This document summarizes a presentation on pedagogic innovation in higher education given at the 12th Research Students' Education Conference at the University of Leeds on May 22, 2018. The presentation discusses what fuels pedagogic innovation, defines a pedagogic innovator, reviews factors that help or hinder innovation, and proposes ways that institutions can foster innovation, such as supporting communities of practice, creating protected spaces for experimentation ("greenhousing"), and investing in innovative educators.
This slideshow shall be repurposed locally and used for training women on e-Learning.
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Innovation Leadership in Education with 21st Century Skills,2017Timothy Wooi
Introduction
Innovation, Leadership, Innovation Leadership, Why Innovation Leadership in Education?
21st Century Shift in Leadership & Skills
Leading Innovation in Education
Innovation Leadership Checklist
The Future Of Innovative Education
Latest Trends in Leading Innovation in K12 Education
Nine Things That Will Change.
Unlike most educational policy, the focus is not focus on improving existing educational systems but on changing them altogether. Its focus is not on doing things better, but on doing better things; not on doing things right, but on doing the right things to prepare students for a fast changing interdependent world.
Faculty survey results and interviews with senior decision makers leading their institutions’ MOOC strategies:
What were the original motivations behind your MOOC strategy? How have your motivations evolved after some experience with MOOCs? How are you measuring the success of your MOOC strategy? What lessons and best practices have emerged from your experience with MOOCs? What are your plans to expand the use of MOOCs? What advice would you give to other senior leaders considering a MOOC strategy?
This slideshow shall be repurposed locally and used for training women on e-Learning.
Women of Wiki, Calicut runs a Women Empowerment Project by Mrs. Roslinda, Retd. Deputy Head Mistress of GVHSS for Girls, Nadakkavu and her team of volunteers at Panakals Education Trust.
Innovation Leadership in Education Tacloban 11-13Mar2016Timothy Wooi
Innovation Leadership in Education- A technique that combines different leadership styles to influence to produce creative ideas, innovative products and servicesUnlike most educational policy, the focus is not focus on improving existing educational systems but on changing them altogether. Its focus is not on doing things better, but on doing better things; not on doing things right, but on doing the right things to prepare students for a fast changing interdependent world.
Innovation Leadership in Education with 21st Century Skills,2017Timothy Wooi
Introduction
Innovation, Leadership, Innovation Leadership, Why Innovation Leadership in Education?
21st Century Shift in Leadership & Skills
Leading Innovation in Education
Innovation Leadership Checklist
The Future Of Innovative Education
Latest Trends in Leading Innovation in K12 Education
Nine Things That Will Change.
Unlike most educational policy, the focus is not focus on improving existing educational systems but on changing them altogether. Its focus is not on doing things better, but on doing better things; not on doing things right, but on doing the right things to prepare students for a fast changing interdependent world.
Faculty survey results and interviews with senior decision makers leading their institutions’ MOOC strategies:
What were the original motivations behind your MOOC strategy? How have your motivations evolved after some experience with MOOCs? How are you measuring the success of your MOOC strategy? What lessons and best practices have emerged from your experience with MOOCs? What are your plans to expand the use of MOOCs? What advice would you give to other senior leaders considering a MOOC strategy?
Innovation leadership in Education 2015Timothy Wooi
Course Outline
Introduction
Leadership, Innovation and
Why Educational Innovation?
21st Century Teaching and learning
Innovation Leadership in Education
7 Steps to becoming an Innovative Leader
18 Steps to Better Educational
Innovation Leadership
(Advice from Christensen’s Innovator’s DNA)
Shifting Education - Embracing the Transformation #OTRK12Dave Truss
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Part of a series of presentations about Challenge-based Learning and Curtin University's Global Challenge platform. Presented during May 2020 via the Cisco Digital Schools Network.
http://LearningFuturesNetwork.org
http://GlobalCnallenge.org.au
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The knowledge these leading learning practitioners, researchers, and professionals, share, under the same cover, is a unique opportunity for you to read about the variety of approaches to learning technology, the different perspectives on the same technology, and how technology is impacting our culture and learning infrastructure, from early-age classrooms to leading research Universities and from museums and workplace learning providers. It is about our passion for our work and our desire to make our work better through our own learning and development.
Contributory authors:
- Catherine Cronin: Foreword
- David Hopkins: Introduction
- Wayne Barry: “…and what do you do?”: Can we explain the unexplainable?
- Zak Mensah: “Why do we do what we do?”
- Peter Reed: “The structure and roles of Learning Technologists within Higher Education Institutions”
- Rachel Challen: “Learning Technologists as agents of change? Blending policy and creativity”
- Julie Wedgwood: “Developing the skills and knowledge of a Learning Technologist”
- Dr David Walker and Sheila MacNeill: “Learning Technologist as Digital Pedagogue”
- Lesley Price: “Times they are a changing …or not?”
- Sue Beckingham: “The Blended Professional: Jack of all Trades and Master of Some?”
- Julian Stodd: “How gadgets help us learn”
- Terese Bird: “Students Leading the Way in Mobile Learning Innovation”
- Inge de Waard: “Tech Dandy, or the Art of Leisure Learning”
- Sharon Flynn: “Learning Technologists: changing the culture or preaching to the converted?”
- Mike McSharry: “This is your five-minute warning!”
The Mercers' Company, Innovation Unit, Whole Education and Convey are launching a bold and ambitious new education initiative.
Over the next 5 years The Mercers' Company will invest £6.4m in 250 schools who will explore, design and test:
+ new models of school
+ new learning designs
+ new measures of success
We will support these schools to design extraordinary learning that prepares every single student for a bright future.
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Innovation leadership in Education 2015Timothy Wooi
Course Outline
Introduction
Leadership, Innovation and
Why Educational Innovation?
21st Century Teaching and learning
Innovation Leadership in Education
7 Steps to becoming an Innovative Leader
18 Steps to Better Educational
Innovation Leadership
(Advice from Christensen’s Innovator’s DNA)
Shifting Education - Embracing the Transformation #OTRK12Dave Truss
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Part of a series of presentations about Challenge-based Learning and Curtin University's Global Challenge platform. Presented during May 2020 via the Cisco Digital Schools Network.
http://LearningFuturesNetwork.org
http://GlobalCnallenge.org.au
Education is at a crossroads. Questions are being asked about the value of formal credentials while many of the most exciting innovations in our time are emerging from industry rather than as an outcome of a formal research project. The world has changed; what to do?
We’ve used our work on the Shift Index to view the education sector from a different perspective, and we’d like to hear what you think of the result.
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A presentation about systems thinking and its application to school leadership. With thanks to Patrick Godfrey and David Blockley from the Systems Centre at Bristol.
‘The Really Useful #EdTechBook‘ is about experiences, reflections, hopes, passions, expectations, and professionalism of those working with, in, and for the use of technology in education. Not only is it an insight into how, or why, we work with these technologies, it’s about how we as learning professionals got to where we are and how we go forward with our own development.
The knowledge these leading learning practitioners, researchers, and professionals, share, under the same cover, is a unique opportunity for you to read about the variety of approaches to learning technology, the different perspectives on the same technology, and how technology is impacting our culture and learning infrastructure, from early-age classrooms to leading research Universities and from museums and workplace learning providers. It is about our passion for our work and our desire to make our work better through our own learning and development.
Contributory authors:
- Catherine Cronin: Foreword
- David Hopkins: Introduction
- Wayne Barry: “…and what do you do?”: Can we explain the unexplainable?
- Zak Mensah: “Why do we do what we do?”
- Peter Reed: “The structure and roles of Learning Technologists within Higher Education Institutions”
- Rachel Challen: “Learning Technologists as agents of change? Blending policy and creativity”
- Julie Wedgwood: “Developing the skills and knowledge of a Learning Technologist”
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- Lesley Price: “Times they are a changing …or not?”
- Sue Beckingham: “The Blended Professional: Jack of all Trades and Master of Some?”
- Julian Stodd: “How gadgets help us learn”
- Terese Bird: “Students Leading the Way in Mobile Learning Innovation”
- Inge de Waard: “Tech Dandy, or the Art of Leisure Learning”
- Sharon Flynn: “Learning Technologists: changing the culture or preaching to the converted?”
- Mike McSharry: “This is your five-minute warning!”
The Mercers' Company, Innovation Unit, Whole Education and Convey are launching a bold and ambitious new education initiative.
Over the next 5 years The Mercers' Company will invest £6.4m in 250 schools who will explore, design and test:
+ new models of school
+ new learning designs
+ new measures of success
We will support these schools to design extraordinary learning that prepares every single student for a bright future.
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integrating project management techniques into NAF programs. Participants will learn about tools and resources to develop hands-on learning projects that will
help students build skills that are highly valued by employers.
Presenter:
Diane Fromm,
Project Management Institute Educational Foundation
Innovation in Education likewise aims at bringing about positive progress, but these changes will considerably benefit a school, classroom, district, college, or even an institution's training and learning practice.
To know more details, visit us at : https://mitidinnovation.com/recreation/what-is-the-importance-of-innovation-in-education/
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TeachThought
IntroductionTeachThought
What Is TeachThought?
The History of TeachThought
The Core Principles of TeachThought
The Importance of Critical Thinking in Education
How TeachThought Promotes Critical Thinking
The Impact of TeachThought in the Education Sector
TeachThought's Teaching Strategies
Incorporating Technology in Education with TeachThought
Benefits of Using TeachThought in the Classroom
Testimonials from Educators
Challenges and Criticisms
Future Developments
How to Implement TeachThought in Your Classroom
Conclusion
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Transforming Education Through Critical Thinking
In the world of education, there is a continuous need for innovative approaches to teaching and learning. One such approach that has gained significant attention and popularity is TeachThought. This article delves into the realm of TeachThought, exploring its origins, principles, and the impact it has had on the education sector.
What Is TeachThought?
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The Core Principles of TeachThought
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The Core Principles of TeachThought
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The Importance of Critical Thinking in Education
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How TeachThought Promotes Critical Thinking
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What fuels pedagogic innovation? 22nd of May 2018 University of Leeds
1.
2. What fuels pedagogic innovation?
12th Research Students’ Education Conference, University of Leeds, 22 May 2018
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Chrissi Nerantzi ,@chrissinerantzi
#RSEC2018
Twitterpoll
3. The plan
•Who am I
•Discuss pedagogic innovation in
higher education
•What could institutions do to foster
pedagogic innovation
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4. Where are we now?
•Who am I
•Discuss pedagogic innovation in
higher education
•What could institutions do to foster
pedagogic innovation
#RSEC2018
6. Where are we now?
•Who am I
•Discuss pedagogic innovation in
higher education
•What could institutions do to foster
pedagogic innovation
#RSEC2018
7. Build a model that shows what a pedagogic innovator does
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10. “The major domains involve different
modes of inquiry, different rules/symbols,
different ways to generate new knowledge,
and different disciplinary cultures and
historical developments. This suggests that
before one can be creative, one must first
master the respective discipline.”
(Blessinger & Watts, 2017, 7)
Does this also apply to innovating in teaching?
#RSEC2018
11. The Cognitive Domain and Bloom’s Taxonomy
11
evaluation
synthesis
analysis
application
comprehension
knowledge
creating
evaluating
analysing
applying
understanding
remembering
Bloom’s Taxonomoy (1956)
Anderson and Krathwohl Revision (2001)Educational Psychology Interactive: The Cognitive Domain
Is this problematic?
#RSEC2018
12. “Learn the rules
like a pro, so you
can break them
like an artist.”
Pablo Picasso
“If you don’t
know the rules,
you don’t know
not to break
them. The
amateur doesn’t
fear failure.”
(Kessels, 2016,
43)
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14. C
Wo what is going on? Little-c and big-C (Csikszentmihalyi, 1997)
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15. Evolution
new ideas from existing ideas
Synthesis
combination of existing ideas
Revolution
brand new ideas
Re-application
existing ideas in new light
Changing direction
new path when old doesn’t work
Creative methods (Harris, 1998)
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Isaac Newton
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If I have seen
further it is by
standing on the
shoulders of
giants…
17. Pedagogic Innovators project
with Barbara Thomas
Survey: 148
What is pedagogic innovation?
What are the conditions that make it happen?
#RSEC2018
18. “It is a new way of teaching, unlike those commonly
used; it is bespoke and surprises students. Consequently,
it heralds a change driven by a transitory adaption to
pedagogical objectives and the new student profile. It
stems from a reflection that is pedagogical, intellectual,
creative, psychological and sustained, and that shapes
itself progressively through a multi-level and multi-impact
process linked both to the audience and the discipline or
the technology and that aims to improve quality, like a
desire to make the subject understood and foster
success.”
#RSEC2018
A definition of pedagogic innovation (Walder, 2014, 200)
19. Purpose not clear >
experimentation
Purposeful > desired outcomes, change
New “Someone who tries a new
approach.”
“Someone who brings different ideas and approaches to
their teaching - who tries to do things differently.
Someone who looks for new ways to make the learning
more effective and engaging.”
New
outside
disciplinary
tradition
“Someone who experiments,
breaks moulds, tries new things
and approaches, particularly ones
which might be unusual for the
discipline”
“Someone who is prepared to step out of traditional
approaches in order to enhance student engagement
and learning.”
Novel “An individual who questions
traditional educational convention
and thinking, and develops new
concepts and processes.”
“A willingness to try new things, to challenge the
boundaries of existing pedagogies and to risk new
teaching and learning strategies with the outcome of
improved learning for students.”
Using
technology
“Trying out new ways of doing
staff training using learning
technology.”
“Someone who tries new things, new practices, new
technology (but not necessarily technology-related), in
order to enhance learning or address a known problem.
Also, someone who uses those new ways to implement
old ideas, or new theories about teaching and learning,
or who uses new methods to teach new, evolving and
emerging themes and topics.”
What does a pedagogic innovator do?
#RSEC2018
23. “Someone who is prepared to put enormous effort
and energy into trying to achieve something in spite
of the challenges and barriers. Who does not give up
when things do not work out but learns from the
experience and tries again. Who is self-critical and
analytical about their own performance. Who reflects
on and learns from their and other's experiences”
Respondent 5
“I take a lot of career risks (innovating in spite of
resistance), changing jobs as often as necessary to
stay engaged and empowered.” Respondent 136
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25. “A network of like-minded souls to discuss ideas
with. This requires some institutional support (which
in my case is lacking, to a large extent - I innovate
despite my institution not because of it).”
Respondent 84
#RSEC2018
27. “Right now, what I really want is to be influential
enough to be able to continue shaking up the
university systems to make them take teaching
seriously, to reward those who do it well, and to
value it. I don't really mind if that involves promotion
or not, but I do recognise that professors tend to get
taken more seriously than those of us who are not -
so ideally, a Chair would be nice. But if not, just
having the ear of those who are powerful, and
being able to influence them.” Respondent 84
#RSEC2018
32. Institutional push as well?
“… there is a strong encouragement from all quarters
for innovators to find cost-effective practices.”
(Cowan, 2006, 138)
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33. Purpose not clear >
experimentation
Purposeful > desired outcomes, change
New “Someone who tries a new
approach.”
“Someone who brings different ideas and approaches to
their teaching - who tries to do things differently.
Someone who looks for new ways to make the learning
more effective and engaging.”
New
outside
disciplinary
tradition
“Someone who experiments,
breaks moulds, tries new things
and approaches, particularly ones
which might be unusual for the
discipline”
“Someone who is prepared to step out of traditional
approaches in order to enhance student engagement
and learning.”
Novel “An individual who questions
traditional educational convention
and thinking, and develops new
concepts and processes.”
“A willingness to try new things, to challenge the
boundaries of existing pedagogies and to risk new
teaching and learning strategies with the outcome of
improved learning for students.”
Using
technology
“Trying out new ways of doing
staff training using learning
technology.”
“Someone who tries new things, new practices, new
technology (but not necessarily technology-related), in
order to enhance learning or address a known problem.
Also, someone who uses those new ways to implement
old ideas, or new theories about teaching and learning,
or who uses new methods to teach new, evolving and
emerging themes and topics.”
But what drives innovators?
#RSEC2018
35. The Greenhouse at Manchester Met (Nerantzi, 2016), Open cross-
boundary communities (Nerantzi, 2017, Nerantzi & Gossman, submitted)
1. Supporting communities
“Above all, there needs to be an institutional
community of practice for educators, which provides
a supportive and encouraging environment for
people who wish to innovate within their teaching.”
Respondent 60
#RSEC2018
36. 2. Greenhousing
“Freedom to experiment;
more time and space for
reflection. Free up space in
the timetable for
experimentation.”
Respondent 90
#RSEC2018
The Greenhouse (Nerantzi, 2016)
39. OPEN CALL!!!
Special Issue: Discovering
innovative application of
LEGO® in Learning and
Teaching (Nerantzi & James
eds.)
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40. Bateson, P. & Martin, P. (2013) Play, playfulness, creativity and innovation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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