Education Technology –

Design for an Evolving

Learning Model

Lisa Kostova Ogata

American College of Sofia

April 2014

What two 20-somethings taught

me about learning

Technology has changed the

way we live and learn

THEN (Push) NOW (On Demand)

Teachers + Textbooks “Google” it

Math by hand Excel, Apps

Map, directions Google Maps

Spelling Auto-complete,

Spell check

Proper grammar Memes (LOL )

Hand writing Typing,

Voice Recognition

The workplace is changing

“Office” used to mean:

Today’s office reality

The emergence of the T-shaped

individual

Vertical Expert T-shaped

Area of

expertiseFunctiona

l expertise

Broad skill set and awareness

Teaching in a way that best

prepares kids for the new reality

• IDEO inspired

–Active listening: Mentorship vs. Lecturing.

Ask the “right” questions, don’t lecture

the “right” answers

– Everyone’s ideas are valuable: Get tons

of ideas out as fast as possible

–Creative empowerment: Don’t divide the

world into “creatives” vs. “non-creatives”

• Leverage technology, don’t ban it

• The importance of the human element

Tactical applications of

technology in the classroom

Custom Learning

Experiences

Deeper Analytics &

Classroom

Management

Communication &

Collaboration

Edmodo

A look at how technology may

be applied in the classroom

Questions?

Thoughts?

Appendix

&

Resources

Additional Resources

• IDEO Founder David Kelley’s Ted Talk on Building Creative Confidence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16p9YRF0l-g

• 60 minutes special on the Khan Academy – the future of education. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxJgPHM5NYI

• A short video on using the IDEO process in schools: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2D0nmi19Dw8

• An article on how an Israeli startup is changing the way tablets are used in the classroom:http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/69169/as-tablet-use-surges-startup-nation-creates-technologies/

EdTech Startups – Areas of focus

• Using data and analytics– Customize learning experience for students

– Know and improve student performance and improve relevancy of reports through data

– Create customized and light ways to test learning at more frequent increments. “Test as you go”

• Curate and aggregate content– Create customized learning content (textbooks) and

custom interactive learning modules

• Classroom Management

• Sharing and collaboration (Students, Teachers, Parents)

Khan Academy

Coursemart

Bright Loop Learning

Netsupportschool

Remind101

Edmodo – a Facebook-like

sharing site for teachers,

students and parents

Class Dojo

Boundless – open-sourcing the

textbook