1. NSR 21st Century Learning:
Pedagogical Approaches
Cathie Howe
Macquarie ICT Innovations Centre
Professional Learning Meeting: February 1st 2013

2. What should learning look like?

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5. What could learning look like?
• Student centred
• Independence valued • abstractness
• Agile • complexity (inter
• open & accepting relationships)
• complex (rich variety of • variety
resources, media, ideas, • study of people
methods, tasks) Learning • study of methods of
inquiry
• Physical/virtual
Environ- Content
ment What students
Where learn
students learn
Product Process • higher levels of thinking
• real problems • creative /critical
• real audiences Thinking /divergent thinking
Result of
processes used
• real deadlines learning • open-endedness
to learn
• transformations (rather • group interaction
than regurgitation) • variable pacing
• Appropriate evaluation • variety of learning
• debriefing
• freedom of choice
Maker Model

6. Living and Learning in a
Technology Rich World
CONNECTING
COMMUNICATING
LEARNING COLLECTIVELY
COLLABORATING
PRODUCING
CUSTOMISING &
ADAPTING TECHNOLOGY

7. Learning Environments
FROM
compromised access to technology
TO
emerging technology rich environments
with a blend of physical and virtual spaces

8. Pedagogical Approach: Inquiry Learning
can take many forms…
concepts learned
development of
in context
students’ critical
and creative
thinking skills
student-centred
teacher-guided learning
supports autonomous learning

9. 21st Century Fluencies
The ability to unconsciously and
intuitively interpret information in Ability to think creatively and solve
all forms and formats in order to problems in real time
extract the essential knowledge,
authenticate it, and perceive its
meaning and significance.
Process by which artistic
proficiency adds meaning
through design, art and
storytelling.
The ability to look analytically at The unconscious ability to work
any communication to interpret the cooperatively with virtual and real
real message, and evaluate the partners in an online environment to
efficacy of the chosen medium. solve problems and create original
Secondly, to create original products.
communications by aligning the
message and audience though the
most appropriate and effective
medium. http://fluency21.com/

10. 7 Key Aspects
Students seek to explore their own questions
Provide students with meaningful opportunities to share
Student work is shared with more than just teachers and peers
Collaboration with peers and teachers within local and global communities
Students lead learners in our class, our school and in our world
School is a learning sandbox
Connected learning in both physical and digital spaces
The 7 Ways images are from iStockphoto except for: ‘Voice’ - Neon Mic by fensterbme on flickr, and ‘Play’ by David Truss

11. Project Based Learning
creates the need to know
authentic learning activities
begins with a driving question - key to arousing curiosity
engages and empowers students
work autonomously (usually in groups)
construct their own learning
culminates in realistic, student created products

12. Challenged Based Learning
collaborative learning
guided knowledge construction
propose solutions to real problems
take action
reflect on learning and the impact of actions
publish solutions to a worldwide audience
focus on learning process rather than product

13. Design Based Learning
real world contexts
multiple contexts
scaffolded challenges and open-ended design tasks
rich, varied feedback
discussion and collaboration
experimentation and exploration
both the process of learning and its outcomes or products are valued

14. Flipped Classroom
videos instead of direct instruction
increased interaction
autonomous learning
teacher is "guide on the side” not "sage
on the stage"
a blending of direct instruction with
constructivist learning
content is curated

15. The future…
If people don’t really learn how to learn and
how to engage, and how to be flexible and
adaptive, how to find communities and have
ideas about things that they want to do now,
we’re just really in trouble.
Professor Katie Salen

16. George Siemens suggests that, when students
“make their learning transparent, they
become teachers.”

17. As teachers we are beginning
to be urged to:
Rethink access
Rethink transparency
Rethink openess
Rethink ownership
Understanding Virtual Pedagogies For Contemporary Teaching & Learning
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18. We are at the very beginning of what these new
technologies will enable.
Perhaps the question we should be asking
ourselves is not how technology can improve
what we are currently doing…
BUT
what is now possible?
Understanding Virtual Pedagogies For Contemporary Teaching & Learning
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