Design for Collaborative Learning:Current Trends & Pedagogy

or

Making Space for Change

Schools face one such important question: What is a great learning environment in

the Wikipedia age?

Bruce Mai

How does space shapehow we learn, work & engage with others?

Mobile learning

The New Electricity

Web 2.0

21st Century Learning

Teacher as Co-learner

Social Media

Shifts Impacting Education

I am entirely certain that 20 years from now we will look back at education as it is practiced

in most schools today and wonder how we could have tolerated anything so primitive.

John W. Gardner

Kids Are Wired Differently

And Therefore Learn Differently

Dr. Alec Couros

The issue here is that a lot of people talk about getting back to basics, but they’re basing this argument on the old economy. The future economies, and the present economy, absolutely depend on innovation and creativity.

Doorley & Witthoft, Make Space (2012)

What are the Ministry of Education

priorities for transforming curriculum?

Thinking

Communicating

Personal & Social Responsibility

The Message Has Been Clear

…students do not want learning made easy, they want it to mean something. They want to feel something, to be moved by what they learn; they want to connect deeply with things that matter to the world and matter to them; and they want the chance to make a difference.

From Imagine a school… Design for LearningWilms, Friesen & Milton (2009)

What are these big 3 core competencies?

• Thinking Competency• Critical thinking• Creative thinking• Reflective thinking

• Personal and Social Competency• Positive personal and cultural identity• Personal awareness and responsibility• Social awareness and responsibility

• Communication Competency• Use of language and symbols• Digital literacy

B.C. Ministry of EducationCurriculum Transformation & Assessment

Making the Shift

• Covering curriculum

• Subjects and courses

• Learning outcomes

• Measuring & assessing student work

• Evaluation and grading

• Engaging students in deep learning

• Interdisciplinary, relevant & meaningful learning experiences

• Big ideas, learning standards

• Descriptive feedback, developing competencies

• Learner profiles, communicating student learning

From… To…

The shrink wrapped binders are not in the mail.

Common Competencies and Content

• Reduced in scope

• Balance with personalized content

• Old: binders with unending learning outcomes

• New: simple one page overviews of competencies, big ideas, learning standards, concepts and content.

Core Competencies• Thinking, Communicating,

Personal & Social Responsibility

Big Ideas:• Patterns represented in various

ways show repeated regularities.

Learning Standards:• Students will be able to

problem-solve:• Representing: Develop

mathematical understanding through concrete, pictorial, and symbolic representations

Concepts & Content:• Student will know and

understand the following concepts and content

• repeating patterns with two or three elements

Think of it this way:

Marshall McLuhan in What did you do in school today?

Learning is now driven through student inquiry

“Education must shiftfrom instructionto discovery-to probing andexploration…”

What Matters?

Three critical ingredients: Relevance, Authenticity, & Depth:

• Relevance: How do we ensure learning provides opportunities for real-world problem solving?

• Authenticity: What opportunities do we provide for outcomes to be showcased or recognized by a local & global audience?

• Depth: Do we offer ways to extend learner engagement beyond the curriculum & school day?

From What Matters Now? Michael Furdyck (2014))

Collaborative learning,according to experts on the subject,

unleashes a unique intellectual & social energy.

TheThirdTeacher: 79 Ways You Can Use Design To Transform Teaching & Learning (2010)

Doorley & Wittholft, make space (2012)

Space Matters.

We read our physical environment like we read a face.

Doorley & Wittholft, make space (2012)

Collaboration & creation aren’t

bound to designated areas;

they evolve throughout a space,

absorbing different people,

places, and perspectives.

Doorley & Wittholft, make space (2012)

…think of space primarily as a way to change behavior, not as a facilities project or a showpiece for our brand.

Doorley & Wittholft, make space (2012)

Make space is a tool for using space to shape the culture &

habits of a creative community. Building a space is tough, but

shaping culture is an absurd act of daring.

Design with Multiple Situations in Mind

Doorley & Wittholft (2012), make space

The “campfire” configurationcan dramatically impactthe quality of an activity.

Doorley & Wittholft (2012), make space

Space is the “body language”of an organization.

Chris Flink in

Doorley & Wittholft (2012), make space

Art and science need each other.

Discoveries-great and small-happen

when the two come together;

so give students places for cross-disciplinary work,

and who knows what

creative genius

will flourish.

TheThirdTeacher: 79 Ways You Can Use Design To Transform Teaching & Learning (2010)

Make Peace with Fidgeting:

Think of it as brain development, which it is.

Then think of how to make room for it in the classroom.

TheThirdTeacher: 79 Ways You Can Use Design To Transform Teaching & Learning (2010)

Give students furniture that lets them twist &

learn safely. The movement will

increase their ability to concentrate.

ThirdTeacher: 79 Ways You Can Use Design

To Transform Teaching & Learning (2010)

A learning space that can be reconfigured on a dime

will engage different kinds of learners and teachers.

TheThirdTeacher: 79 Ways You Can Use Design To Transform Teaching & Learning (2010)

Who said playgrounds had to be at ground level? Locate play space anywhere and everywhere, from rooftop terraces to indoor atriums.

TheThirdTeacher: 79 Ways You Can Use Design To Transform Teaching & Learning (2010)

Life is full of choices. Prepare kids by giving them a say at school.

Alcoves and furniture in hallways discourage high-speed traffic and create places of pause.

TheThirdTeacher: 79 Ways You Can Use Design To Transform Teaching & Learning (2010)

Children of all ages need places where they can learn by touching, manipulating, and making things with their hands.

TheThirdTeacher: 79 Ways You Can Use Design To Transform Teaching & Learning (2010)

Give students places to exhibit their work as if it were in a public gallery, then invite

the public to come and have a look.

TheThirdTeacher: 79 Ways You Can Use Design To Transform Teaching & Learning (2010)

Injecting a learning space with playfulness

and humor creates a warm and

welcoming atmosphere.

TheThirdTeacher: 79 Ways You Can Use Design

To Transform Teaching & Learning (2010)

Make sure a classroom has the capacity to link into learning

opportunities beyond it’s four walls

- even beyond the Earth itself.

TheThirdTeacher: 79 Ways You Can Use Design

To Transform Teaching & Learning (2010)

Space Matters

What are you doing about it?

Presentation

• Elisa Carlson, Ed. D.• Director of Instruction, Surrey Schools• @EMSCarlson• Blog: InnovativeLearningDesigns.ca• Technical and design assistance from Elliott

Carlson

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