9. Responding to an Era of Complex Change The Learning Commons is: An approach to learning A way to focus on learning collaboratively Flexible, responsive, expansive Virtual and physical spaces
10. The major shift: The Learning Commons is the whole school Everyone is a learner and a stakeholder The School Library has an integral and transformative role to play in the implementation
18. Learning to Learn: From Information to Knowledge Creation Reading Engagement Multiple Literacies Critical and Creative Thinking Discovery and Guided Inquiry Learning to Learn Read one section Note key ideas “tweet” back to the group (post-its)
20. Multiple Literacies Defining literacy is a process of continuous negotiation that is fuelled by social, economic and technological changes. To be literate is to have the skills and knowledge to make meaningful connections between what one knows and what one is trying to understand, apply or communicate. Loertscher, Koechlin & Zwaan, 2008
21. Critical and Creative Thinking Good questions are the driving force of critical and creative thinking and therefore one of the best indicators of significant learning. Good questions are those that force students to challenge their taken-for-granted assumptions and see their own underlying biases... the best questions send students on rich and meaningful lifelong quests, question after question after question. Wesch, 2008
24. Developing the Individual Quality education includes the education of the heart as well as the head; it includes a focus on the whole person… It means preparing students to be concerned citizens who have empathy and respect for people within their increasingly diverse communities. It means providing opportunities for students to understand deeply the importance of civic engagement and what it means to be a global citizen... - Avis Glaze, 2006
25. The Role of Personal Qualities & Importance of Individual Growth Imagination and creativity Confidence and self-esteem Cultural awareness and social contribution Importance of individual growth Engagement of all Learners Intellectual Curiosity Respect and Responsibility Initiative Browse through pages 30 - 33. What visual images come to mind?
26. Engagement of All Learners Turning hard work into hard fun requires helping students relate their work to their own lives and the culture in which they live. This type of learning, inherent in the Learning Commons, is sticky — it stays with the learner. And it creates an environment where the individual will grow and flourish. ( pg. 33)
31. Advisory Consultants Ray Doiron Ken Haycock David Loertscher Ross J. Todd Debra Wallace David Warlick
32. With the financial support of: Literacy and Numeracy Secretariat of the Government of Ontario’s Ministry of Education
33. OSLA SPOTLIGHT SPEAKER: Dr. Chris Spence on Dealing with Change “Change of this magnitude is never easy and once you embark on the journey, you soon learn that many people don’t like the discomfort involved. Stern resolve then becomes important because standing still or going backwards are no longer options. [What] is required is that we are open to it {change}and willing to embrace it,… thoughtful about what we preserve and what we reinvent, and that we have the courage to stay the course, despite what critics may say.”
Editor's Notes
peggy
Ruth - “The learning commons is a flexible and resopnsive approach to helping schools focus on learning collaboratively. It wxpands the learning experience, taking students and educators into virtual spaces beyond the walls of a school.”
Ruth - The purpose of the learning commons is to build transferable skills in students, fostering their development as: critical consumers of information, effective problem solvers, capable decision makers, and innovative communicators. The purpose of the Learning Commons is to become the physical and virtual catalyst where inquiry, discovery and creativity come alive.
Peggy This focus on developing transferable skills is not really new, in many cases we do have access to both virtual and physical learning resources and yet there is a growing disconnect, as we saw in our opening video clip, from Professor Mike Wesch between the way students learn outside of school and what is permitted inside. This has created a reGood newsWhat if documentDisconnect statement on state of educationMake experience mirror the reality
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