INNOVATION IN EDUCATION: Towards building an innovation culture Valerie Hannon, Innovation Unit, UK THE CASE FOR CHANGE 3 Drivers of innovation in education: 4 5 Technological change is accelerating. To reach 50,000,000 users, it took 38 years 13 years 4 3 years Eric Qualman, Socialnomics, 2009 To reach 100,000,000 users, it took Facebook Eric Qualman, Socialnomics, months World Recession Profound long-lasting consequences for all public services Swingeing cuts in services either underway or in prospect The search for more for less In many countries, deep problems with public sector borrowing, spending and debt Globalisation, so what? Understanding identity, core values and cultural practices is more important than ever Jobs can be quickly transferred from one side of the world to another Consumers/researchers look across the world for the best Higher order skills are at a premium Integrated world markets (IT & containerisation mean new lower-cost producers in the world market) Education itself is globalising: mobile students, distance/online learning, competition between providers Worldwide demand for learning DEVELOPED WORLDDEVELOPING WORLD Worldwide demand for learning DEVELOPING WORLD Youth bulge new demand for learning Worldwide demand for learning DEVELOPED WORLD Ageing population new dependency ratio Workforce crisis Lifelong learners Career Paths are changing. 20 TH CENTURY 1-2 jobs, mastery of one field 21 ST CENTURY jobs, breadth, depth in several fields Pedagogy Place Transformation means fundamental shape-shifting changes in.. Time Partnership 27 its not either/or its both, and. 28 improving supplementing reinventingnew paradigm Formal Learning Informal Learning Existing Providers New Entrants Entrepreneurs Partnerships Cramlington Learning Village improving supplementing reinventingnew paradigm Formal Learning Informal Learning Existing Providers New Entrants Entrepreneurs Partnerships Better day hospitals Hospice at Home Different hospitals Neighbourhood network for palliative care Dying ACTIVITY PART 1 In your group, identify 2-3 examples from your experience that youd like to add to this map of innovative practice and write them on a card Take the deck of cards provided and distribute them around your group Work together to plot the examples onto the heuristic improving supplementing reinventingnew paradigm Formal Learning Informal Learning Existing Providers New Entrants Entrepreneurs Partnerships improving supplementing reinventingnew paradigm Formal Learning Informal Learning Existing Providers New Entrants Entrepreneurs Partnerships DISCUSSION Consider the example If you could visit this jurisdiction, what kind of education do you think you would find there? What about in 5 years time? In ten years? What might it look like then? EXTENSION ACTIVITY Consider each of the 4 quadrants in the heuristic Estimate what the current relative levels of activity are in your jurisdiction of South Australia Is this the right balance in your view? 42 New Insights, new customers improving supplementing reinventingnew paradigm Formal Learning Informal Learning Existing Providers New Entrants Entrepreneurs Partnerships LEARNER OWNERSHIP DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES DISCUSSION What is your view about these two features (digital tech and learner ownership) being the game changers? What opportunities exist in your jurisdiction to make better use of digital technology and increased learner ownership? Conditions for Innovation incentivising student led curriculum development coalition building leveraging use of mobile technologies low barriers of entry for new providers models for co producing learning with learners Investing in and supporting innovation zones mandating personal learning plans open access to a technology infrastructure promoting transformational leadership reviewing the role of teachers valuing and validating disciplined risk taking strong engagement with families and communities freedom for merger and demerger activity local reinvestment of cost savings DISCUSSION Here are some identified conditions for creating an innovation ecosystem Sort them. Which are apparent in your system in South Australia and which are absent? Of those absent, which in your opinion is the most important to create?