Insights for the development of 21st Century skills

Insights for the development of 21st Century skills

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  Insights for thedevelopment of 21st Century skills DIGIFOR–Digital Forest Pedagogy Dr. Henriikka Vartiainen, UEF
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  In the 21stcentury, we face many kinds of wicked problems that require novel design thinking for changing the ways that people interact with their environment and collaborate with each other.
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  Changes in laborneeds Many governments have awoken to the rapidly changing labor needs due to accelerating automation of knowledge work. Denning, J. P. & Tedre, M. (2019). Computational Thinking. MIT Press, Cambridge.
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  21st Century skills
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  Character education: honesty,self-regulation and responsibility, hard work, perseverance, empathy for contributing to the safety and benefit of others, selfconfidence, personal health and well-being, career and life skills. Citizenship: global knowledge, sensitivity to and respect for other cultures, active involvement in addressing issues of human and environmental sustainability. Communication: communicate effectively orally, in writing and with a variety of digital tools; listening skills. Critical thinking and problem solving: think critically to design and manage projects, solve problems, make effective decisions using a variety of digital tools and resources. Collaboration: work in teams, learn from and contribute to the learning of others, social networking skills, empathy in working with diverse others. Creativity and imagination: economic and social entrepreneurialism, considering and pursuing novel ideas, and leadership for action. Fullan & Langworthy, 2014. New Pedagogies Find Deep Learning https://www.michaelfullan.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/3897.Rich_Seam_web.pdf
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  EXPLICIT KNOWLEDGE Lives inbooks and heads TACIT KNOWLEDGE Lives in people and their practices Know what Know how Know who DEEP NATURE OF 21st CENTURY SKILLS By John Seely Brown
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  Vartiainen, H., Liljeström,A., & Enkenberg, J. (2012). Design-oriented pedagogy for technology-enhanced learning to cross over the borders between formal and informal environments. Journal of Universal Computer Science, 18(15), 2097–2119.
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  Some examples ● https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVKeTflC5Qg ●https://www.openmetsa.fi/wiki/index.php/Laukansaari_Croft ● https://www.openmetsa.fi/wiki/index.php/Growth_Research ● https://www.openmetsa.fi/wiki/index.php/Saimaa_ringed_seal Vartiainen, H., Nissinen, S., Pöllänen, S. & Vanninen, P. (2018). Teachers' Insights Into Connected Learning Networks: Emerging Activities and Forms of Participation. AERA Open 4, (3), 1–17. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/2332858418799694
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  Future steps Nissinen, S.,Vartiainen, H., Pöllänen, S. & Vanninen, P. (in press).Connected learning in international learning projects: Emergence of a hybrid learning system. International Journal of Information and Learning Technology.