Presentation at the TVET Learning Forum, 24-25 May 2018 Bonn

1. Prepare TVET teachers for the digital
future
Robert Schuwer
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2. Agenda
• What are we facing?
• How ready are we for the future?
• This session

3. What are we facing?

4. The big picture
Global trends
Education
Technology
trends
Influences/
Challenges
Influences/
Challenge for/
Enables
Influences
Trends
Technology
trends
Trends

5. OECD (2016)

6. Global trends
• Globalisation (a.o. sustainability)
• Future of nation state
• Rise of the megacity: are cities the new countries?
• Family matters
• Brave new world (technology influences)

8. New technologies

9. New technologies: + and -

10. Educational trend: innovating pedagogies
(Ferguson et al, 2017)
Potential
impact
Spaced learning
Timescale
Medium (2-5 years)
Medium
High
Navigating post-truth societies
Short (1-2 years)
Learners making science
Big-data inquiry: thinking with data
Intergroup empathy
Student-led analytics
Long (4+ years)
Immersive learning
Open textbooks
Learning with internal values
Humanistic knowledge-building
communities
Learners making science
Big-data inquiry: thinking with data
Student-led analytics
Immersive learning
Open textbooks

11. New technologies: influence on education

12. How ready are we for
the future?

13. Teachers should be able to…
Demand
Activity 
Know What Know How
Teaching with new technology Awareness Technological skills
Teaching about new technology Opportunities &
Challenges
Pedagogical skills

14. Readiness
• Technical
• Pedagogical
• Strategic (national, institutional)
• Organizational (institutional,
national)
(Mead Richardson, 2015)

15. Thank you!
@OpenRobert55
bassoonvenlo
http://nl.linkedin.com/in/robertschuwer
robertschuwer.nl
+31 - 6 1446 9300
r.schuwer@fontys.nl

16. Colophon
Images
• Open Lion. CC-BY Hester Jelgerhuis
• Big Data. Public Domain kai Stachowiak https://www.publicdomainpictures.net/en/view-image.php?image=165884&picture=digital
• Virtual Reality. CC0 TheDigitalArtist https://pixabay.com/nl/virtuele-realiteit-netwerk-3368763/
• AI. CC0 sujins https://pixabay.com/nl/kunstmatige-intelligentie-technologie-3262753/
• IoT. CC0 https://www.maxpixel.net/0-Industry-4-Industry-Project-Internet-Of-Things-2496192
• 3D printed hand. CC0 Splotramienny https://pixabay.com/nl/prostetic-proteza-3d-print-druk-1273183/
References
Ferguson, R., Barzilai, S., Ben-Zvi, D., Chinn, C.A., Herodotou, C., Hod, Y., Kali, Y., Kukulska-Hulme, A., Kupermintz, H., McAndrew, P.,
Rienties, B., Sagy, O., Scanlon, E., Sharples, M., Weller, M., & Whitelock, D. (2017). Innovating Pedagogy 2017: Open University Innovation
Report 6. Milton Keynes: The Open University, UK. https://iet.open.ac.uk/file/innovating-pedagogy-2017.pdf
Mead Richardson, A. (2015). How can TVET teachers and trainers be prepared to effectively use digital media?. Commonwealth of Learning.
https://unevoc.unesco.org/up/ICT_TVET_COL_AMR_eLA_2015.pdf
OECD (2016). Trends Shaping Education 2016. OECD Publishing, Paris. http://www.oecd.org/edu/trends-shaping-education-22187049.htm