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Leading the Future of Learning:
Simon Breakspear
Swifter, Higher & Stronger
Why seek to become
Swifter, Higher & Stronger
in learning?
The FUTURE is not what it used to be
Change is the only constant
Re-rise of Asia
Future supply of college graduates
OECD
We need everybody learning.
It’s not 1995 anymore...
We didn’t have...
1. ebooks & Amazon2. Google3. Ebay4. GPS5. Twitter, Facebook and mySpace6. Skype 7. Digital Photography8. itunes, iphone, ipad & ‘angry birds’9. The cloud
This is just the beginning... not the end.
New tools
Empowerment
death of distance
Are we preparing our students for a future that no longer exists?
Students are not who we used to be
S0 What?
C21st Opportunities + Challenges for learning
RE-imagine Learning
I new vision for learning & teaching --> Swifter, Higher & Stronger
Focus on the old ‘policy menu’
I can’t understand why people are
frightened of new ideas. I’m frightened
by the old ones.
Stuck in same...
Current paradigm of Learning +
Technology
Current paradigm of Learning +
TechnologyX
A new...
ParadigmCulture
EnvironmentEcosystem
.. of learning.
design for learning1
learning Stages
6. APPLY
5. CONNECT
4. EMBED
3. UNDERSTAND
2. STRUCTURE
1. COLLECT
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Finding flow
Base CampFree range chicken farm
Learning Village
Metaphors
Shape the system to the learner.
Mass personalisation2
Mass standardisation
1. Find and leverage unique genius2. Treat diversity as a resource3. Provide choice and coaching4. Individual learning plans5. Assets-based approach6. Answer the why and tap into their agenda.
Kunskappskolan (Sweden)
> Personalisation> Responsibility
Khan Academy
“If you have a body you are an
athlete.”
“If you have a brain you are a
learner.”
Open UP!
Enlist students as co-creators of learning
3
Consumers --> Producers
Users --> Designers
New Expectations + New Capacities to Contribute
RE-imagine Learning
I new vision for learning & teaching --> Swifter, Higher & Stronger
We need to build educators’ faith in their own creative capacities to generate re-imagine
Challenge schooling-as-usual.
Question in the pursuit of better
What is your question?
How could we.....?
RE-imagine Learning
I new vision for learning & teaching --> Swifter, Higher & Stronger