Project Tomorrow &
The Horizon Report
• use social based learning for learning
and personal lives
• access to untethered learning
• digitally rich learning using relevancy-
based digital tools, content &
resources that allow for self directed
learning
The road ahead:
Enabling
Engaging
Empowering
The New 3 E’s of Education: Enabled, Engaged, Empowered
How Today’s Students Are Leveraging Emerging Technologies for Learning (2011)
Universal Design for Learning
Multiple Meansof
• Representation
• Action and
Expression
• Engagement
Universal Design for Learning
CAST - Center for Applied Special Technology
http://www.cast.org
National Center on Universal Design for Learning
http://www.udlcenter.org
Universal Design for Learning
Multiple Means of
Representation
How we gather facts and
categorize what we see, hear,
and read.
Teacher/Instructor/Employer -
Present information and
content in different ways
Universal Design for Learning
Multiple Means of
Action & Expression
Planning and performing tasks.
How we organize and express
our ideas.
Teacher/Instructor/Employer -
Differentiate the ways that
students can express what they
know
Universal Design for Learning
Multiple Meansof
Engagement
How we get engaged and stay
motivated. How we are
challenged, excited, or
interested.
Teacher/Instructor/Employer -
Stimulate interest and
motivation for learning
SAMR Model (Ruben Puentedura)
4-level approach to selecting,
using, and evaluating
technology in education
Generation Y – digital nativesfirst generation to grow up with digital and cyber technologies
Thomas Friedman"flatteners" that he sees as leveling the global playing field – personal computingconvergence of computers / internet / globalisationdigital nativesSpeakup 2010Not reflected in what is happening in schools – precieved lack of sophisticated use of emerging technologiesDesktop computers still most prevalent
In education, three key technology-related shifts are underway that shows this to be an idea whose time has finally come.The first involves shifting computers from school tech labs to classrooms and from classrooms to pupils’ backpacks. The second replaces books and print-based analogues with online curricula and digital content. The third removes one-size-fits all, teacher-at-front-of-the room instructional approaches in favour of personalised lessons, assessments, and instructional modalities."Global education strategist Dr Mark Westo
Enabling students to reach their potential through increased access to educational resources and experts that extend learning beyond the capacities or limitations of their school or community.Engaging students in rich, compelling learning experiences that develop deeper knowledge and skill development especially the problem-solving, creativity and critical thinking skills so highly desired for our world today.Empowering students to take responsibility for their own educational destinies and to explore knowledge with an unfettered curiosity, thus creating a new generation of life long learners.
survey to identify and measure literacy linked to social and economic characteristics of people – 15 to 74 year olds46-47% had literacy levels below ‘functionalliteracy’ – that is, the literacy skills necessary to met the complex demands of everyday life and work in the emerging knowledge-based societylinks between employment / income / use of technologylink with health literacy – 60% functioning below minimum requirements required to understand and use information relating to health