Re:Learn
   The Changing Future of Work
   and Education for Our Connected Kids




     Will Richardson
     will@willrichardson.com
     willrichardson.com
     @willrich45
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“The illiterate of the 21st century
        will not be those who cannot read
        and write, but those who cannot
        learn, unlearn, and relearn. ”



                                  Alvin Toffler

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Jacob Arnott
                           14-year old Editor in Chief

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Context




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“Crisis of Contexts”




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Traditional Learning
                               Politicians, Parents,
                              Communities, Educators




                           Crisis of Contexts




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Traditional Learning
                               Politicians, Parents,
                              Communities, Educators




                           Crisis of Contexts

                              Modern Learning
                               Connected Learners




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Traditional Learning
                             Politicians, Parents,
                            Communities, Educators




                                ≠
                            Modern Learning
                             Connected Learners




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Traditional Learning
                                 Delivery
                              Politicians, Parents,
                             Communities Educators




                                 ≠
                            Modern Learning
                              Connected Learners




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Traditional Learning
                                 Delivery
                              Politicians, Parents,
                             Communities Educators




                                 ≠
                            Modern Learning
                               Discovery
                             Connected Learners




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New reality




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Scarcity




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ABUNDANCE
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CHANGE
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“The change we are in the
        middle of isn’t minor,
        and it isn’t optional.”


                              Clay Shirky

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ABUNDANCE
                               750,000 Apps
                            2.5 Billion People
                           2 Trillion Webpages
                 4.5 Years of YouTube video per minute
                       16,000 Tweets per second*
                 5 Billion Internet Connected Devices
                                    Etc...
                                          *Japan’s 2012 New Years Celebration
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...A world marked by “ubiquitous computing,
 ubiquitous information, ubiquitous networks, at
 unlimited speed, about everything, everywhere,
 from anywhere, on all kinds of devices that make
 it ridiculously easy to connect, organize, share,
 collect, collaborate and publish.”



                                  Michael Wesch

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Which is Changing:

                                  Media
                                  Politics
                                Journalism
                                 Medicine
                                  Books
                                 Business
                                  Music...

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ABUNDANCE
                                      Key Idea:

                           Institutionally Organized World


                               Self-Organized World


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ABUNDANCE
                           The Future of Schooling




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New Reality



                        Teachers are everywhere
                       Classrooms are everywhere
                         “School” is everywhere


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215,284,446 Lessons Delivered




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Self-Organized Learning



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“What does a middle school algebra teacher do
        if kindergarteners can start learning to solve equations
                      within a couple of hours?”




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ABUNDANCE
                           The Future of Higher Education




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                           Information ≠ Education
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Cal Tech, Georgia Tech, U. of Va, Duke, Rice, Johns Hopkins,
 Stamford, U. of Washington, U. of Illinois, U. of Edinburgh, U.
              of Toronto, Princeton, U. of Penn.




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Cal Tech, Georgia Tech, U. of Va, Duke, Rice, Johns Hopkins,
 Stamford, U. of Washington, U. of Illinois, U. of Edinburgh, U.
              of Toronto, Princeton, U. of Penn.




                              “This is the tsunami.”
                           --Richard DeMillo, Ga. Tech



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Institutionally     Self-
                             Organized       Organized




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2024?

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Self-Organized Learners?
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ABUNDANCE
                           The Future of Work




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Self-Organized Work



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--Stephen Downes


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“Looking to the future of work, one could
        sum up the anticipated impacts in a single
        word: More. More intensity. More pressure.
        More change. More risk. But also, more
        opportunity. More engagement. More
        transparency. More impact.”



                                   Yvette Cameron

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ABUNDANCE
       Means that we are now the central,
  organizing force in our own learning, our own
  education, and, increasingly our own careers.



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ABUNDANCE
                Means that we now need the skills and
                  dispositions to “design”our own
                        learning and careers.



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New Question:



         What do students need to learn in
         school at a moment when they can
             learn so much without us?


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New Question:


                             And:
               What is the value of school (and
                classrooms and teachers) at a
               moment where we don’t need
                     school to do school?

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New Question:




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New Answer:




                           That which cannot be
                                “Khanified.”


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New Answer:

                                  Curiosity
                                  Resilience
                                    Passion
                           Entrepreneurial Thinking
                                   Empathy
                                  Creativity
                                Collaboration
                                    Inquiry
                                 Networking
                               Communication
                               Critical Thinking
                                 (and more)

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New Reality



                Schools need to be “different”...
                       not just “better.”



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Schools’ Traditional Value




                              Content and Skills



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Schools’ New Value




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Schools’ New Value


                                Passion
                                Inquiry
                            Authentic Work
                             Connection
                             Performance

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Schools’ New Value



                                    Creating
                           “Entrepreneurial Learners”



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“Constantly looking around you,
                      all the time, for new ways
                              and new resources
                            to learn new things.”


                                   John Seely Brown

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“In times of change, learners
     inherit the Earth, while the learned
               find themselves beautifully
     equipped to deal with a world that
                        no longer exists.”


                                Eric Hoffer

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