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The Learning Society. Michael Stevenson VP Global Education, Cisco Global Education Leaders Program, Beijing, November 2010. This is not a perfect storm. Climate change is coming to education. Global Pressures Are Changing the World of Learning and the Place of Learning in Our World.
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The Learning Society Michael Stevenson VP Global Education, Cisco Global Education Leaders Program, Beijing, November 2010
This is not a perfect storm Climate change is coming to education
Global Pressures Are Changing the World of Learning and the Place of Learning in Our World
This much we know LEARNING IS CHANGING
Pervasive technology Power of informal learning Learning is changing Living in a social network A world of free content A lifelong learning journey New world of research
You can’t get there from here Why incremental reform will not work
Bigger ≠ Better • Increased ‘schoolification’ cannot succeed • Ten million new teachers will be needed to get an additional 260 million • students into education systems in China, India, Indonesia, and Nigeria • We’re fighting the wrong battle More years in school does not improve economic performance – improved learning does • Internal, incremental reform is challenged by education systems’ complexity and interdependence
Education 2.0 21st Century Learning Education 1.0 Traditional Education Systems Curriculum Teachers Accountability Leadership Putting Education Systems at the Heart of the Learning Society Achieved in Holistic Transformation 21st Century Curriculum, Pedagogy & Assessment Education 3.0 High-quality Infrastructure & Technology Leadership, People & Culture Supported by Adapted System Reform
3-Step Plan • Focus on economic Innovation – for employability • Build a new coalition • Develop new funding models • Fund a diversity of innovators (incl. in STEM) • Invest more time and money in learning • Innovate in Education – for effectiveness • Embrace Student-centered Learning • Project-based • Skills AND Knowledge • Adopt legitimate, standard credentialing systems, and help reform global assessment regimes • Assess the impact of innovations in learning • Develop new ways of managing lifelong learning • Accelerate Scaling – for timeliness • Build an ecosystem of learning providers • Provide access to a shared learning infrastructure