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21st Century Models of Teaching and Learning
Lynda Donovan, Head of Pedagogy
Partnering industry with research to pioneer learning innovation
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To support the growth
- f Ireland’s learning technology
21 st Century Models of Teaching and Learning Lynda Donovan, Head of - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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21 st Century Models of Teaching and Learning Lynda Donovan, Head of Pedagogy Partnering industry with research to pioneer learning innovation Learnovates Mission To support the growth of Irelands learning technology industry, by
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Research Partners
Trinity College Dublin NUI Galway
Semantic Search and Web Engineering > €30M investment Mobile Communications Software Research > €25M Investment
Waterford Institute
- f Technology
Adaptive, Personalised eLearning > €20M Investment
University College Dublin
Recommendation Systems, Search and AI > €20M Investment
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Learnovate Members September 2013
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Disconnect
www.learnovatecentre.org Students Outside Classroom
- Active participants
- Pulling information
- Active learning
- Constructivist approach
Students Inside Classroom
- Passive participants
- Information is pushed
- Passive learning
- Didactic approach
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Use Technology to Bridge Disconnect
Enable New Models of Teaching and Learning
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Flipped Classroom Model
School
- Teacher informs students of topic they will be covering the
following day and sets inquiry-based homework
Home
- Students learn basic facts BEFORE coming to class
- Students actively construct their own mental schema
School
- Students are primed for learning
- Class is for consolidation
- Class is for discussion
- Class is for constructing shared meaning
- Class is for activities
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Technology-enhanced Flipped Classroom
School
- Teacher informs students of topic they will be covering the
following day and sets ‘research’ homework
Home
- Students use TECHNOLOGY to carry out research
- Appropriate use of technology?
School
- Consolidation
- Discussion
- Constructing shared meaning
- Activities
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Our Research: Technology-enhanced Flipped Classroom
School
- Teacher sets ‘research’ homework on volcanoes
Home
- Students use ALMANAC tablet application to learn basic
facts about volcanoes BEFORE coming to class
School
- Consolidation
- Discussion
- Constructing shared meaning
- Activities
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ALMANAC app
Creates magazine-style articles… …from curated content …personalised to learners prior learning …includes mix of video, animations, text
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Personalise Your Article
Erosion
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Select Appropriate Article
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Low Prior Knowledge
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High Prior Knowledge
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ALMANAC
ALMANAC composes articles from:
- Sliced and Tagged eBook Content
- Curated (whitelisted and blacklisted) open content
(Flickr, YouTube, Wikipedia)
ALMANAC
- Intelligently combines both publisher and curated
- pen web content
- Composition is driven by a pedagogical strategy
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ALMANAC…
Content Analysis Service Publisher Content Learning Article Composer Tablet App
Learner
Open Content Discovery Component
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ALMANAC
Content Analysis Service Content Repository Learning Article Composer Knowledge Management Platform (Logging) Tablet App
Pharmaceutical Rep.
Open Content Discovery Component
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Research Evidence
- More meaningful
homework
- More effective learning
- Improved student
engagement
- Accelerated learning
Technology-enhanced Flipped Classroom
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Evaluation Synthesis Analysis Application Comprehension Knowledge
21 Century Skills
- Problem solving
- Critical thinking
- Design
- Creativity
- Collaboration
Role of the Teacher in the Flipped Classroom
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Assessing Problem Solving and Collaboration Skills
Task driven: collaborative, work- based task provides authentic evaluation scenario Integrated Social Search and Recommender technology provides resources to solve problem and enables collaboration Data Capture technology enables problem-solving and collaborative learning activity to be monitored and assessed
iLearn
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School Trials
- Currently in Trial…iLearn
- Next Trial… Flipped Classroom Model using