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The Learning Society

Michael StevensonVP Global Education, CiscoGlobal Education Leaders Program, Beijing, November 2010

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CLIMATE CHANGE IS COMING TO EDUCATION

This is not a perfect storm

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Global Pressures Are Changing the World of Learning and the Place of Learning in Our World

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Accelerating Technological Change Demands Different Skills

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LEARNING IS CHANGINGThis much we know

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A lifelong learning journey

Living in a social network

A world of free content

Pervasive technologyPower of informal learning Learning is changing

New world of research

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WHY INCREMENTAL REFORM WILL NOT WORK

You can’t get there from here

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Bigger ≠ Better Increased ‘schoolification’ cannot succeed

Ten million new teachers will be needed to get an additional 260 millionstudents into education systems in China, India, Indonesia, and Nigeria

We’re fighting the wrong battleMore years in school does not improve economic performance – improved learning does

Internal, incremental reform is challenged by education systems’ complexity and interdependence

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21st Century Learning

Education 2.0

Education 1.0

Supported by Adapted System Reform

Leadership, People & Culture

High-quality Infrastructure & Technology

21st Century Curriculum, Pedagogy & Assessment

Achieved in Holistic Transformation

Education 3.0

Traditional Education Systems

CurriculumTeachersAccountabilityLeadership

Putting Education Systems at the Heart of the Learning Society

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3-Step Plan1. Focus on economic Innovation – for employability

• Build a new coalition• Develop new funding models• Fund a diversity of innovators (incl. in STEM)• Invest more time and money in learning

2. Innovate in Education – for effectiveness• Embrace Student-centered Learning

• Project-based• Skills AND Knowledge

• Adopt legitimate, standard credentialing systems, and help reform global assessment regimes

• Assess the impact of innovations in learning• Develop new ways of managing lifelong learning

3. Accelerate Scaling – for timeliness• Build an ecosystem of learning providers• Provide access to a shared learning infrastructure