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INNOVATION IN EDUCATION: Towards building an innovation culture. Valerie Hannon, Innovation Unit, UK. THE CASE FOR CHANGE. Drivers of innovation in education:. Technological change is accelerating . To reach 50,000,000 users, it took…. 38 years. 13 years. @. 4 years. 3 years.
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INNOVATION IN EDUCATION: Towards building an innovation culture Valerie Hannon, Innovation Unit, UK
Technological change isaccelerating.
To reach 50,000,000 users, it took… 38 years 13 years @ 4 years 3 years Eric Qualman, Socialnomics, 2009
To reach 100,000,000 users, it took Facebook… 9 months Eric Qualman, Socialnomics, 2009
World Recession In many countries, deep problems with public sector borrowing, spending and debt Profound long-lasting consequences for all public services Swingeing cuts in services either underway or in prospect The search for ‘more for less’
Globalisation, so what? Integrated world markets (IT & containerisation mean new lower-cost producers in the world market) Jobs can be quickly transferred from one side of the world to another Consumers/researchers look across the world for the best Higher order skills are at a premium Education itself is globalising: mobile students, distance/online learning, competition between providers Understanding identity, core values and cultural practices is more important than ever
Worldwide demand for learning DEVELOPING WORLD DEVELOPED WORLD
Worldwide demand for learning Youth bulge new demand for learning DEVELOPING WORLD
Worldwide demand for learning Ageing populationnew dependency ratio Workforce crisis Lifelong learners DEVELOPED WORLD
Career Paths are changing. 20TH CENTURY 1-2 jobs, masteryof one field 21ST CENTURY 10-15 jobs, breadth, depth in several fields
Transformation means fundamental shape-shifting changes in….. Time Partnership Pedagogy Place
it’s not either/or it’s both, and….
Informal Learning Formal Learning Existing Providers supplementing improving New Entrants Entrepreneurs Partnerships reinventing new paradigm
Informal Learning Formal Learning Existing Providers supplementing improving New Entrants Entrepreneurs Partnerships reinventing new paradigm
Dying Hospice at Home Better day hospitals Different hospitals Neighbourhood network for palliative care
ACTIVITY PART 1 • In your group, identify 2-3 examples from your experience that you’d like to add to this map of innovative practice and write them on a card • Take the deck of cards provided and distribute them around your group • Work together to plot the examples onto the heuristic
Informal Learning Formal Learning Existing Providers supplementing improving New Entrants Entrepreneurs Partnerships reinventing new paradigm
Informal Learning Formal Learning Existing Providers supplementing improving New Entrants Entrepreneurs Partnerships reinventing new paradigm
DISCUSSION • Consider the example • If you could visit this jurisdiction, what kind of education do you think you would find there? • What about in 5 years’ time? In ten years? What might it look like then?
EXTENSION ACTIVITY • Consider each of the 4 quadrants in the heuristic • Estimate what the current relative levels of activity are in your jurisdiction of South Australia • Is this the right balance in your view?
DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES Informal Learning Formal Learning Existing Providers improving supplementing LEARNER OWNERSHIP New Entrants Entrepreneurs Partnerships reinventing new paradigm
DISCUSSION • What is your view about these two features (digital tech and learner ownership) being the ‘game changers’? • What opportunities exist in your jurisdiction to make better use of digital technology and increased learner ownership?
DISCUSSION • Here are some identified conditions for creating an ‘innovation ecosystem’ • Sort them. Which are apparent in your system in South Australia and which are absent? Of those absent, which in your opinion is the most important to create?