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Empowering Teachers to Meet the Digital Native Learners
Hanna Teräs – Tampere University of Applied SciencesMarjatta Myllylä – Tampere University of Applied Sciences
Marko Teräs – Emergent, Canopy & Understory Ltd.
International E-Learning Conference 2011Muang Thong Thani, Thailand
13.1.2011
What is going on?Who are digital natives?What does it have to do
with us?
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The world of work used to look like this.
Now it looks more like this.Image: theefer
Classrooms used to look like this.
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And they still do.Image: Valley Library / Oregon State University
New types of skills are needed
✦ Collaboration skills
✦ Creative problem solving
✦ Innovation skills
✦ Initiative
✦ Social and cultural skills
✦ Responsibility
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Eg. Trilling & Fadel, 2009
What are digital natives like?
Global thinking
Toleranceof diversity
Naturalcollaborators
Innovation& creativity
Appreciatefreedom of
choice
(Tapscott 2009)
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Companies face recruiting problems - too many graduates are lacking these skills
(Robinson 2001)
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Marko’s course:
“Social Media Supporting Success and Professional Growth”
for BBA students
Open ended tasks in social media environments
Media literacyCollaborative
information search
Collaborative writing
Personal professionalweb presence
Teachers learn from their teachers who have learned from their teachers who have learned from their teachers...
The conception of a good teacher is passed on to one generation after another.
New approach to
teacher education
Authentic enquiry-based
learning
Collaborative knowledge
construction
Ongoing dialogic
evaluation
Team learning and facilitating
Open social media
environments
Networking
Teachers vs. digital natives?
Global thinking
Toleranceof diversity
Naturalcollaborators
Innovation& creativity
Appreciatefreedom of
choice
(Tapscott 2009)
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Teachers vs. digital natives?Global
networks through
social media
Team learning and dialogue:diversity and
shared expertise
Collaborative knowledgeconstruction and creation of
content
Freedom of choice in working
methods and learning paths
Open-endednessand defining one’s goals: innovation
and creative solutions
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Conclusions✦ Changed working
environment
✦ Digital native skills: support not suffocate!
✦ Social media assisted teacher education program: empowering teachers to meet the digital native learners
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