The New Normal for Education:

Join the Revolution or Accept the Status Quo

Raymond J. McNulty, Dean School of Education, SNHU

Senior Fellow, ICLE

R.McNulty@SNHU.edu

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Shaping the Industry

Department Awards $75Mil

"First in the World" Grants

to 24 Colleges and Universities

College for America’s Motivis Learning

Managing Competency-

Based Learning

Boston Celtics Announce

Partnership with Southern New

Hampshire University

Blazing the Trail:

Competency-Based Education at

SNHU

On Campus or Online: SNHU is

About Providing Access to a College

Degree

SNHU’s $10K Bachelor’s

Degree = Rethinking Higher Ed

SNHU’s Online

Enrollment Is Soaring, Just Don’t Compare

It To a For-Profit

SNHU Wins

Educational Advertising Awards

Winners

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Leading the Industry

SNHU Awarded $3.9 Million

“First in the World” grant from U.S.

Department of Education

INNOVATION ECONOMY

Attracting, and keeping, online students

New Hampshire Business

Review Names SNHU “Best of

Business 2014”

The Amazon of Higher

Education: How tiny, struggling Southern New

Hampshire University has become a behemoth

SNHU Named a “Best Buy” for

Online Leadership Program

SNHU is Once Again Honored as

Top Military-Friendly School

National Champions

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12_Southern New Hampshire University

FOR RELENTLESSLY REINVENTING HIGHER ED, ONLINE AND OFF

Themes

• The Education Landscape

• Self-Learning Theory

• A Trend That Will Disrupt

• Some Thoughts

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The Education Landscape Today

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Almost everyone wants schools

to be better,

but almost no one wants them

to be different.

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First Different - Then Better

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“There is nothing more difficult to take

in hand, more perilous to conduct,

than to take a lead in the introduction

of a new order of things, because the

innovation has for enemies all those

who have done well under the old

conditions and lukewarm defenders in

those who may do well under the

new.”

-Nicolo Machiavelli, The Prince

Key Message

Our biggest challenge is..

The “Status Quo”

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You can’t build the future

by perfecting the past.

1. Do what we

“Already” do

even better?

2. How to invent

a different future

for the student?

Fast, test and learn, disruptive Discipline, Focus Characteristics:

Measures: Consistent &

incremental improvements

Creativity, fast failures,

breakthrough improvements

Disciplines:

Operating Excellence Innovation

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Learning has expanded

at a rate that has

far outpaced our

conceptions of teaching.

Learning

Today teaching is “one”

but “not” the only way to

achieve learning.

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Number of days

Know

led

ge a

nd

Ski

lls

End

of

Sch

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Standards

Time and Standards Drive Learning

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If you are focused on seat time you are focused on

the wrong end of the student.

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•The Emergence of

•Multiple e-Dentity Disorder

•Find All of “Me” Online

•Photo credit : Amber Mayhem

"The concept of an

'average American' is

gone, forever. The average

American has been

replaced by a complex,

multidimensional society

that defies simplistic

labeling.”

- demographics expert Peter Francese

•09/07/201

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•21st Century

Student

•20th Century

Student

•Student Segments •Student Segments

Extreme shifts in:

Information

access

Social

influence

Tech savvy

Time

Engagement

Meet the 21st Century Student

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“Ideals not Norms”

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What kind of education is needed

at this moment in history?

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Knowing with certainty that someone has

mastered a discipline means it shouldn’t

matter how the person got there or what

school they attended. At that point,

traditional education’s monopoly on

delivery would end and America would see

a myriad of new models and providers of

education. Kwela Sabine Hermanns,

“The Great Shift:

Moving from Inputs to Outputs”

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21st Century Educator Hybrid / Blended /

Online Learning/ Traditional

Competency Based

Certificates and Degrees for Educators

Teacher Voice and Aspirations

International Center

Student Centered Instruction

1. Learning is Personalized 2. Learning is Competency-Based 3. Learning Takes Place Anytime,

Anywhere 4. Students Exert Ownership

Over Their Learning Thinking Schools, DI Team,

Community of Practice Thinking Maps

Governing Board: Russ Quaglia, Chair

Peter DeWitt Brian Connelly Lisa Kinnaman

Ray McNulty Lisa Shaw

Advisory Board: Gavin Dykes (England)

Michael Fullan (Canada) John Hattie (Australia)

Sarah Martin (New Zealand) Andreas Schleicher (France)

Center for Innovative Practices in Education Competency

Based Education 1,000 mentors

and Manchester-

Based Classroom

Gaming / Learner LTS / Stride

Academy Partnership

If You Want to Touch the Next

Generation of Learners

• Hybrid / Blended

• Personalized

– Any Time, Any Place, Any Pace

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If You Want to Touch the Next

Generation of Learners

• Hybrid / Blended

• Personalized

• Engaging

• Competency Based

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A Snapshot of Competency Education State

Policy Across the United States

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A Snapshot of Competency Education State

Policy Across the United States

Advanced States Developing States Emerging States Innovation Lab

Network States

No Policies in Competency Education

Source. A K-12 Federal Policy Framework for

Competency Education: Building Capacity for

Systems Change. (CompetencyWorks Issue

Brief, February 2014)

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Best practices allow you to do

what you are currently doing a

little better.

Next practices increase your

organization’s capability

to do things it has

never done before.

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System Innovation

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Sustaining Innovation

Next Practice

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Disruptive Innovation School of Education

First Different - Then Better

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First practice must change, then results,

then policy.

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In the World of Education

We Are Currently

Witnessing an Epic Collision

of Many Trends

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• Explosive Growth in Technology

• Shifting Policy Environment

• Major Leaps in Learning Sciences

• The Drive Toward Personalization

• Economic Pressure on Our Traditional

Delivery Model

• Widespread Dissatisfaction with the

Status Quo

We’re Sitting on a Fragile Fault Line

and Something’s Gotta Give

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Words like ‘ ’,

‘ ’, and

‘ ’ have gained

popularity

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In with the new and shiny!

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Out with the old,

tired, and shabby!

NOT SO

FAST!

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We must move forward,

improving the system we

have, while simultaneously

working to invent a new

system, capable of

transporting our

learners to the future.

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We Must Make Progress on Two Important, Yet

Divergent Disciplines

1. Do what we

“Already” do

even better?

2. How to invent

a different future for the

student?

Disciplines: Operating Excellence Innovation

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• Micro-Wave Ovens

• Cell Phones

• Direct Deposit

• Auto Bill Paying

• Shopping Online

We Must Make Progress on Two Important, Yet

Divergent Disciplines

How can we get better?

What ideas do I have?

What can I try that may show promise?

“NEXT PRACTICES”

Disciplines: Operating Excellence Innovation

Best Practices

We Must Make Progress on Two Important, Yet

Divergent Disciplines

Disciplines: Operating Excellence Innovation

Best Practices Try something

We Must Make Progress on Two Important, Yet

Divergent Disciplines

Disciplines: Operating Excellence Innovation

Best Practices Next Practice

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Disciplines: Operating Excellence Innovation

Best Practices

How can we get better?

What ideas do I have?

What can I try that may

show promise?

THE NEXT PRACTICE BECOMES THE NEW BEST PRACTICE

We Must Make Progress on Two

Important, Yet Divergent Disciplines

We Must Make Progress on Two Important, Yet

Divergent Disciplines

Disciplines: Operating Excellence Innovation

Best Practices

Try something

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Self-Learning Theory

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Learning

Today teaching is “one” but “not” the only way to achieve learning.

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We’ve Created False Proxies For Learning…

• Finishing a course or textbook has come to mean achievement

• Listening to lecture has come to mean understanding

• Getting a high score on a standardized test has come to mean proficiency

A Question…

• What do we mean by learning?

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Learning Should Have Its Roots in…

• Meaning, not just memory

• Engagement, not simply transmission

• Inquiry, not only compliance

• Exploration, not just acquisition

• Personalization, not simply uniformity

• Collaboration, not only competition

• Trust, not fear

What do we mean by learning?

• If learning is about productive learning, “students wanting to learn more” then it suggests a transfer of power over the learning from the teacher to the student.

RISE OF THE SELF-LEARNER

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I Tweeted this recently…

• A teacher who teaches a student to learn without them, prepares the student for success in the 21st century…. @Ray_McNulty

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Perhaps a change in how we think?

• How would I teach this?

• How would I learn this?

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Creating A Learning Culture Where Peer to Peer and Self-Help are the Preferred Methods to Learn

Amazon

Self Check

out

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THOUGHTS ???

• Why it can’t happen…..

• Why it can happen…..

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A Trend That Will Disrupt Us

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• Technology and Learning

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Technological change is not additive, it is ecological, it changes everything.

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How has technology impacted us?

• Checking account

• Paying bills

• Buying gifts

• Medical changes

• Etc………..

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Rigor/Relevance Framework®

Technology

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Rigor/Relevance Framework®

Teacher

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Stride Academy Solves the Problem of Unpacking CCSS/TEKS/State Standards

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A Closer Look at Unpacked Skills

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Personalize Learning with Limited Teacher

Involvement

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Built-in Instructional Support Tools

Educational rationales provide instant feedback.

Voiceover and dictionary support

Targeted video lessons and study guides support the skill in question.

Scientific calculator and scratchpad

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Customiz

ed

Solution

for

Judson

ISD

Technology makes your job easier

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Academic Games •Logic •Typing Practice

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Reward

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CULTURE DRIVES STRATEGY

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WE need to

become the AGENTS

of change.

1. Quantitative Data

2. Qualitative Data

3. Ask Great Questions

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Teacher – Student Comparisons

T – I make learning exciting for

my students. 86%

S – My teachers make learning

fun. 41%

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Teacher – Student Comparisons

T – I am aware of my students’ interests outside of school.

84%

S – My teachers know my interests outside of school.

28%

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1. Technical Challenges

2. Culture Challenges

3. Leading and Lagging Indicators

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The New Normal for Education:

Join the Revolution or Accept the Status Quo

Raymond J. McNulty, Dean School of Education, SNHU

Senior Fellow, ICLE

R.McNulty@SNHU.edu

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