper antecedent of the proper antecedent of

lifelong learning. lifelong learning.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Wien_Cafe_Central_2004.jpg

The Penny Conference The Penny Conference 20122012

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5. Self-managers with 5. Self-managers with powerful learning powerful learning

portfolios trump those portfolios trump those who rely solely on who rely solely on

credentialscredentials

From Pyramid to NetworkFrom Pyramid to NetworkCommand and

ControlValue Networks

Epistemological agilityEpistemological agility

“The capacity for moving seamlessly across disparate knowledge domains in ways that make for better living,

learning and earning”

6. Distractibility is a boon 6. Distractibility is a boon to learning, not a mental to learning, not a mental

illness illness

7. Effective pedagogy exploits 7. Effective pedagogy exploits the productive tension the productive tension

between intentionality and between intentionality and distractibility.distractibility.

sage on the stage

guide on the side

meddler in the middle

Unlearning How to teachUnlearning How to teach

7 Propositions

• The future isn’t what it used to be.• We cannot teach kids what they will need to We cannot teach kids what they will need to

know.know.• Learning matters more than knowing.Learning matters more than knowing.• The cafe, not the school, is the proper The cafe, not the school, is the proper

antecedent of lifelong learning.antecedent of lifelong learning.• Self-managers with powerful learning portfolios Self-managers with powerful learning portfolios

trump those who rely solely on credentials.trump those who rely solely on credentials.• Distractability is a boon to learning, not a mental Distractability is a boon to learning, not a mental

illness.illness.• Effective pedagogy exploits the productive Effective pedagogy exploits the productive

tension between intentionality and tension between intentionality and distractability. distractability.

Email: e.mcwilliam@qut.edu.au

Website: http://www.ericamcwilliam.com.au/