The document discusses the changing role of teachers in innovative classrooms. It describes how the teacher's role has evolved from traditional instructing to include facilitating exploratory learning and guiding collaborative inquiry. Various metaphors are used to frame the teacher's role such as an ecological metaphor comparing teachers to keystone species. The document also outlines practical innovative teaching practices like flipping the classroom, integrating technology, and accessing open educational resources. Challenges to innovative teaching are discussed along with the need for support environments to help teachers adopt, adapt, test and share new learning designs.

1. ROLE OF THE TEACHER
I N N OVAT IVE C L A S S RO O M P R AC T I C E S
Online Learning Resources
SUN Xingruo

2. THE CHANGING ROLE OF
THE TEACHER
Think about the
development of
teachers’ role…

3. PEDAGOGY CHANGE
Anne Whaits, Varsity College, 2012

4. THE CHANGING ROLE OF
THE TEACHER

5. THE CHANGING ROLE OF
THE TEACHER
The five teacher-role clusters
Developing
Instructing
learning
Resources
Traditional
Coordinating
student
learning
Facilitating
exploratory
learning
Guiding
collaborative
inquiry
Innovative
(SITES M2 Study)

6. ACTIVITY ONE
Mind Map
Each group create a mind map regarding to the changing
role of teachers.

7. METAPHORS OF TEACHER’S
ROLE
There are two classical metaphor that describe and explain
the role of teacher for ICT in education environment.
 Ecological Metaphor
 “Network Sherpa”

8. ECOLOGICAL
METAPHOR
Pedagogical Practice-Butterfly
Crop Species-Students’ role
Keystone Species-Teachers’ role
Source: Educational Innovation Beyond Technology

9. “NETWORK SHERPA”
Role of teacher-”the terrain”
 Guide students
 Led by students
interests, objectives, and knowledge
 Consists of• Media literacy (critique &
awareness)
• Social networks (connections)
• Knowledge
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/courosa/3293199214/

10. THE POTENTIAL ROLES OF
TEACHERPRENEURS

11. TEACHER ENGAGED
PEDAGOGICAL ACTIVITIES
T1 – explain or present information
T2 – Give task instructions
T3 – Monitor student task progression
T4 – Assess students
T5 – Provide feedback to students
T6 – Develop teaching materials
T7 – Design curriculum and learning activities
T8 – Select ICT tools
T9 – Support/model inquiry process for students
T10 – Co-teaching
T11 – Support team-building and collaboration of students
T12– Mediate communication between students and experts
T13 – Liaise with parties outside school
Tn=Code

12. 21 ST CENTURY TEACHER
http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/21st+Century+Teacher

13. Case study
Each group focuses on one video provided to analyze teachers'
role in different cases;
Each group member post their own analysis to individual eportfolio.
ACTIVITY TWO

14. CASE STUDY

15. CHALLENGES FOR
THE 21 ST CENTURY
TEACHER
http://franksblog.edublogs.org/2008/03/29/hel
ping-colleagues-get-connected-one-by-one/

16. THE NETWORKED
TEACHER
Connectivism-Personal Learning Networks for 21st Century Teachers
 Microblogging (twitter)
 Social networks (META Web 2.0, Classroom 2.0, eflclassroom, etc.)
 RSS (Google Reader)
 Blogging & wikis (edublogs.org, wikispaces, etc.)
 Social bookmarking (del.icio.us)
 Digital photo sharing (Flickr)
http://franksblog.edublogs.org/2008/03/29/hel
ping-colleagues-get-connected-one-by-one/

17. CHALLENGES FOR
TEACHER DEVELOPMENT
• Using learning technology to supplement rather than transform
learning and teaching practices
• Lack of time to devote to pedagogy
• Lack of time to reflect on learning and teaching practice.
• Lack of confidence to change learning and teaching practices.
• Need for practitioner case studies to inspire others (Project on
Transforming Student Experience via Pedagogy, JISC, 05-07)
(Diana, 2011)

18. DIFFICULTIES FOR
TEACHER
 Many studies of educational innovation have concluded
that the key factors needed to change teacher behaviour are
•
•
•
•
•
additional time,
additional training,
cultural change,
senior staff involvement,
a link to personal reward
(Diana, 2011)

19. HOW TO ACHIEVE
TEACHER’S ROLE
Introducing “The Thoughtful Classroom Teacher Effectiveness Framework”
Four cornerstones of effective
instruction
Organization, rules, and procedures
Positive relationships
Engagement and enjoyment
A culture of thinking and learning
Elements beyond the classroom
Prepare students for new learning
Present new learning
Deepen and reinforce
Apply learning
Reflect and celebrate
Source: The Thoughtful Classroom Teacher Effectiveness Framework by
Silver Strong and Associates, Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ: Author. Copyright 2011 Silver
Strong & Associates. Adapted with permission.

21. WHAT TO DO?
Top-down - Strategies and policies? – Rhetoric is good, but no follow-through
Bottom-up – Technology will drive innovation? Users will discover solutions for
themselves? the Market will provide? – Activity is plentiful, but not improving
Alternative approach – Middle-out:
- Learn from the scholarship of innovation
-
Adaptive iteration: top  middle   bottom
-
Trust the professionals
 Focus on supporting teachers as collaborating innovators
 Give them a Learning Design Support Environment
(Diana, 2011)

22. HOW TO ACHIEVE
TEACHER’S ROLE
1. Leading peer review processes for their schools to ensure that teaching
evaluations are valid and drive improvement;
2. Developing tools and strategies for teaching the Googled learner who has
grown up experiencing virtual reality;
3. Taking part in assessment reforms such as those linked to the new
Common Core standards, and using technology to better capture, analyze, and
publicize data about schools’ effectiveness;
4. Identifying effective strategies for teaching students who are increasingly
diverse ;
5. Organizing school-neighborhood partnerships that can support student
learning through cradle-to-college solutions; and
6. Transforming unions so that they become self-policing professional guilds
that help ensure the quality of teaching that students deserve.

23. P R A C T I C A L A N D I N N OVA T I V E T E A C H E R
P R AC T I C E S
 Build Student Search Skills
Anne Whaits, Varsity College, 2012

24. P R A C T I C A L A N D I N N OVA T I V E T E A C H E R
P R AC T I C E S
 Learn & Teach New Literacies and Fluencies
Social (& Learning)
Networking (Netiquette)
Privacy maintenance
Identity management
Creating content
Organising content
Reusing and repurposing
Filtering and selecting
Critical literacies
New copyright
Self broadcasting
Anne Whaits, Varsity College, 2012

25. P R A C T I C A L A N D I N N OVA T I V E T E A C H E R
P R AC T I C E S
 Develop Global Digital Citizenship
Anne Whaits, Varsity College, 2012

26. P R A C T I C A L A N D I N N OVA T I V E T E A C H E R
P R AC T I C E S
 Model 21st Century Skills
http://education-2020.wikispaces.com/21st+Century+Learning

27. P R A C T I C A L A N D I N N OVA T I V E T E A C H E R
P R AC T I C E S
 Adopt and Integrate Educational Technology
 Guide Inquiry-based Learning
http://www.bie.org/about/what_is_pbl/

28. P R A C T I C A L A N D I N N OVA T I V E T E A C H E R
P R AC T I C E S
 Adapt Your Teaching Methods
Flipped Classroom
http://usergeneratededucation.wordpress.com/2012/06/04/mobile-learning-and-the-flippedclassroom-the-full-picture/

29. P R A C T I C A L A N D I N N OVA T I V E T E A C H E R
P R AC T I C E S
 Transform Learning Through Innovative Learning Design
http://plpnetwork.com/2012/05/15/flipping-blooms-taxonomy/

30. P R A C T I C A L A N D I N N OVA T I V E T E A C H E R
P R AC T I C E S
 Create a Digital Classroom
 Build a Technology Tool Box
http://www.edmodo.com/
Image Source: nickrate:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nickrate/450416
3196/in/photostream/

31. P R A C T I C A L A N D I N N OVA T I V E T E A C H E R
P R AC T I C E S
 Access Wealth of Open Educational Resources
http://www.apple.com/education/itunes-u/

32. P R A C T I C A L A N D I N N OVA T I V E T E A C H E R
P R AC T I C E S
 Teacher as Learner
http://edupln.ning.com/

33. Group Presentation
Each group give a brief presentation about challenges that innovative
teachers are facing and ways to perform expected roles of the teacher.
ACTIVITY THREE

34. S U S TAI NABI LI TY AND S CALABI LI TY
F O R I N N O VA T I V E T E A C H E R S ’ R O L E
A Learning Design Support Environment(LDSE) for teachers
Ends
 Building on the work of others
• Import existing ‘pedagogical patterns’ of good teaching
• Search for OER ‘content resources’ to populate the patterns
• Adapt to own context – Test – Redesign – Re-test - Publish
 Expanding knowledge of using TEL
• Offer TEL versions of conventional designs
• Model pedagogical and logistical benefits/disadvantages
Means
 A microworld for teachers to adopt, adapt, test in theory, experiment, test in
practice, redesign, and share designs
 Supported by a learning design ontology, structured pedagogical
(Diana, 2011)

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