Frans Van Assche

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A Vision of The FutureRome – 12 June 2009


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Trying to understand

Is there a common picture emerging?What is changing and what is not

With thanks to Jan, Jerome, Keith, Per, Alexa, Patricia, …


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The Hype curve


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Matching of needs, possibilities given the current status

Models of current

schooling

Models of theNetworked School

(Empirical) Study

Incremental Implementation of pilots

SchoolsToday

Implementedpilots

Migration

MigrationPlans

Feedback

Technicalpossibilities

Learner Needs

Organisationalpossibilities

Analysis

Design

ICT SystemRequirementSpecifications

SystemDevelopment

ICT SystemImplemented

Feedback

SocietalTrends

ChangeManagement

Teacher Needs


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Planning

LearningAssessment

Diploma


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Interactions

CoachMentor

SubjectExpert

Co-Learners

LearningMaterial

TheWorld

Self(over time)


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Educational Goals now and in 2020

• Improvement of Quality or avoiding the worsening of quality leading for instance to dropouts

• Cost reduction

• Equity, inclusion

NOT CHANGED


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Matching of needs, possibilities given the current status

Models of current

schooling

Models of theNetworked School

(Empirical) Study

Incremental Implementation of pilots

SchoolsToday

Implementedpilots

Migration

MigrationPlans

Feedback


Learner Needs


Analysis

Design

ICT SystemRequirementSpecifications

SystemDevelopment

ICT SystemImplemented

Feedback

SocietalTrends

ChangeManagement

Teacher Needs


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Needs related to learning

• 21st century skills– What exactly???

• Personalisation– Individualisation– Group collaboration– Differentiation– Self regulated

• Reduce dropouts– Engagement, fascination

Learner Needs


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What can be personalised

• Based on personal traits• what should be learned in terms of skills• how it should be learned in terms of

– the learning material to be used

– the environment to be used (e.g. tools and infrastructures)

– the human roles involved (e.g. subject expert, or co-learners)

– the pedagogy to be applied which then manifests itself as a planned sequence of learning events


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Trends in society

• Emancipation– Education at school more than at home– School as a care taker

• Too wealthy?– From how can I get a bit more comfort to how

do I spend my free time. Why would I learn?

• Mass media

SocietalTrends


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Conduits 40 years ago and now

• Powerpoint• Hypermedia

– Reading– Authoring

• Interactive software• Alerts• Common canvas• SMS• Netmeetings• Interactive video• Webcam• Speech Synthesis• Speech recognotion

Now• Face-to-face speech• Blackboard• Books• Handwritten/Typed

documents• Mobile telephone• Video

– Viewing– Composing

• Chat• Forums• Hotseats• Avatars• Email

• Face to face speech

• Blackboard

• School TV

• Books

• Handwritten/Typed documents

• Telephone

40 years ago


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Organisational possibilities

• No higher workload for teachers

• No reinvention of education every four years. Well motivated evolution.

• Who pays?



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Technical possibilities• Technology changing the discourse

– Google– Instant messaging– Skype– Deli.cio.us– Flickr– Slideshare– Facebook– Twitter – Google waves

• Digital educational resources



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Possible Elements of New Educational Models in 2020


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Types of interaction

CoachMentor

SubjectExpert

Co-Learners

LearningMaterial

TheWorld

Self(over time)

NOT CHANGED


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CoachMentor

SubjectExpert

Co-Learners

LearningMaterial

TheWorld

Self(over time)

CHANGED


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Teacher role

• Now more emphasis on being a coach

• In 2020– More emphasis on coaching metalearning– More like a one minute manager?


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Trends in schools and society

• From Technofobia to acceptance of ICT and multimedia

• From subject lecturing to multidisciplinary activity

• From institutional education towards ambient schooling


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A Copernican (r)evolution

Student coming to the school

School following the student

Co-existence


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Trends (2)

• Towards peer learning and micro learning

• Towards integration and synchronisation of technology– Information– Resources– Networks


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Resources

• Higher quality resources– More interactive– More engaging (e.g. games)

• High quality will drive out the bad quality• Discovery will be much more effective

– HCI– Competency/skills related discovery– Social networking discovery


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Planning

LearningAssessment

Diploma


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Assessment• What should and can we assess? E.g. when

introducing games• How should we assess given the 21st century skills

development? Combetency/skills based.• When do we assess. End of trimester?• Who should assess?

– Teacher, learner, system

• Are there technological tools?– Assessment resources– Competency based Knowledge Space Theory (CmKST)


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Planning & Scaffolding

• How do we do it when higher personalisation is the goal

• Who does the planning and scaffolding?– Teacher– Learner– System aid

• To what extent will parents allow self-regulated learning?


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Digital divide

• Digital divide of teachers instead of learners• In service training

– Teachers need to learn or be aware of ADHD, obesitas, climate change, autism, …

– Digital learning resources for in-service training– New discourse and communication for in-service

training– New assessment and planning for in-service training


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