Unlearning Education Erica McWilliam Schools Moodle Moot, 2012, Brisbane Girls Grammar School, 12 April, 2012

1. Unlearning Education Erica McWilliamSchools Moodle Moot, 2012, Brisbane Girls Grammar School, 12 April, 2012

2. Unlearning “What holds people back from taking risks is often as not …their knowledge, not their ignorance”. Charles Leadbeater

3. 1. The future isn’t what it used to be.

6. Data Transformation: the 4 Vs Volume Variety Velocity Veracity

7. Cultural Transformations Connectedness Generational Change in the Workplace: New Power Plays - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YGc4zOqozo Mistrust Moral-ethical issues

8. 2. We cannot teach kids what they will need to know.

15. 3. Learning & unlearning matter more than knowing.

16. Unlearning Innovation Myth Reality Flash of insight Comes from immersion Brilliant idea Fail often but early Individualistic Collaborative New knowledge Admitting ignorance Invention Mostly development Originality Borrowing Look to the future Look sideways and backwards All about learning Unlearning just as vital as learning Internal R & D Networked, open innovation Product pipeline Consumers as innovators (prod-users) Source: Charlie Leadbeater

17. Unlearning Innovation Myth Reality Flash of insight Comes from immersion Brilliant idea Fail often but early Individualistic Collaborative New knowledge Admitting ignorance Invention Mostly development Originality Borrowing Look to the future Look sideways and backwards All about learning Unlearning just as vital as learning Internal R & D Networked, open innovation Product pipeline Consumers as innovators (prod-users) Source: Charlie Leadbeater

18. 4. The cafe, not the school, is the proper antecedent of lifelong learning.

20. The Penny Conference 2012 http://www.skillshare.com/penny#/about In the 18th century … coffee houses were known as Penny Universities. For a mere penny, people entered a communal space overflowing with ideas, literature, intellectual conversations and inspired debates. Here, men and women came to improve their minds, challenge their mindsets, and build a roadmap for change.

21. Penny Conference Agenda • Together, we’ll answer one simple question… if we had to re-invent education from the ground-up for the 21st century, what would it look like and how can we create that future together? • Conversations and debates are highly encouraged. Action is required. Join us to create a roadmap that will change the way our kids’ kids’ kids will learn.

22. 5. Self-managers with powerful learning portfolios trump those who rely solely on credentials

23. From Pyramid to Network Command and Control Value Networks

24. Epistemological agility “The capacity for moving seamlessly across disparate knowledge domains in ways that make for better living, learning and earning” Involves: • The ability to select, re-shuffle, combine, or synthesise already existing facts, ideas, and skills in original ways through skills like pattern recognition, creation of analogies and mental models, the ability to cross domains, the exploration of alternatives, knowledge of schema for problem-solving and fluency of thought • ‘Knowing what to do when you don’t know what to do’ (useful ignorance) • Learning from the instructive complications of error-making • Anticipating the pleasure of the rigour of trans-disciplinary thinking

25. 6. Distractibility is a boon to learning, not a mental illness

26. 7. Effective pedagogy exploits the productive tension between intentionality and distractibility.

27. Unlearning how to teach sage on the stage guide on the side meddler in the middle

28. 7 Propositions • The future isn’t what it used to be. • We cannot teach kids what they will need to know. • Learning & unlearning matter more than knowing. • The cafe, not the school, is the proper antecedent of lifelong learning. • Self-managers with powerful learning portfolios trump those who rely solely on credentials. • Distractability is a boon to learning, not a mental illness. • Effective pedagogy exploits the productive tension between intentionality and distractability.

29. Contact email: e.mcwilliam@qut.edu.au