Teaching and learningin an era of

disruptive innovation

Dr. Scott McLeodCASTLE

What is a disruptive

innovation?

Disruptiveinnovations

change the game

Socially functional

Mastery of information landscape

Economically productive

Big shift 1

Newinformationlandscape

We arehyper-

connected

We all now have a voice

(and can find each other, share,

connect, collaborate)

Anytime/anywhere content production,

connection, collaboration…

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open

moretransparent

more accessible

more convenient

more immediate /real time

networked

connected

shared

collaborative

interactive

individualized

empowering

flexible

adaptive

less dependenton ‘experts’

rapidly-changing

more comprehensive

searchable

often ‘crowdsourced’

creative

multimodal /multimedia

more efficient

oftenless expensive

global

less dependenton geography

less dependenton physical media

technology-suffused

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newspapers,magazines

music

radio

television

movies

books,reading

maps, travel,travel agencies

business, personal finance,

money management

medicine,health

postal service

real estate

politics

universities

Information-oriented

P-12schools

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Big shift 2

Percentile change in importance of task type

in U.S. economy

Autor, D., Levy, F., & Murnane, R. J. (2003). The skill content of recent technological change: An empirical exploration. Quarterly Journal of Economics 188, 4. [updated, D. Autor, 2008]

Abstract

Routine

Manual

critical thinking problem solving

collaboration

adaptability

entrepeneurialism

creativity

effective speaking

effective writinginnovation

information literacy

media fluency

synthesis

analytical skills

curiosity

global awareness

Growth of the creative class

Florida, R. (2002). The rise of the creative class (p. 332). New York, NY: Basic Books.

Growth of the creative class

Florida, R. (2002). The rise of the creative class (p. 332). New York, NY: Basic Books.

MANUFACTURING IN IOWAMANUFACTURING IN IOWA

15%

53%

% of all Iowa jobs % of all Iowa jobs in May ‘08in May ‘08

% of overall job losses% of overall job lossesby Sep ‘09by Sep ‘09

Globalizationof economy

Can someone overseas do it cheaper?

Can a computer do it faster?

Hyperconnected global economy

Offshoring

Replacement ofjobs with software

Characteristicsof the job

NOT

Characteristicsof the person

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1 big problem

Socially functional

Mastery of information landscape

Economically productive

The fundamental dilemma

Schools were designedfor this …

but now areexpected to

do this

uniquenessuniqueness

one right answer

No generation in history has ever been so thoroughly prepared for the industrial age.

David Warlick

http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/?p=298 dangerouslyirrelevant.org

Takeaways

K-12 education isfacing multipledisruptive innovations.

The existing educational model is not a given.

This is sneaking up on most school organizations.

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No one will thank you for taking care of today if you have failed to take care of tomorrow. Joel Barker

Thank you!

Scott McLeod, J.D., Ph.D.Director, CASTLE

dangerouslyirrelevant.org/mta

www.flickr.com/photos/jahansell/251755048 dangerouslyirrelevant.org

Our kids have tasted the honey.