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Global ICT Trends in Education Meeting the Challenges of 21 st Century Education. Dr. Baldev Singh Director of Education Strategy. Global 21 st Century education drivers ICT, pedagogy and transformation Emerging Technologies and opportunities. Context. Driving principle.
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Global ICT Trends in Education Meeting the Challenges of 21st Century Education Dr. Baldev Singh Director of Education Strategy
Global 21st Century education drivers ICT, pedagogy and transformation Emerging Technologies and opportunities Context
Driving principle “If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together” African Proverb
Something is happening.. 1.5 million pieces of content are shared on social media…daily. 120,000 blogs created daily 2 blogs created per second Generation Y and Z consider e-mail passé…In 2009 Boston College stopped distributing e-mail addresses to incoming freshmen
Defining Collaboration Collaboration is a recursive process where two or more people or organizations work together to achieve a common goal
Drivers for collaboration Web 2.0
Drivers for collaboration Demographics
This is the year when one of the greatest collaborative projects of our time was completed.... 2006
The mapping of the human genome Multiple countries involved Supported through technology
Educational transformation process http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0012/001295/129533e.pdf
What does research tell us about the value of collaborative learning? Students who studied in groups, even only once a week, were more engaged in their studies, were better prepared for class, and learned significantly more than students who worked on their own (Light 2001) It is about a change in the teacher-student relationship
New opportunities "Our exams have to reflect daily life in the classroom and daily life in the classroom has to reflect life in society” Minister of education
Learners Collaborating: Hole in the Wall Project "I love solving Maths problems. I find that very interesting. I have learnt it from my sister Raj. I have taught my friend Shilpa.“ Chanchal (Girl, 12) Self organized collaborative learning through technology
International school partnerships For young people this might mean: Understanding - of our increasingly global society Making a contribution - through partnership programmes Able to function effectively - socially, work, education Ray Kirtley
Collective intelligence “Imagine a world in which every single person is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge.” …almost 6.5 million articles, in some 250 languages by almost 6 million people*. …now we can. Bruce Dixon
The changing paradigm Knowledge Remember/Repeat Find/Use Knowledge
Intrigue, creativity, motivation Transformational use of technology www.redhotscott.co.uk
INNOVATION KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY GLOBALIZATION Global drivers in changing the educational landscape
Technology might be the answer but what was The Question?
Map of Future Forces Affecting Education (2006-2016) Institute for the future
Changing Technologies Blogaggregators RSS Podcasts Wiki Blogs Twitter E-Learning C-Learning
Educational Pod casts RSS=Really Simple Syndication
The changing face of information Mash-ups