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21

Century Learning

Research Innovations That Matter


Cheryl Lemke
Metiri Group

Welcome to their world

Engaging Students in Deep Learning


Metiri Group

Flow
Engaged Learners

Motivation
Curiosity
Interest

Deep
Learning

*Based on work of Cskszentmihlyi

Learning Environments That Engage (Web 2.0)


CONTENT/SUBSTANCE

ORGANIZATION

NOVELTY/ VARIETY

CHOICE

LEARNING
ENVIRONMENTSAFFILIATION
AFFIRMATION
THAT ENGAGE:
Web 2.0
PRODUCT STANDARDS
AUTHENTICITY
PRODUCT FOCUS

INTELLECTUAL SAFETY

*Based in part on the work of Philip Schlechty (2001) and Jennifer Fredricks (2004)

21st Century Learning


In context of the academics

Technological
Innovations

Research on
How People
Learn

21st Century
Learning/
Learner

21st Century
Skills

21st Century Learning


In context of the academics

Technological
Innovations
Democratization
Digital Tools

Research on
How People
Learn

21st Century
Learning/
Learner

Authenticity

21st Century
Critical Thinking
Skills
Collaboration

Democratization of Knowledge
Digital Innovation

Digital Resources

Democratization - Digital Content

www.ted.com/speakers/david_bolinsky.html

Animation of a Cell.

Harvard Biovisions
Slide 40

Digital Animation

Your students have access to:

http://www.hippocampus.org/

http://www.hippocampus.org/

SimCalc
http://www.simcalc.umassd.edu/

SimCalc

http://www.simcalc.umassd.edu/software/

Questions
Will our schools be sufficiently adept and
visionary to embrace this democratization?

If not, what are the consequences?


1. Obsolescence?
2. Window of opportunity for alternatives?
3. Certification Mills for the learning that takes place
outside of school?
4. Lack of global competitiveness?

Critical and Creative Thinking


21st Century Skills

Students who are critical thinkers


Define the problem
Identify and assess essential elements

Extract implications and conclusions


from facts, premises, or data.
Gauge the strengths, limitations, and
value of information, data, and solutions
in productive ways
Build new solutions through novel
combinations of existing information

Critically thinking with evidence

Source: Peter Senge

Can we teach thinking?


Venezuela
CoRT
Odyssey

More complex

Thinking Critically
1.What
is the
Goal?

Dispositions

2. What is
Known?

Challenges

No

4. Have You
Reached
Your Goal?
Yes

Success

Reflection

3. Which Thinking
Skills Will Get You
To Your Goal?
Deductive
Reasoning
Argument Analysis
Hypothesis Testing
Uses of Probability
Decision Making
Problem Solving
Creative Thinking

A Culture of Thinking
Model Explain Interact Provide feedback

S. Tishman, et al.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Language of thinking
Thinking dispositions
Thinking strategies
Self-direction
Higher order
knowledge/Transfer

Amelia Earhart
What do
you think
happened?

People have a number


of theories about what
happened.

What are
your ideas?

What is your theory?


What supporting
evidence do you have?

LANGUAGE OF THINKING

Guess
Hypothesize
Conclude
_________
Confirm
Criticize

Comprehend
__________
Demonstrate
Opinion
__________
__________

Question
Imply
Analyze
Interpret
___________
___________

International Newspapers

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Authorship
Format
Audience
Content
Purpose

Critical and Creative Thinking

Making thinking visible

Use Visual Investigations

GapMinder

Intrique engagement

Will your students be:

More curious leaving school than they arrived?


Adept at Learning?
Informed consumers? Skeptics?
Thinkers and analyzers?
Discussants with evidence?
Discussants with creative ideas?
Innovative citizens, workers, learners?

Web 2.0 & Mass Collaboration


Digital Innovation & 21st Century Skill

Mass Collaboration

Crowd sourcing

Three Perspectives on Learning

Acquisition
(the Individual)

Participation
(the group, community,
network, culture)

Knowledge
Creation
(the innovative
knowledge community)

Kai Hakkarainen, et al

New Terminology for new Systems of Learning

Communities of Practice

Teaching w/ Technology Group

Johnson & Johnson


For moderate to complex learning,

Collaboration
TRUMPS

Competition
TRUMPS

Individual learning

Collaboration in Learning
1. Balance of formal and informal
2. Positive interdependence which promotes
personal responsibility
3. Considerable promotive interaction
4. Shared workspace
5. Iterative group reflection and processing to
improve effectiveness

Sustained Discussion?
S

S
S

Teacher

S
S

S
Teacher

S
S

Sustained Discussion

Interesting Query

Interesting Results

Voice Thread

Student Honesty

More student honesty

Wikis in Education

Interactive Gaming
Stem Cell Research
School Prayer
Health Care
Death Penalty

Will your students:

Engage in sustained discussion?


Contribute in a team?
Lead and follow?
Listen, reflect, and rethink?
Discuss issues intelligently?

21st Century Learning Systems


Innovative Leadership
Learning
Sciences
Digital
Innovation

21st Century Skills

System based on principles


Personalization
Common Intellectual Mission
Adult World Connection

System thinking re: principles


Culture
Capacity Building
Alignment

Design Principles
Personalization
Adult world connection
Common intellectual mission

Need Change in Public System

21st Century Learning


In context of the academics

Technological
Innovations

Research on
How People
Learn

21st Century
Learning/
Learner

21st Century
Skills

21st Century Learning


In context of the academics

Technological
Innovations
Infrastructure

Research on
How People
Learn
21st Century
Learning/
Learner

Principles

Technology Tools
Web 2.0/Digital Platform
21st Century
Skills

New Skills
Habits of Mind

Innovative Leadership for 21st Century Learning:


Systems Thinking, Policy Levers, & Leadership
What is the gap?

2 3

How are you


doing today ?

Todays
Status

What options does


the research
suggest?

Research

What is your vision


for 21st Century
Learners?

Tomorrows
Vision

Innovative Leadership for 21st Century Learning:


Systems Thinking, Policy Levers, & Leadership
What is the gap?

2 3

How are you


doing today ?

Todays
Status

What options does


the research
suggest?

Research

Which option has


top merit for your
school?

Solution: 21st Century


System for Learning

What is your vision


for 21st Century
Learners?

Tomorrows
Vision

Innovative Leadership for 21st Century Learning:


Systems Thinking, Policy Levers, & Leadership
What is the gap?

2 3

How are you


doing today ?

Todays
Status

What options does


the research
suggest?

Research

Which option has


top merit for your
school?

What system
changes/capacity building
will ensure success?

Solution: 21st Century


System for Learning

Educator
Effectiveness
Professional
Learning

What is your vision


for 21st Century
Learners?

Tomorrows
Vision

Metrics

Access &
Infrastructure

Culture of
Innovation

6 1

What metrics will


you use to assess
progress?

Summative
assessment
??

Formative
assessment

Innovative Leadership for 21st Century Learning:


Systems Thinking, Policy Levers, & Leadership
What is the gap?

2 3

How are you


doing today ?

Todays
Status

What options does


the research
suggest?

Research

Which option has


top merit for your
school?

What system
changes/capacity building
will ensure success?

Solution: 21st Century


System for Learning

Educator
Proficiency
Professional
Learning

What is your vision


for 21st Century
Learners?

Tomorrows
Vision

Metrics

Access &
Infrastructure

Culture of
Innovation

6 1

What metrics will


you use to assess
progress?

Summative
assessment
??

Formative
assessment

Research to Practice
Envision/study 21st Century Learning
Develop common vision and principles
Identify and celebrate successes
Add new dimensions to existing lessons/units
Develop or identify new units

Scaling Up: Research to Practice


What is working?
To scale

- Perfection
Sustainability - Robust Design - Mutation
Spread - Reduction in Resource Load - Optimality
Shift - Move beyond brand - Origination
Evolution - Learn from Adapters - Unlearning

Depth - Evaluation/Research

- Scaling Up by Dr. Chris Dede

Scaling Up: Research to Practice


What is working?
To scale

- Perfection
Sustainability - Robust Design - Mutation
Spread - Reduction in Resource Load - Optimality
Shift - Move beyond brand - Origination
Evolution - Learn from Adapters - Unlearning

Depth - Evaluation/Research

Principle:
Personalization
The it:
Personal Device

- Scaling Up by Dr. Chris Dede

Innovative Leadership for 21st Century Learning:


READINESS
What is the gap?

2 3

How are you


doing today ?

Todays
Status

What options does


the research
suggest?

Research

Which option has


top merit for your
school?

What system
changes/capacity building
will ensure success?

Solution: 21st Century


System for Learning

Educator
Proficiency
Professional
Learning

What is your vision


for 21st Century
Learners?

Tomorrows
Vision

Metrics

Access &
Infrastructure

Culture of
Innovation

6 1

What metrics will


you use to assess
progress?

Summative
assessment
??

Formative
assessment

Dimensions21
AUDIT SYSTEM

FRAMEWORK
The Classroom, School & District Indicators
A Forward-Thinking, Shared Vision
Systems Thinking

21st Century Skills and Learning Approaches


21st Century Learning Environment
Educator Proficiency (21C)

Student
Surveys

ANALYSIS,
INSIGHTS &
RECOMMENDATIONS

Access and Infrastructure (21C)

Accountability and Results

The Student Indicators:

Student Engagement

Student Perceptions of Classroom Structures

Self-directed Learning Inventory

STUDENT ENGAGEMENT
DEFIANT WITHDRAWN COMPLIANT TACTICAL INTRINSIC
COGNITIVE
Students investment in the effort required to
comprehend complex ideas and master
difficult skills.

SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL
Students reactions, interactions, and
interdependencies/ties with classmates,
academics, teachers, and school.

BEHAVIORAL
Students participation with classmates, academics,
teachers, school and after-school activities.

Based on: Fredricks 2004

STUDENT ENGAGEMENT
DEFIANT WITHDRAWN COMPLIANT TACTICAL INTRINSIC
Baseline 2007-08
100%

Spring 2008

N= 549 Grade 3-5 students (matched)

80%
65
60%
49
40%

35

20
20%
6

0%

Engaged

Tactically
engaged

Compliant

Withdrawn

Defiant

Indeterminate

Interpreting Data

Engaging Students in Deep Learning


Metiri Group

Flow
Engaged Learners

Motivation
Curiosity
Interest

Deep
Learning

*Based on work of Cskszentmihlyi

Learning Environments That Engage (Web 2.0)


CONTENT/SUBSTANCE

ORGANIZATION

NOVELTY/ VARIETY

CHOICE

LEARNING
ENVIRONMENTSAFFILIATION
AFFIRMATION
THAT ENGAGE:
Web 2.0
PRODUCT STANDARDS
AUTHENTICITY
PRODUCT FOCUS

INTELLECTUAL SAFETY

*Based in part on the work of Philip Schlechty (2001) and Jennifer Fredricks (2004)

Democratization of Knowledge Collaboration - Multimodal Learning Authentic Learning

www.metiri.com

THEN

NOW

Managers

Leaders

Follow rules

Think, solve problems, ambiguity

Punch time clock

Get the job done

Compete

Team/Collaborate

Communicate F2F,
mostly with text

Communicate F2F and virtually,


using multimedia

Degree = career

Degree = interview

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