21 CENTURY LEARNING BY

ST

DESIGN :
It does not happen by magic!
By Chen Kee TAN
Principal
Crescent Girls’ School, Singapore
 OUTLINE
• The PROMISE of technology
• The PROBLEM with reform
• The PRACTICE of 21st Century Learning by design
THE PROMISE OF TECHNOLOGY
What are current technology trends?
 CURRENT TECHNOLOGY TRENDS

Pervasiveness of
Cloud
smartphones
Computing

Social media Use of big data

THE PROMISE OF TECHNOLOGY
What are current technology trends for Education?
 TECHNOLOGY TRENDS FOR
EDUCATION

Collaborative Learning and Creation

knowledge on-the-go
creation (Active learning)

Bite-sized
Gamification
information
 THE PROMISE OF TECHNOLOGY
What are some projected usage scenarios for education?
 Personal Identity Personal Profile
Race . Language . Aspirations . Style .
Personal
Religion . Ethics Interests . Aptitude

CREATE CONNECT
Core
Thriving in an
Purposes Navigating a
Innovation
of Education multicultural
Economy Social / heterogenous
Economic global
Cultural
neighbourhood
 SNAPSHOTS
OF THE PROMISE OF TECHNOLOGY

Personalization
Pace . Content . Pedagogy
Personal learning roadmap for
each term : what, when, how.
Learning analytics provide data on
profile and progress
Fundamentals to cover,
beyond which students choose
depth/breadth of coverage
 SNAPSHOTS
OF THE PROMISE OF TECHNOLOGY

Learning 3.0
Anytime . Anywhere . Anyone
Content on mobile & the web.
Augmented reality apps situate
learning in the environment
Collaborative learning apps
connect students to each other
Emphasis on collaborative
problem-solving in situ
 SNAPSHOTS
OF THE PROMISE OF TECHNOLOGY

Breaking barriers
Building bonds
Collaborative learning with students
within the same continent
(same time zone)
Video & augmented reality apps
allow real-time transnational
interaction
 SNAPSHOTS
OF THE PROMISE OF TECHNOLOGY

Blended Learning
Face-to-Face & Online
Formal school & informal
learning environments
Virtual & physical worlds
Individual & collaborative
THE PROBLEM WITH REFORM
 So Much Reform, So Little Change
(Payne, 2008)

“We continue to see

attempts to improve
systems in ways that
are manifestly
unlikely to work.”
 Why Education Reform Fails
“Reforms that do not take account of what happens
in the classroom have a similar effect to that of a
storm on the ocean – the surface is agitated and
turbulent, while the ocean floor is calm and serene (if
a bit murky)”
(Cuban, L. How teachers taught : Constancy and
Change in American classrooms)
 Failed Improvement
(Harris and Chrispeels, 2008)

• Implementation underestimated
• Too fast
• Imposed (from the top or outside)
• Insufficient leadership capacity building
 THE PRACTICE OF
21ST CENTURY LEARNING BY DESIGN
What does research say?
 INNOVATIVE TEACHING AND LEARNING (ITL)
RESEARCH
A multinational research collaboration between SRI International and Microsoft

• 8 countries: Australia, Finland, Indonesia, Mexico, Russia, Senegal, the

United Kingdom, and the United States
• 650 teachers and 24 school leaders in each country
• Classroom observations, and qualitative case studies at selected
schools recognized for innovative teaching practices.
 INNOVATIVE TEACHING AND LEARNING (ITL)
RESEARCH
A multinational research collaboration between SRI International and Microsoft

Students’ 21C
Skills Score If you didn’t design for it,
don’t expect it to
happen!

Learning Activity Score

(Innovative Teaching)
Source: ITL 2011, LASW method,
based on analysis by SRI International
 INNOVATIVE TEACHING AND LEARNING (ITL)
RESEARCH
A multinational research collaboration between SRI International and Microsoft

Student opportunities to
develop 21st Century Skills
vary more within a school
than between schools

Source: ITL 2011, based on analysis by

SRI International
 INNOVATIVE TEACHING AND LEARNING (ITL)
RESEARCH
A multinational research collaboration between SRI International and Microsoft

Technology use in schools …

CREATE
Technology is still
largely used for
consumption
rather than
creation
Source: ITL 2010-11
Teacher Survey, across 7
CONSUME countries; based on
analysis by SRI
International.
 INNOVATIVE TEACHING AND LEARNING (ITL)
RESEARCH
A multinational research collaboration between SRI International and Microsoft

Effective professional
development involves
active practice and
collaboration

Source: ITL 2011, ITL Teacher Survey,

based on analysis by SRI International
 THE PRACTICE OF
21ST CENTURY LEARNING BY DESIGN
21CLD : 21st Century Learning Design Framework
 21CLD
21ST CENTURY LEARNING DESIGN
A teacher professional development framework

6 Dimensions for 21st Century Learning :

• Collaboration
• Skilled Communication
• Self Regulation
• Real-world Problem Solving
• Knowledge Construction
• Use of ICT for Learning
 21CLD
21ST CENTURY LEARNING DESIGN
A teacher professional development framework

NO 1

2 COLLABORATION
Students are NO
required to work
in pairs or YES
groups? 3
Students have NO
shared
responsibility? YES
4
Students make NO
substantive
decisions
together? YES
Students’ work
is
interdependent
?
YES
5
 21CLD
21ST CENTURY LEARNING DESIGN
A teacher professional development framework

REAL WORLD PROBLEM SOLVING & INNOVATION

NO 1

2
Main requirement NO
is Problem
YES
Solving?
3
Are students NO
working on a real-
world problem? YES

Requires
innovation?
YES

4
 THE PRACTICE OF
21ST CENTURY LEARNING BY DESIGN
The Case of Crescent Girls’ School
 21CLD IMPLEMENTATION @
CRESCENT GIRLS’ SCHOOL
Discourse and engagement at EXCO Level

Review and
Small group of Teachers work
refine at Staff
21CLD teachers (Think in collaborative
Seminar
Workshop for All Tank) develop teams to
(microteaching
Staff and implement implement at
& sharing
sample lesson least one
between
packages lesson/unit
departments)

21CC Committee undertakes constant monitoring

 THE PRACTICE OF
21ST CENTURY LEARNING BY DESIGN
Where does technology come in?
 Technology Roadmap
Purpose Administration Communication Collaboration Knowledge Self-
Creation directness
DizCoverboard Aggregator of * *
services
Trail Shuttle Learning Trail toolkit * *
Buffet

Frappe
Innovation @ Crescent
Cooperative
Learning Tool
Mobile chat *
*

*
*

21CLD Lesson Design Portal * *

Merror Reflection Tool * *

Spectrum Learning Experience * * *
Creator

Chronos Calendar & * * * *

Workload
Management
System
 THE PRACTICE OF
21ST CENTURY LEARNING BY DESIGN
So what has changed?
21st CENTURY LEARNING DESIGN :
WHAT HAS CHANGED?

1. Student engagement in
knowledge building
2. Student ownership of
learning
3. Student-control vs
Teacher-control
4. Student empowerment
 THE PRACTICE OF
21ST CENTURY LEARNING BY DESIGN
LOOKING AHEAD …
 LOOKING AHEAD
21CLD : A 21st Century Lesson Builder
 LOOKING AHEAD
From “1-1” learning to “1-m” learning

21st century learning

experience creator
• Bite-sized learning
activities
• Created, experienced
Curriculum 21st
century 21 st Century
and assessed on the
Innovations pedagogies Assessment
Communicative Flipped go Assessment of
Arts, Integrated
Humanities,
classroom for• Learning anytime,
21st century
science, place- competencies,
Integrated based learning, anywhere and with
varied modes
Curricula Model UN for anyone
of assessment
SS
THANK YOU!
Email me at tan_chen_kee@crescent.edu.sg