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Do you know of an organization or a real-world example of this trend? If so, we want to hear from you.
Creating flexibility and innovation amid system failures System shocks and disruptions in the arenas […] Explore Platforms for Resilience
DRIVERS OF CHANGE are major forces of transformation that will shape our efforts to remake learning. They represent the convergence of several trends into emerging ideas that will disrupt traditional assumptions about learning.
Open collaborative platforms enable networked teams to self-organize and support ad hoc leaders. New […] Explore Open Leadership and Sociability
Transparency, collaboration, and rapid iteration create a beta culture displaying open critique and reflective […] Explore Beta Building
TRENDS are distinct directions of change that will shape the future of learning.
Instead of lugging home extra books and worksheets, students who miss a day of school may soon be wearing […] Explore Your Assignment Is on Your Wrist
Tapped In is a teacher professional development online network created by SRI for research purposes. […] Explore Learning Grids for Teacher Professional Development
SIGNALS are examples, or early indicators, of the changes described by the trends and the drivers of change.
Community intelligence cartographers will tap the collective intelligence of their local communities. […] Explore Community Intelligence Cartographer
Assigned by certified local education agencies, such as schools, resource centers, and libraries, or […] Explore Personal Education Advisor
LEARNING AGENTS suggest new roles and functions that might emerge in the future ecosystem of learning.
This policy brief from the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future describes the collaborative […] Expand for Continued Reading
This policy brief from the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future describes the collaborative potential of cross-generational learning teams, with examples of how some states are beginning to explore new structures for involving teams of adults with different backgrounds in learning.
Associated Topic: Amplified Organization > Beta Building > Transliteracy
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Added: November 11, 2009
This special report from E-school News uses the experience of one student at the Florida Virtual Academy […] Expand for Continued Reading
This special report from E-school News uses the experience of one student at the Florida Virtual Academy to show how the experience of an on-line learner is not limited to solitary time in front of the screen. Group work, hands-on experiments, field trips, sports, and volunteer work connect these students with one another and with the community.
Associated Topic: Platforms for Resilience > Learning Grids
Tags: online learning
Added: September 29, 2009
The Sloan Consortium is a group of universities and online learning vendors. The group publishes a monthly […] Expand for Continued Reading
The Sloan Consortium is a group of universities and online learning vendors. The group publishes a monthly newsletter about best practices in online learning.
Tags: distance learning
Added: June 4, 2009
Mark C. Taylor, Chairman of the Religion Department at Columbia University, calls for a complete overhaul […] Expand for Continued Reading
Mark C. Taylor, Chairman of the Religion Department at Columbia University, calls for a complete overhaul of the idea of a university. He advocates for a restructured curriculum replacing the division-of-labor model with "a curriculum structured like a web or complex adaptive network," problem-based programs, increased collaboration among institutions, transformation of the traditional dissertation, expansion of the range of professional options for graduate students, the introduction of mandatory retirement, and the abolition of tenure.
Tags: project, tenure,
Added: April 28, 2009