dr. baldev singh director of education strategy global ict trends in education meeting the...
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Dr. Baldev Singh
Director of Education Strategy
Global ICT Trends in EducationMeeting the Challenges of 21st Century Education
Context
Global 21st Century education drivers
ICT, pedagogy and transformation
Emerging Technologies and opportunities
Driving principle
“If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to
go far, go together”African Proverb
• 1.5 million pieces of content are shared on social media…daily.
• 120,000 blogs created daily
• 2 blogs created per second
• Generation Y and Z consider e-mail passé…In 2009 Boston College stopped distributing e-mail addresses to incoming freshmen
Something is happening..
Collaboration is a recursive process where two or more people or
organizations work together to achieve a common goal
Defining Collaboration
Drivers for collaboration
Web 2.0
Web 2.0
Drivers for collaboration
Demographics
Population World Map
Marc Prensky
2006This is the year when one of the greatest collaborative projects of our time was completed....
Multiple countries involvedSupported through technology
The mapping of the human genome
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0012/001295/129533e.pdf
Educational transformation process
Students who studied in groups, even only once a week, were more engaged in their studies, were better prepared for class, and learned significantly more than students who worked on their own (Light 2001)
What does research tell us about the value of collaborative learning?
It is about a change in the teacher-student relationship
"Our exams have to reflect daily life in the classroom and daily life in the classroom has to reflect life in society” Minister of education
New opportunities
ACTIVITY: Tell a story in 6 words
ACTIVITY: Tell a story in 6 words
Career Readiness
Think creatively Interact effectively with others
Reason effectively Produce results
Make decisions Adapt to change
Solve problems Manage goals and time
Communicate clearly Use and manage information
Collaborate with others Be flexible
Analyse media Work creatively with others
People Collaborating: Tell a Story
Learners Collaborating: Hole in the Wall Project
Self organized collaborative learning through technology
"I love solving Maths problems. I find that very interesting. I have learnt it from my sister Raj. I have taught my friend Shilpa.“
Chanchal (Girl, 12)
UNESCO ICT Competency framework
International school partnershipsFor young people this might mean:
Understanding - of our increasingly global society
Making a contribution - through partnership programmes
Able to function effectively - socially, work, education
Ray Kirtley
Anytime Anywhere Learning Foundation www.aalf.org
Collective intelligence“Imagine a world in which every single
person is given free access to the sum
of all human knowledge.”
…almost 6.5 million articles, in some 250 languages by almost 6 million people*.
…now we can. Bruce Dixon
Technology integration requires a new approach to pedagogy
The changing paradigm
Knowledge Remember/Repeat
Knowledge Find/Use
Intrigue, creativity, motivation
Transformational use of technology
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Global drivers in changing the educational landscape
INNOVATION
GLOBALIZATION KNOWLEDGEECONOMY
Technology might be the answer but what was
The Question?
Engagement
The emerging tools
Map of Future Forces Affecting Education (2006-2016)
Institute for the future
Blooms Taxonomy
Blooms Taxonomy revisited
Changing Technologies
E-Learning
Wiki Blogs
RSSPodcasts
C-Learning
Blog aggregators
Educational Pod casts
RSS=Really Simple Syndication
The changing face of information
Mash-ups
ICT
-Information Communication Technology
-Information Collaboration Technology
-Information Connecting Technology
-Information Culture Change Technology
