{"id":27365,"date":"2012-02-27T12:23:51","date_gmt":"2012-02-27T17:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=27365"},"modified":"2012-02-27T12:26:44","modified_gmt":"2012-02-27T17:26:44","slug":"learning-without-frontiers-conference-presentationstalks-now-online-jan-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2012\/02\/27\/learning-without-frontiers-conference-presentationstalks-now-online-jan-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning Without Frontiers Conference presentations\/talks now online (from UK Jan 2012)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.learningwithoutfrontiers.com\/category\/talks\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>My notes on two presentations from the <em>Learning Without Frontiers Conference<\/em>, London, 26th January 2012:<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>My notes for<\/em><strong>:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.learningwithoutfrontiers.com\/2012\/02\/sir-ken-robinson-leading-a-learning-revolution\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sir Ken Robinson&#8217;s talk<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Practice <\/strong><strong>&lt;&#8211;&gt;<\/strong><strong>Theory &lt;&#8211;&gt; <\/strong><strong>Policy<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>People who practice don\u2019t often have time to get the latest and greatest information re: theory<\/li>\n<li>Theorists don\u2019t have much time for practice<\/li>\n<li>Policy makers don\u2019t know much about either \ud83d\ude42<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Purposes of education:<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Economic.<\/strong>\u00a0 Not solely, but there are economic reasons for providing education. Academic vs vocation programs \u2013 Sir Ken doesn\u2019t subscribe to this dichotomy in educational DNA. Need new sorts of education<strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Cultural<\/strong>. Aim to pass on cultural genes \u2013 values, beliefs<strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Personal.<\/strong> The most important! In the end, education is ultimately, personal. Too much impersonal testing that students aren\u2019t engaged in.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Key point:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\">There is everything you can do \u2013 at all levels; many of us ARE the educational system \u2013 at least for the group(s) of students that we are working with. So we <em>can<\/em> make <em>immediate<\/em> changes; and collectively this can create a revolution.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Education not linear, not monolithic. Rather, it&#8217;s a complex, adaptive system \u2013 many moving parts, like a vortex\u2026not like an undistributed canal; more like an ocean with different forces tugging this way and that. <em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">(From DSC: I agree with what Sir Ken is saying here, but I especially agree with this particular perspective &#8212; thus the name of this blog.)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Personalization<\/strong> is key! Education needs to be <strong>customized<\/strong> to the communities where it\u2019s taking place.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Principles<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Curriculum<\/strong> \u2013 towards disciplines (skills, processes, procedures) and away from subjects<\/li>\n<li><strong>Teaching &amp; Learning<\/strong> \u2013 dynamic; flow of knowledge; not static; forms need to tap into streams; move towards collaborative activities; active learning trumps passive learning<\/li>\n<li><strong>Assessment<\/strong> \u2013 must move from judgment to description<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>My notes (part way) for:<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.learningwithoutfrontiers.com\/2012\/02\/jim-knight-what-if-steve-jobs-designed-schools\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Jim Knight &#8211; If Steve Jobs Designed Schools<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>What if Steve Jobs had re-invented the education system rather the computer and consumer electronics industry?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Steve Jobs was a contradictory character, combining control freak and Zen Buddhist, and technology with design. He had a revolutionary impact on computing, animation, the music industry, printing, and publishing. Last year he and Bill Gates together expressed surprise at how little impact technology had had on schools. Jobs&#8217;s wife is an educational reformer, he was a college dropout; but what would it have been like if Steve Jobs had focused on education? What would the Jobs School be like?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>How do we make an insanely great school?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Must go really deep to create something that&#8217;s easy to use (from DSC &#8212; I call this &#8220;Easy is hard.&#8221;) Need to <strong>de-clutter<\/strong> the teaching &amp; learning environment, the curriculum, the qualifications, and the people.<\/li>\n<li>How does it make me <strong><em>feel<\/em><\/strong> when I walk through the doorway of your school?<\/li>\n<li>Get to <em><strong>choose<\/strong><\/em> who you want to learn with and from<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Simple, beautiful space; flexible; social; reflective, all year round<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>More seductive, intuitive, enthralling<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li>Does it inspire curiosity?<\/li>\n<li>\u201cDon\u2019t need instructions\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Not just a school \u2013 learning doesn\u2019t stop when school bell rings<\/li>\n<li>24&#215;7 thing<\/li>\n<li>Curriculum<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Is there a range of things to interest <em>everyone<\/em>?<\/li>\n<li>Need more choice; selection; more control of their learning<\/li>\n<li>All ages<\/li>\n<li>Enterprising<\/li>\n<li>Creative, technical, practical\u2026but most of all, it would be fun!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.learningwithoutfrontiers.com\/2012\/02\/jim-knight-what-if-steve-jobs-designed-schools\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>More here&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My notes on two presentations from the Learning Without Frontiers Conference, London, 26th January 2012: My notes for: Sir Ken Robinson&#8217;s talk Practice &lt;&#8211;&gt;Theory &lt;&#8211;&gt; Policy People who practice don\u2019t often have time to get the latest and greatest information re: theory Theorists don\u2019t have much time for practice Policy makers don\u2019t know much about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[113,324,135,306,343,347,32,74,7,285,199,226,69,201,20,66,38,321],"tags":[627,213,730,296,636,349,737,739,56,661,569,27,671,687,70,579,603,588,728],"class_list":["post-27365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-21st-century","category-curriculum","category-design","category-economics","category-education","category-education-reform","category-education-technology","category-leadership","category-learning-ecosystem","category-legislation-legislatures","category-more-voice-more-choice-more-control","category-passions","category-personalizedcustomized-learning","category-policy","category-strategy","category-student-related","category-uk","category-united-states","tag-21st-century","tag-culture","tag-curriculum","tag-customized-learning","tag-design","tag-economicsbusiness","tag-education","tag-education-reform","tag-educational-technology","tag-innovation","tag-learning-ecosystem","tag-legislation","tag-more-choice-more-control","tag-passions","tag-personalized-learning","tag-strategy","tag-student-related","tag-uk","tag-united-states"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27365"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27383,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27365\/revisions\/27383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}