This document provides an outline for a presentation on futures-thinking for language learning in ASEAN given by Victoria G. Pineda. The presentation discusses the current ASEAN economic landscape and trends in educational models that emphasize rhizomatic and personal learning approaches. It presents models like personal learning networks and knowledge creation/exchange and provides a case example. Pineda proposes research on personal learning environments, language learning tools, multicultural learning environments, and simulations. She emphasizes Asian cultural diversity and the need for autonomous, mastery-driven learning to develop 21st century skills.
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Futures-thinking for the next generation ASEANs: facing the 21st century language learning challenges
1. Futures-thinking for the next
generation ASEANs:
facing the 21st century language
learning challenges
Victoria G. Pineda
Information Technology Dept.
De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines
Email: mavic.pineda@delasalle.ph
http://slideshare.net/mobilemartha
De La Salle University
Manila, Philippines
25 November 2013
3. OUTLINE
• My Background
• Present ASEAN economic landscape
• Current trends in educational models
• The Rhizomatic approach
• Models: Personal Learning Networks
• Models: K-creation and K-exchange
• Case Example: The Social Studies courseware (if time
permits)
• Proposed Research Focus
• Final note: Asian cultural diversity
5. Basic Info
• Archipelago of 7,107 islands
• 3 major group of islands
• Around 90M population
• Strong American & Spanish
influences
• The only Catholic country in Asia
• the 8th most multicultural nation in
the world1
• We value “family”,
“education” & “democracy”
Source of map image:
http://www.infoplease.com/atlas/country/philippines.html
7. HEIS in the Philippines
• Total number of state colleges & universities - 607
• Private non-sectarian colleges & universities -1249
• Private sectarian colleges & universities - 324
• Total - 2180
Source of image:
http://www.ust.edu.ph/
The University of Santo Tomas is the oldest university in the Phils, founded in
April 28, 1611. UST celebrates its 400years this year.
8. HEIS in the Philippines
• Governing body is the
Commission on Higher Education (CHED)
• Accreditation of degree programs is important
• Programs exhibiting best practices & serve as benchmarks
are recognized as Centers of Developments or Centers of
Excellence
• No. of HEIs with COEs/CODs:
Government – 39
Private - 61
9. De La Salle in the Philippines
•
www.dlsu.edu.ph
• 17 campuses in the
archipelago
• Trimester schedule
• 5 colleges
• Highest level of HEI
accreditation
Founded in 1911
10. Learning Commons: the biggest library & holds upto-date and wide selection of printed and online
learning resources
Competent faculty
Empowered student services
Transformative Learning +
Understanding by design +
Service Learning
IVLE-LMS
24/7 availability of
reliable web portal &
wifi services
11. Disaster studies & DMIS
What I do
Research collaboration
Personal learning
environments
Community-based
disaster risk reduction
Open learning objects
Teacher ICT capacity building
Community engagement
13. The World Economic Forum
defines competitiveness as the
set of institutions, policies, and
factors that determine the level
of productivity of an economy.
http://www.weforum.org/issues/global-competitiveness/index.html
14. Did you know?
“Thailand, recovering from six years of
political chaos and environmental disaster,
has been leading the region, recording the
fastest growth in the fourth quarter of
2012 since the country began compiling
economic data in 1993.”
Source: http://www.asiasentinel.com/econ-business/is-asean-the-new-brics/
15. Because of this..
• The rise of Asia (we are now in the Asian Century) means greater
linguistic and cultural interactions with the rest of
the world. The rise of the ASEAN Economic Community, means greater
linguistic and cultural interactions within the region (and a little beyond as
there are prospective connections with non-ASEAN Asian countries as well as
Australia and New Zealand). The adoption of English as the language of
communication for ASEAN’s quest for the mobility of its citizens means that
the demand for English will rise considerably. But that is not
all. If the mobility program is to succeed, there will also be a need
for the development of local languages. Cultural study
will encompass all languages. This is very likely to mean at least two things: (a)
the demand for language and culture learning will certainly outstrip the supply
of formal avenues for language/culture learning (schools, universities etc.) and
(b) people will need to meet unpredicted and unpredictable needs as they
navigate through their newly mobile life. They will not need a university
certificate, but the ability to pass some kind of standardized proficiency test at
a time decided by themselves, or perhaps a prospective employer, rather than
by institution or government.
From Andrew Lian’s Plenary lecture in DLSU, Feb. 22, 2013
16. Because of this..
• diversification of education and
educational practices.
• Distance learning despite still being
under discussion with regard to its
efficacy, has become
institutionalized.
• MOOCs are attracting countless
students
• certification, credentialing and
challenge examinations are gaining
tractions
17. Because of this..
• and the direction is a smarter self-managed
Do-It-Yourself society
Source:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p
hwDtHUK_I8&feature=player_embe
dded
20. The ORIGINAL
the rhizome has no hierarchy and
no tree-like structures knowledge
representations
"transformational
locations for breeding
multiplicities” knowledge because of
model of
connectivism
emerging technologies
the rhizome is alliance, uniquely alliance
21. The Rhizome
• a metaphor to represent a
dynamic, open-ended, selfadjusting (not chaotic) personal
learning network constructed
(by the learners themselves) to
meet perceived and actual
needs. (Lian, 2011)
• Making the learner more
mindful of her learning
incidents and capabilities,
making her define her personal
learning environment, makes
her more capable of increasing
the rhizome lines of her
learning. (Pineda, 2012)
23. • In practical terms, this has
meant a paradigm shift on
the part of the teachers and
course designers not just to
shed part of their role but
also to share it with the
students. This means
that amongst other
things the students
have choices on how
or where or when to
interact with
teachers or other
students.
26. What a Personal
Learning Network
Does able to define and
The better the learner is
construct her personal learning environment, the
more she is capable of increasing the shoots and
stems of her learning.
The more the student increases the learning
interactions or circumstances, the more the
student has better understanding of the
individual ability to acquire knowledge and
to retrospect on it. (Pineda, 2012)
28. What a Personal
Learning Network
Does
•The PLN likewise provides a way to
discover what individuals naturally
do and serves as a springboard for
rethinking for how passionate they
are about the things they do well or
how much they wish to become
excellent.
50. others
A short story
marcus
Research paper
lennarth
MARIA
2009
mukisa
Book chapter
kiran
MAVIC
ase
oliver
2010
social connection
knowledge exchange
collaborative work & tools
communication technologies
2011
2012
53. Lima (2011) claims that current trends of knowledgebuilding pushes a modern world inherent of
complexity leading to a new norm, a shift from
hierarchical configuration to a rhizomatic
arrangement of knowledge networks.
56. Builds autonomy
Develops mastery
Identifies the sources of
information & learning
resources
Underscores purpose
& openness
Congruent to collaborative
networking
Why rhizomatic
approach?
• The adaptive
competency of the 21st
century
• Expertise is still
essential
• Self-management &
self-regulation
• Goal-oriented & resilient
• Peer learning, dynamic
collaboration and
harmonious knowledge
exchange
58. How to cook the Kangkong?
Each Asean member has a
kangkong story to tell
59. Focus research areas
• PLE (personal learning environments)
capacity planning & building based on a
rhizomatic model
• Development of Personal language
learning & collaborative tools
• Design of multicultural learning
environments
• Macrosimulations and gamifications in
context/local domains
60. “Today’s complex problem solving
requires multiple perspectives. The days
of Leonardo da Vinci are over.”
Etienne Wenger
61. Maraming salamat po.
Victoria G. Pineda
Information Technology Dept.
De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines
Email: mavic.pineda@delasalle.ph
http://slideshare.net/mobilemartha
62. Additional References
•
Lian, A.P. (2013). “Reflections on Intellectual and Strategic Educational
Development in an Exponentially-Expanding Technological World”, a presentation
delivered in The Forum on Strategic Approaches to the Future, De La Salle
University, Manila, Philippines on February 23, 2013. Retrieved from
http://pleandrhizomes.net/2013/05/02/reflections-on-intellectual-and-strategiceducational-development-in-an-exponentially-expanding-technological-world-2/
•
Lima, M. (2011). “The Power of Networks: Mapping an increasingly complex world”,
a presentation at Royal Society of Arts (London), December 8th, 2011, Full audio
recording in RSA Events. Retrieved from http://www.thersa.org/events/audio-andpast-events/2011/the-power-of-networks-knowledge-in-an-age-of-infiniteinterconnectedness
•
Pineda, Ma. V. (2012b). Personal Learning Networks (PLNs) as an approach to
understanding the rhizomatic learning connections of 21st century students.
Proceedings of AsiaCALL2012, the 11th International Conference of the Asia
Association of Computer-Assisted Language-Learning. A special issue of the
AsiaCALL Online Journal. Retrieved from http://asiacall.info/acoj/wpcontent/uploads/2013/09/Pineda_Ma_V_AsiaCALL2012_Proceedings.pdf
Editor's Notes
I would like to extend my greatest appreciation for the very warm hospitality of the SuranareeUniv of Technology. May I cite the kindness of the Associate Professor AnjarAnchalee, Chair of School of Foreign languages, who made this session possible. And of course I would also like to mention a very good colleague who extended his confidence on this project, Dr. Andrew Lian. Let’s give them a round of applause.
There are three interconnected objectives that are moving this activity. First is to heighten the awareness of the need to make us attuned to the many learning practices taking place and that we need to think and work towards the future. Second, is to encourage participants in this research from our friends in Southeast Asia. It is important that we understand and realize our interconnectedness if we talk of futures thinking. This is a very good opportunity of joint research cooperation as wel as possibly finding research funding. Third, it is very significant as academics to be mindful of issues taking place influenced by technology intrastructure and the need for an underlying theoretical framework to address the issues. And so this is the outline I have prepared this morning. Hopefully, this will tease your minds even after a a two-week long of deep thoughts already.
Some basic informationabt the Philippines
Talk about caring, guidance, mentoring & coaching in the family. Add extended family values.Mention less orphans/orphanages, less homes for the elderlies.
Some trivia on how (or why) DLSU was established in the Phils.
Students develop the ability to construct meaningful realities when they are given the opportunities to explore areas of learning, relate their experiences, and challenge these areas as they reach higher levels of expertise.For La Salle, scholarship– or intellectual inquiry opens opportunities for reflection and discussion in Catholic thoughts and teachings as other faith traditions.
The ASEAN’s strength is not competition but collaboration. The ASEAN is in the middle of the world supply chain, from products to services. According to economists “ASEAN lies at the heart of many important global industrial production chains in manufacturing and services trade. These allow countries to specialize in different parts of the production process, tapping the competitive advantages of each location.” The ASEAN has become a big production network on its own as well as serving as intermediaries to different suppliers and producers in the world.”This means that in order to sustain our competitiveness, we need to be able to prepare and develop the necessary learning skills of our citizens.
ASEAN countries like Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand now host large and growing numbers of migrants, including those from fellow ASEAN countries like Indonesia and the Philippines. Many ASEAN nationals are also returning home from industrial countries, bringing with them connections to technology, capital and international business networks.We are looking at cross-border skills and actions taking place.
I will skip this as this was discussed by Dr. Ho already.
The rhizome was inspired by two French philosophers, Gilles Deleuze & Felix Guattari. who wrote A Thousand Plateaus. It talked about many things, citing how we traditionally build structures to frame our thoughts. These two gentlemen argued a rhizomatic map of perceiving things.1 the rhizome has no hierarchy and no tree-like (or root-like) structures 2 knowledge representations 3 model of connectivism5"transformational multiplicities” 4 locations for breeding knowledge because of emerging technologies creation of a map to create the unconscious the rhizome is the production of the unconscious the rhizome is measured not by units but by dimensionsa rhizome has a plateau; the plateau can be a multiplicity connected to another multiplicity6 the rhizome is alliance, uniquely alliance A rhizome has no beginning or end; it is always in the middle, between things, inter being, intermezzo. (p. 23) .. the rhizome is alliance, uniquely alliance.
Students may have individual differences and character, but it doesn’t mean they cannnot be independent or work together.It is more likely that you become creative when you have diverse opinions.OR have better productivity with diverse skills.Ask the students of any experience that they were stopped on the idea of working together bec of some pre-conceived notion abt the other person.
Explain PLN as a representation of an individual rhizome that is useful in managing the resources and entities and connections supporting the learnng.
Making the learner more mindful of her learning incidents and capabilities, making her define her personal learning environment, makes her more capable of increasing the rhizome lines of her learning. (Pineda, 2012) (Reiterate bullet no. 2)
Im not sure if this slide is necessary, still thinking
I remember in the Asiacall conference hearing concerns such as– how can we deliver an effective language learning experience and be good in the technology too?First, you have to be a very good language learner first. If you are a teacher, be a SMART teaching teacher. Develops mastery – give an example on student presentationsThis is what we need in the 21st century. This is what we need to understand as Aseans. We cannot be left behiind.
This explains that while kangkong is common in the ASEAN region, it is cooked and prepared invariably by each culture or nation.
Check the time. If there is extra time, show the courseware.