10 Trends Impacting NZ Education
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CORE's Ten Trends provide an annual summary of key themes and issues for educators in the New Zealand context.
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10 Trends Impacting NZ Education
- 1. Derek Wenmoth Director, eLearning CORE Education Ltd
- 3. Overview 1. Changing role of teachers and learners 2. Internet capable, mobile devices for learning 3. Globalised learning 4. Ubiquitous compuGng 5. Cyber ciGzenship 6. Digital literacy 7. Open educaGon resources 8. Cloud compuGng 9. Advanced networks and school ‘loops’ 10. Assessment pracGces
- 4. Changing role of teachers and learners
- 5. Changing role of learners Once they were… Now they are… • Consumers • Creators • Contributors • Communicators • Collaborators • Coordinators In an “architecture of par0cipa0on”
- 6. Competing philosophies Philosophy A Philosophy B EducaGon Broken, but can be fixed Long term investment in the (quickly) future Technology Drives change Enables, supports and accelerates change Teachers Another problem to be fixed Supported professionals Learners The future workforce More than just the future workforce InnovaGon Let a thousand flowers Got to be scalable and flourish sustainable Success Input targets and aXainment Wider long‐term benefits Curriculum Don’t trust teachers ‐ Guidance and support for ‘package’ it up teachers
- 7. Instructional coherence “…teachers’ success in making coherent instrucGonal decisions depends on developing a posiGon or stance on six dimensions : 1.knowledge, 2. professionalism, 3. collaboraGon, 4. instrucGon, 5. agency, 6. authority, ‐ that is focused on learning and the learner.”
- 8. Teacher roles in a networked learning environment 1. Amplifying 2. CuraGng 3. Wayfinding and socially‐driven sensemaking 4. AggregaGng 5. Filtering 6. Modelling 7. Persistent presence http://www.connectivism.ca/?p=220
- 9. Take-aways • social and technological networks subvert the classroom‐based role of the teacher ‐ How can we achieve clear outcomes through distributed means? • In what ways do we regard teachers and students as learners in a dynamic system? • Is school reform possible without a change in the role of teachers? • What sort of conGnuing professional development is most effecGve for teachers to adapt?
- 10. Internet capable, mobile devices
- 11. Pockets of Potential More than half of the world’s populaGon now owns a cell phone and children under 12 consGtute one of the fastest growing segments of mobile technology users in the U.S. “It is no longer a ques0on of whether we should use these devices to support learning, but how and when, to use them.” Michael H. Levine http://joanganzcooneycenter.org/pdf/pockets_of_potential.pdf
- 12. More than a phone… • Phone (obviously) • Appointments Calendar • Alarm Clock • Game device • Music player • SGll Camera • Video Camera • Video player • Address Book • To Do List Reminder • Voice Recorder • Calculator • Email Tool • Text Messenger • Satellite NavigaGon System
- 13. • Gartner prediction that mobiles will overtake PCs as the most common web browsing device within 3 years - http://lisadawley.wordpress.com/2010/01/16/ thoughts-about-mobile-learning/
- 17. Take aways… • Do you know what the ownership of mobile technologies is by students at your school? • What policies do you have in place regarding the use of mobile technologies in your school? • Is your school network prepared to accommodate student‐owned mobile devices being connected?
- 19. Their future? • Growing up in a world that is increasingly globalised • Where interacGons with other cultures, other languages and other ways of doing things will be the norm • Where the ability to move smoothly between and among these contexts will differenGate those who are successful.
- 20. Connected – Able to relate well to others – EffecGve users of communicaGons tools – Connected to the land and environment – Members of communiGes – InternaGonal ciGzens Source: NZ Curriculum, 2007
- 21. Global communications Modern technologies have reduced, and in some cases removed the boundaries for learning. We now live in a 'globalised' world of communications, news feeds, interaction etc. where our actions at a local level have implications at a global level.
- 22. Borderless learning Our education is no longer confined to the school we live in - we can access courses/subjects from almost anywhere and at any time. The world is our classroom! Global connectivity now enables student driven niche learning projects - if schools and teachers allow and enable them to happen.
- 23. Global awareness Putting learning in a global context involves supporting young people to make sense of their lives by understanding the global interconnections we all have. It helps pupils understand how they are affected by events around the world and to recognise that what they do affects people and the environment in other countries. This learning can help counter a sense of helplessness in the face of ‘global forces’.
- 24. Take-aways • How are the issues of being a part of a global village reflected in your school; in the student body, in the programmes of learning? • In what ways are ICTs being used in your school to enable parGcipaGon in the global classroom? • Do you agree that global learning can help counter the sense of helplessness in the face of ‘global forces’.
- 26. Third paradigm Ubiquitous computing Personal computing Mainframes
- 27. Ubiquitous Computing • Learning anywhere, at any Gme, from any device • iPod touch trials ‐ wireless school environments • Home, school, community spaces as learning locaGons
- 28. Take-aways… • How do your programmes of learning enable students to conGnue learning outside of the classroom and school hours? • To what extent are staff and students able to go online anywhere in your school environment? • What expectaGon do you, your staff, your students have of being able to connect to the internet at any Gme, from anywhere, with any device?
- 30. What’s it all about? • Digital CiGzens will adapt their exisGng knowledge to face new challenges. • Digital CiGzens make their own decisions on how much risk they will expose themselves to. • Digital CiGzens contribute to the safety of their fellow ciGzens. http://blog.netsafe.org.nz/2010/02/22/is-digital-citizenship-just-marketing-spin/
- 31. What are the issues? • Sharing personal • FuncGoning effecGvely in informaGon a digital world – Skills • Online predators – Knowledge • Inappropriate content – Integrity • Piracy • Being discriminaGng • Social networks • Social parGcipaGon • Cyber‐bullying • Social responsibility
- 32. Educator responses… Ignore the problem Press the panic buXon An educaGve approach
- 33. Educative Responses • eLearning ‐ encourage and model appropriate behaviours • Games ‐ don’t just play then, build them • Modeling, modeling, modeling • Include in assessment
- 34. Cyber-citizen dispositions: Confident Safe Responsible http://www.netsafe.org.nz
- 35. Take-aways… • Are your school cyber safety policies based on ignorance and fear, or understanding? • How are the pracGces of cyber ciGzens being modelled in your school? • What would be the response of your staff to a breakdown in this area?
- 36. Digital Literacy
- 38. 21st Century learners need to… • Develop proficiency with the tools of technology • Build relaGonships with others to pose and solve problems collaboraGvely and cross‐culturally • Design and share informaGon for global communiGes to meet a variety of purposes • Manage, analyze and synthesize mulGple streams of simultaneous informaGon • Create, criGque, analyze, and evaluate mulG‐media texts • AXend to the ethical responsibiliGes required by these complex environments
- 39. Take-aways… • What is your personal vision for being literate in the 21st Century? • What is your school’s vision for developing 21st Century literacy? • How is this catered for? • How is it modelled?
- 41. General Principals - OER • free, or very nearly free, • easy to use, get and pass around, • editable so teachers can customize content, • cross-platform compatible, • printable, • and accessible so it works with adaptive technology.
- 42. Creative commons
- 44. Take-aways… • What use do your and your staff currently make of open educaGon resources • Do you have policies and pracGces in place regarding the use of resources obtained online? • Do you have policies and pracGce in place regarding the development and sharing of student and teacher created resources?
- 45. Cloud Computing
- 46. What is cloud computing? maintenance storage Disaster backup recovery backup updates
- 47. Services in the Cloud
- 48. Common Services… super extra new Student Record Library LMS system System Now includes: All in one: Complete solution: ✔ Content management ✔ Content management ✔ Grading ✔ Discover ✔ Discover ✔ Audit ✔ Collaboration ✔ Cataloguing ✔ Report ✔ Course management ✔ Course management ✔ Course management ✔ Authentication ✔ Authentication ✔ Authentication ✔ Authorization ✔ Authorization ✔ Authorization ✔ Packaging ✔ Packaging ✔ Assessment
- 49. Cloud computing hXp://blog.core‐ed.net/derek/2009/06/8‐ways‐cloud‐ compuGng‐may‐change‐schools.html
- 50. Advantages to schools • Reduced capital outlay • Reduced support costs • Expert support • AutomaGc sorware updates • Addresses licensing issues • Back‐up and fail‐over • Ubiquitous access • CollaboraGon potenGal
- 51. Take aways • How would you describe the concept of the cloud to your staff or board of trustees? • What do you understand to be the advantages and risks of storing school data in the cloud? • What services currently owned and managed by your school would most easily be provided in the cloud?
- 52. Advanced Networks & School loops
- 53. What is an advanced network? • An Advanced Network is a very high speed communicaGons network of regional “meet me” points (referred to as GigaPoPs) that are in turn linked to internaGonal networks. • They typically use opGcal fibre infrastructure as opposed to copper wire telephone network systems such as those used by ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line). • Advanced Networks are also know as Next GeneraGon Internet (NGI) networks and, in the USA, as Internet2.
- 54. What makes an AN different? • An Advanced Network offers significantly greater access speed: – Dial up connecGon ‐ around 50kbit/sec (50,000 bits per second) – 'High Speed' internet ‐ typically 2.5Mbit/sec (2.5 million bits per second) – Advanced Network ‐ from 1Gigabit/sec (1000 million bits per second) forecast to rise to around 40Gbit/sec within the next few years.
- 55. Speed comparison Speed Capacity
- 56. A School’s “Loop” Internet School A School KAREN School A School Aggregation University Point Services Public Library School A School
- 59. Take-aways… • Do you know how much your current ICT systems actually cost (including staff Gme for support and maintenance etc?) • Are you acGvely seeking to work with local/regional councils and business groups to find soluGons in your area? • Who in your school/community is charged with understanding and leading this?
- 61. Purpose of assessment “The primary purpose of school‐based assessment is to improve student’s learning and the quality of learning programmes.” The New Zealand Curriculum Framework, page 26
- 62. Methods of assessment All assessment involves making comparisons: • Standards‐based assessment – Compares with an established standard • Achievement‐based assessment – Uses progressively more demanding descriptors • Competency‐based assessment – Must meet pre‐determined level of competency • Norm‐reference assessment – Compares achievement of a specified group of learners
- 63. Key Principles • Purpose should always be explicit • Best interests and progress of students paramount • Should be an integral part of the learning process • InformaGon should be shared with the student at the Gme of the event – or shortly arerwards • Form of assessment should be appropriate for the knowledge, skills, attudes to be assessed • Takes into account learning styles and cultural expectaGons
- 64. Planning for assessment • Purpose – diagnosGc, formaGve, summaGve? • ObjecGves – what objecGves are being assessed? • Methods – how can the evidence be obtained? • Task – what will the learner do to demonstrate? • Recording – how will the informaGon be collected, analysed, recorded? • ReporGng – how/when will feedback be given?
- 65. Assessment strategies • Informal assessment by teachers • ObservaGon • Self Assessment • Peer assessment • Conferencing • Poruolios • Benchmarks (exemplars) • Tests
- 66. ICTs • E‐asXle • Wikis ‐ tracking contribuGons • Online quizzes and surveys • E‐poruolios
- 67. Take-aways • What are the range of diagnosGc, formaGve and summaGve assessment pracGces you currently use in your school? • Which of these could be or are enabled by the smart use of ICTs? • How are you using data to support reporGng of student progress against naGonal benchmarks?