learning for life: preparing learners for the complexities of the workplace today and tomorrow
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Today s learners need to be well-prepared for the complex demands of ever-fluctuating, international business environments. To help students contend with this rapid pace of change, our institutions of higher education need to equip them with the necessary knowledge and skills to ensure their success. But how to achieve this when what we teach learners today can easily change and even be irrelevant tomorrow? Heutagogy provides meaningful, pedagogical guidance for navigating a shifting higher education landscape, as well as a rapidly evolving technological one. This keynote will discuss the barriers that have kept us from implementing heutagogy within higher education in the past and the more recent developments that are causing those barriers to slowly begin slipping away. We will also consider why it is necessary for higher education to adopt forms heutagogical practice in order to prepare students for lifelong learning and the web 2.0 and social media that help us do just that.TRANSCRIPT
- 1.LEARNING FOR LIFE:Preparing Learners for the Complexities ofthe Workplace Today and TomorrowLisa Marie BlaschkeCarl von Ossietzky Universitt Oldenburg
2. HEUTAGOGY IS ABOUT Learners at the CenterReflectingSelf-on what isdeterminedlearned andin learninghowDevelopingAssessingcompetenciesownand developmentcapabilitiesand progess 3. HEUTAGOGY IS ABOUTNon-linear Designs and Connectionscreative commonsimage from Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Internet_map_1024.jpg 4. HEUTAGOGY IS ABOUTInstructors as Guides 5. HEUTAGOGY IS ABOUTInstitutions as Support Networks 6. BENEFITS OF HEUTAGOGY Improves critical thinking and reflection Increases learner engagement and motivation Gives learners more control over learning (learner-centered) Improves ability of learners to investigate and questionideas and apply knowledge in practical situations Supports development of independent ideas and self-confidence Makes learners more capable and able to adapt to newenvironments Better prepares them for the complexities of the workforce 7. HEUTAGOGY DEFINEDHeutagogy is the study ofself-determined learning andapplies a holistic approach todeveloping learnercapabilities with the learnerserving as the major agent intheir own learning, whichoccurs, as a result of personalexperience(Hase & Kenyon, 2007, p.112) 8. WHY ARENT OUR INSTITUTIONS DOING IT? Heutagog y 9. EDUCATION TODAY"Employers say that recent graduates oftendont know how to communicate effectively, andstruggle with adapting, problem-solving, andmaking decisions 10. INSTITUTIONAL RESISTANCE Fear of losing control of: Certification / Assessment Learners Influence of oversightagencies 11. INSTRUCTOR RESISTANCE Fear of losing controlof: Classroom Learning and teaching Learners Shift from center courtto the sidelines 12. LEARNER RESISTANCE Fear of taking controlof and beingresponsible forlearning 13. BUT CHANGE IS COMINGThe increasingdemand for education An avalanche is comingInstitute for Public Policy Researchthat is customized to (2013) Reporteach students unique If youre a studentit isThe State University of Newneeds is driving the Yorks Board of Trustees onno longer a question ofdevelopment of newTuesday endorsed an ambitious choosing a degreetechnologies that vision for how SUNY might use course you want to do at prior-learningprovide more learnera universityIts aassessment, competency-choice and control and based programs, and massivequestion ofallow for differentiated open online courses to helpthinkingHow will I students finish their degrees ininstruction. keep learning through myless time, for less money.HORIZON (2013) Steve Kolowich, The Chronicle of life, how do I combine aReport Higher Education, March 20, 2013 range of educationalexperiences not just from Revolution hits the one university but alsofrom a range of universities Thomas Friedman, New York Times (January 26, 2013)universities - potentiallyaround the world? Sir Michael Barber, Times Higher Education (March 13, 2013) 14. DRIVEN BY TECHNOLOGY #Twitter #heuta13 BlogsMassive open online courses (MOOCs)Wikis Badges(Mozilla) 15. HOW WEB 2.0 ENABLES HEUTAGOGYConnectivity with othersWikis (Collaborate Discovery and sharingOpen and create)Educational of information ResourcesBlogs(OER) (Create and Personal collection and (Collect andreflect)adapt)Self- adaptation of information determine (McLoughlin & Lee, 2007)MOOCsd learning Twitter (Connect,collaborate, (Discoverand share)and share) LinkedIn (Connect) 16. HEUTAGOGY IN THE CLASSROOM? 17. DEVELOP LEARNER AUTONOMY Consider learners level ofautonomy and adjustaccordingly Learner questionnaires Learner contracts Learner-directed questionsand discussions 18. ENCOURAGE REFLECTION Build learner skills whileallowing them todetermine and reflect ontheir learning path Scaffolding of learningactivities to createframeworks forlearning/discovery Learner-directed questions Action research 19. LET LEARNERS CREATE AND PLAY Incorporate activitiesfor self-reflection, self-and information-discovery, experimentation, and collaborativeinformation creation Learning journals Collaborative groupwork Communities ofpractice 20. BUILD SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES Support developmentof personal knowledgemanagement, digitalliteracy, and socialcollaboration skills Skill building activities Social networking andcollaboration tools 21. ALLOW LEARNERS TO DEFINE SUCCESS Assess learnerachievement bynegotiating theassessment processand makingcurriculum flexible Formativeassessment Learning contracts Self-assessment 22. USE OPEN LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS Choose a learningenvironment thatsupports free andopen learning MOOC Personal learningenvironment (PLE) Communities ofpractice (CoPs) andcommunitynetworks 23. CHANGE IS COMING Our approach to teaching/training needsto be learner-centered, not institution orinstructor-centered. We need to give learners the freedom and the guidance and support tobecome self-determined learners. Social media tools help us do both. 24. JOIN US! Heutagogy Community of Practice: Website:http://heutagogycop.wordpress.com/ LinkedIn:http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Heutagogy-Community-Practice-4776262 25. QUESTIONS?Lisa Marie [email protected] more information:(www.slideshare.net)