7. the goal of education cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2009 “ The goal of education is to enrich the lives of students while producing articulate, expressive thinkers and lifelong learners that are socially responsible, resilient, and active citizens of the world. Education is about teaching students, not subjects”. – Dave Truss http://www.dailymail.co.uk
8. transforming education? Source: Chambers English Dictionary "In large states public education will always be mediocre, for the same reason that in large kitchens the cooking is usually bad." – Nietzsche cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2009 http://thescholasticdiary.wordpress.com
9. “ Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school” – Einstein cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2009 http://gradeproud.com
10. “ For the first time we are preparing students for a future we cannot clearly describe.” – David Warlick cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2009 http://communications.nottingham.ac.uk/podcasts/
11. “ It's not what you know that counts anymore. It's what you can learn.” – Don Tapscott cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2009 http://www.nationalpost.com
12. “ I cannot teach anyone, all I can do is make them think.” – Socrates http://commarts.edgewood.edu/socrates.jpg cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2009 … but how do you make them think?
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14. digital natives? cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2009 http://tatango.com
15. personalised Learning? cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2009 http://www.delasallewaterford.com
17. we are family cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2009 http://pro.corbis.com
18. Wii are family! cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2009 http://wiifitnessdepot.com
19. cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2009 Learning 2.0 User generated content architecture of participation
20. cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2009 Learning 2.0 Tools Collaborating Sharing Voting Networking User generated content architecture of participation Tagging
21. cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2009 Learning 2.0 Tools Collaborating Sharing Voting Networking User generated content architecture of participation Tagging If it’s not participatory it’s not social media
22. funnels or webs? “ The current search for new educational funnels must be reversed into the search for their institutional inverse: educational webs which heighten the opportunity for each one to transform each moment [...] into one of learning, sharing and caring”. – Illich (1970) cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2009 http://zumu.com
23. digital cultural capital “ Where digital communication has fractured the tyranny of distance and computers have become pervasive and ubiquitous, identification through digital mediation has become the new cultural capital”. - Wheeler (2009) cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2009 http://www.coreideas.com.au/
26. assessment? normative vs ipsative cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2009 Ipsative assessment measures learners against their own previous personal achievements
27. learning styles? “ There are as many learning styles as there are people.” – Wheeler (2009) http://fluorescentflicker.files.wordpress.com cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2009
28. the VAK model… Visual Seeing and reading Auditory Hearing and speaking Kinaesthetic Touching and doing cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2009
30. ...or Confucius repurposed? Auditory Visual Kinaesthetic cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2009 I see, I remember I hear, I know I do, I understand
31. situated learning Auditory Visual Kinaesthetic cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2009 I see, I remember I hear, I know I do, I understand Cognition Memory Meta Cognition Deeper Learning
32. anytime flexible personalised learning anyplace cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2009 http://ithalas.com
33. what are the barriers to creativity? cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2009
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36. cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2009 Join all nine dots Using four straight Lines. Do not take Your pen from the Paper and do not Go back over any Lines.
37. cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2009 Thinking ‘outside the box’ means we go beyond the fixity of our natural perception
38. a man enters a field with an unopened package and dies. Why? cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2009
39. a man enters a field with an unopened package and dies. Why? cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2009
44. ‘ squeeze’ text The competition was for re-writing the Lord's Prayer for the mobile phone, using just 160 characters or less. It was judged for Ship of Fools by the Churches' Broadcasting Conference. The task itself was not easy. The traditional version of the Lord's Prayer is 372 characters long, so whittling it down to 160 characters meant cutting the prayer by more than half but without losing anything important. cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2009 http://www.canada.com
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47. “ All too often today we are giving young people cut flowers when we should be teaching them to grow their own plants” – John W Gardner cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2009 http://www.freedigitalphotos.net/image/s_flowers-lost-gardens-of-heligan.jpg
48. thank you [email_address] steve-wheeler.blogspot.com cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2009 http:// www.vend123.com/