The 21st Century Learning and Learners

1. 2121STST
CENTURYCENTURY
LEARNINGLEARNING
MDCS
Lecturer:Lecturer: Prof. Malyn. SingsonProf. Malyn. Singson

2. WHO ARE OUR LEARNERS?WHO ARE OUR LEARNERS?

3. SOME FACTSSOME FACTS
• Filipinos aged 15 to 24 years old
represent the biggest consumers of
information technology.
• 6 out of 10 young people aged 15 to
24 years old are regular Internet users
and more than half have social
network and email accounts.

4. • About 78 percent of them have mobile
phones.
• On average they spend 6 hours a week
online, some logging in as much as 35
hours of Internet use.
• 1 in 3 young people have friends whom
they only met online while 25 % have
friends whom they met through text and
have not seen personally.

5. Generation X – (1965 – 1979)Generation X – (1965 – 1979)
““Lost or Latchkey generation”; MTV Gen; Hip-hop;Lost or Latchkey generation”; MTV Gen; Hip-hop;
Generation Y – Millennials (1980 – 2000)Generation Y – Millennials (1980 – 2000)
iGen; Dependence on Internet; Echo boomers; NarcissisticiGen; Dependence on Internet; Echo boomers; Narcissistic
Generation Z – (2001 - 2013)Generation Z – (2001 - 2013)
Technology dependent generation; IndividualisticTechnology dependent generation; Individualistic
GI Generation – (1901 – 1924)GI Generation – (1901 – 1924)
Great Depression teenagers; fought WW11Great Depression teenagers; fought WW11
TIMELINE : Different GenerationsTIMELINE : Different Generations
Silent Generation – (1925 – 1942)
Too young to involve in WW11; Conformist
Baby Boomers – (1943 – 1964)Baby Boomers – (1943 – 1964)
Economic and Baby boom after WW11; Rock ‘n Roll musicEconomic and Baby boom after WW11; Rock ‘n Roll music

6. 2GB (USB, 2015)
5MB (HD, 1956)

7. Digital natives
(Social Media
enthusiasts) Critical Thinkers
Communicators
Collaborators
Creative
Thinkers
ATTRIBUTES OF 21ST
CENTURY LEARNERS
Curious
Grow too fast
Don’t like slow,
lengthy approach
Like learning
meaningful and
relevant
Globally
competitive

8. LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS
• Learning environments as
place or space?
or
• Support systems that
organize the condition in
which humans learn best ?

9. What is a 21st century
learning environment?
• “Learning environments are the
structures, tools, and
communities that inspire students
and educators to attain the
knowledge and skills the 21st
century demands of us all.”

10. 21ST
learning environment as
system of systems that
• Creates learning practices,
human support and physical
environments that will support
the teaching and learning of
21st century skill outcomes

11. • Supports professional learning
communities that enable educators
to collaborate, share best
practices, and integrate 21st
century skills into classroom
practice

12. • Enables students to learn in
relevant, real world 21st century
contexts (e.g., through project-
based or other applied work)
• Allows equitable access to quality
learning tools, technologies, and
resources

13. • Provides 21st century architectural
and interior designs for group,
team, and individual learning
• Supports expanded community
and international involvement in
learning, both face-to-face and
online

14. STRUCTURES FOR LEARNING
What physical and temporal structures best
support the teaching and learning of 21st
century skills?
-Smart, agile schools
-Flexible designs
-Learning as extending to the community
-Greening schools
-Re-conceiving the library

15. TIME FOR LEARNING
• Flexibility of design needs to extend
to time as well.
• “When it comes to learning, there is
no final bell.”

16. TOOLS FOR LEARNING
What technological infrastructures best
support the teaching and learning of 21st
century skills?
•Students today need access to the digital tools and
media-rich resources that will help them explore,
understand, and express themselves in the world they
will inherit tomorrow.
•A 21st century learning environment blends physical
and digital infrastructures to seamlessly support
learning.

17. COMMUNITIES FOR LEARNINGWhat types of relationships and communities nurture
21st century learning, and how can we create and
sustain them?
•“people network”
•“miniature communities”
•“positive school culture”
•“a commitment on the part of every member to
the learning of everyone, children and adults
alike”

18. What are 21st century
skills?
Learning Skills Literacy Skills Life Skills
Critical Thinking
Creative Thinking
Collaborating
Communicating
Information Literacy
Media Literacy
Technology Literacy
Flexibility
Initiative
Social Skills
Productivity
Leadership
•Skills acquired
through reading as
well as using media
and technology.
•Skills that help
students learn
which are vital to
success in school
and beyond.
•Skills that are
adaptive and
positive behavior
for the challenges

19. Information literacy
• involves traditional skills such as
reading, researching, and writing;
but new ways to read and write
have also introduced new skills:
• Consuming information
• Producing information

20. Media Literacy
• Media literacy involves understanding
the many ways that information is
produced and distributed.
• Students need to learn how to
critically analyze and evaluate
messages coming to them through any
medium.

21. Media Literacy
• As with information literacy, the key is to
recognize the elements of the
communication situation—sender,
message (subject and purpose), medium,
receiver, and context.

22. Technology Literacy
What students expect
from technology
How we can help them
use technology wisely
• Freedom to express their
views, personalities, and
identities
• Ability to customize and
personalize technology
to their own tastes
• reading Web sites;
• using search engines;
• using map searches;
• accessing videos,
podcasts, and feeds;

23. • Ability to dig
deeper, finding
whatever
information they
want
• Honesty in
interactions with
others and with
organizations
• evaluating Web
resources;
• researching on the
Internet;
• e-mailing, chatting,
texting,
microblogging;

24. What students expect
from technology
How we can help them
use technology wisely
• Fun to be part of
learning, work, and
socialization as well
as entertainment
• Connecting to others
and collaborating in
everything
• using social sites;
• visiting virtual
worlds;

25. • Speed and
responsiveness in
communication and
searching for answers
• Innovation and
change, not settling for
familiar technologies
but seeking and using
what is new and better
• blogging and using
wikis; and
• using message boards,
newsgroups, and
VOIP (Skype).

26. • By understanding how to evaluate this new
information and how to use these new tools to
create effective, well-grounded communication,
students can harness the power of new technology
and be inspired to learn.

27. Who is the 21st
century learner?

29. WHO IS
THE 21ST
CENTURY
TEACHER?

30. CHALLENGES OF 21CHALLENGES OF 21stst
CENTURYCENTURY
EDUCATORSEDUCATORS
New
Technology
Trends Captivating
Content
Communication
gap
Character
building21st
Century
skills

32. Thank youThank you!!

33. • References may be furnished upon
request
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