National Art Education AssociationMuseum Division Awards LuncheonMarch 18, 2011

Marsha SemmelDeputy Director for Museums and Director for Strategic Partnerships

Taft Museum of Art – Cincinnati, OH

Charting the Landscape, Mapping New Paths, 2004

P21 Leadership Council

P21 Leadership States

ArizonaIllinoisIowaKentucky KansasLouisianaMaineMassachusettsNevadaNew JerseyNorth CarolinaOhioSouth DakotaWest VirginiaWisconsin

What will learning look like in the future?

The Creative/Knowledge Economy

• Globalization

• Technology

• New Skills to Compete

Shifting Jobs and New Skills

Increase in Mobile Technology

http://www.tomorrow.org/speakup/

Advances in Learning Science

New Research About Early Learning

Recognition of Lifelong Learning

-Banks et al. “Learning in and out of school in diverse environments…” Seattle: NSF LIFE Center and University of Washington Center for Multicultural Education. 2006.

Increased Dropout Rates

Growing DIY and Maker Culture

21st Century Skills

• Learning & Innovation Skills• Information, Media, & Technology Skills• Life & Career Skills

In Other Words, the “4 C’s”

• Creativity• Collaboration• Communication• Critical Thinking

21st Century Themes

• Global awareness• Financial, economic, business, and

entrepreneurial literacy• Civic literacy• Health literacy• Environmental literacy

IMLS Initiative

• Museums, Libraries, and 21st Century Skills report

• Self-assessment Toolwww.imls21stcenturyskills.org

• Community Learning Scan

The 21st Century Museum/Library Shift

Making the Learning Connection

• Community Workshops• Baltimore• Columbia• San Francisco• Miami

• Webinars• Expanded Web Content

• Albuquerque• Chicago• Detroit

www.imls21stcenturyskills.org

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• Art Speaks! Initiative • 21st Century Skills• Visual Literacy• Cross-Disciplinary Thinking• Communication and Collaboration• Critical Thinking & Problem Solving

Asheville Art Museum Association (NC)

• More Than Math program• Partnership with the Knoxville Museum of Art (TN)• Integrates visual arts into the

3rd – 8th grade math curriculum

Cleveland Museum of Art

• Lifelong Learning Center• 425 works of art• Interacting with art like museum professionals• Self-directed, technology-rich visitor

experiences

Columbus Museum of Art (OH)

• Center for Creativity• Summit to create a statewide conversation

about 21st century learning

Katonah Museum of Art (NY)

• ArteJuntos/ArtTogether• Family literacy program • Partnership with school districts and the Even

Start Family Health Literacy Partnership

San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts

• Interdisciplinary program of art and science focused on water conservation and environmental science for middle school students

• In partnership with the school district and the Upper Colorado River

Authority

National Broadband Plan: Connecting America

• Expand digital educational content• Expand online learning systems• Promote digital literacy• IMLS Framework for Digitally Inclusive

Communities

National Education Technology Plan

“…a comprehensive infrastructure for learning is necessary to move us beyond the traditional model of educators and students in classrooms to a learning model that brings together teaching teams and students in classrooms, labs, libraries, museums, workplaces, and homes – anywhere in the world where people have access devices and an adequate Internet connection.”

- Transforming American Education: Learning Powered by Technology, U.S. Department of

Education, November 2010

IMLS-MacArthur Foundation Partnership: Learning Labs

• National grant competition to fund the creation of up to 30 learning labs in libraries and museums across the country.

• Based on Chicago Public Library’s YOUmedia Center.

Chicago Public Library: YOUmedia Center

Principles of Connected Learning

The Learner: Connected Learning

“All learners will have engaging and empowering learning experiences both in and out of school that prepare them to be active, creative, knowledgeable, and ethical participants in our globally networked society.”

-- Learning Powered by Technology, November 2010

• 24/7, Anytime, Anywhere• Motivation, curiosity, self-directed learning• New skills and competencies• New subjects

The Educator: Connected Teaching

• Facilitator/Coach/Collaborator/Knowledge Navigator• Coherent, collaborative, continuous lifelong learning• Communities of practice/online learning

communities• Learning about learning• New skills and competencies• New subjects

The “6 C’s”

• Collaboration• Creativity• Curiosity• Cross-disciplinary thinking• Communities of practice• Camaraderie

Thank you!• www.imls.gov • www.imls21stcenturyskills.org • Marsha Semmel, msemmel@imls.gov