21st CENTURY LEARNING DESIGN

Learning that matters

Maria Langworthy
Global Director, ITL Research
Chief Research Officer, Michael Fullan Enterprises
April 2013
 Almost 40 percent
75 million of employers say
youth are a lack of skills is the
unemployed main reason for
entry-level
vacancies

McKinsey, Edu to Employment Report, 2012

 between 40% and 60% of
high school students are
“chronically disengaged”

Klem & Connell, 2004

Economic Change and
The Learning Challenge

20th Century 21st Century

Economi Manufacturing for Designing
c Drivers mass market knowledge-based
products
Delivery of content Guiding students’
Teacher and information; creation of
development of knowledge-based
basic skills products;
development of
higher order skills
 Education
WHOLE SYSTEM System Change

RENEWAL School
Leadership
and Culture

Innovative
Teaching
Practices

Youth prepared to thrive

in knowledge-based world
enabled by technology
 DEEP LEARNING
FOR KNOWEDGE CREATION

Knowledge
construction

Self-regulation Problem solving

& assessment & innovation

ICT use
Global
Collaboration awareness

Skilled
communication
 ITL RESEARCH Education
System Change

School
Leadership
and Culture

Innovative
Teaching
Key Practices

Questions

Sponsored globally by
Youth prepared for
knowledge-based world
WHAT ARE
INNOVATIVE TEACHING
PRACTICES?

Student ICT
Centered Extending
Pedagogies Learning Integration

Knowledge construction Problem solving By educators

Personalized 24/7 learning By students
opportunities Basic usage vs.
Collaborative
Global and cultural Higher-level usage
Self-regulation understanding (for knowledge
building and
creativity)
 8 COUNTRIES GLOBAL ADVISORY
PARTICIPATED IN ITL GROUP
National Board Russian Academy of
of Education, Finland Education & The Academy for
Teachers Training, Russia

The
Schools Ministry of
Network, National
England Education,
Indonesia
National
Ministry of
Education,
National National Ministry
MEXICO
Ministry of Education,
of Education, Brunei
Senegal

Sponsored globally by
New South Wales
Department of Education
& Training, Australia
ITL RESEARCH
MIXED METHODS USED Education
System Change
159 survey schools
Across 24 site visit schools
School
Teacher & School 86 teachers Leadership
Leader Interviews 18 school leaders and Culture
Teacher & School 4,038 teachers
Leader Surveys 159 school leaders
Innovative
Classroom 81 classrooms Teaching
Observations Practices
Learning Activity 967 learning activities
Analysis
Student Work 3,367 student work
Analysis
Student Focus 33 focus groups
Groups

Methods developed by SRI International

How Teaching Education
Shapes 21C System Change

Learning School
Leadership
and Culture

Innovative
Teaching
Practices

Individuals with
skills for life and
work today
 INNOVATIVE TEACHING SUPPORTS DEEP
LEARNING OUTCOMES…

Students 21C
Skills Score

Learning Activity Score

(Innovative Teaching)

Source: ITL 2011, LASW method, based on analysis by SRI International

 ITL Rubrics
for Learning Activities

Source: ITL 2011, LASW method, based on

analysis by SRI International
 HOW STUDENTS USE TECH…

Develop simulations or animations 3%

CREATE
Work with others from outside class 5%

Use simulations or animations 5%

Create multimedia presentations 6%

High level
Collaborate with peers on learning… 9% uses of
ICT
Access class resources or online… 12%

Analyze data or information 15%

Write or edit stories, reports, or… 15%

Take tests or turn in homework 17% Basic

uses of
Practice routine skills and… 26% ICT
Find information on the Internet 36% CONSUME

Source: ITL teacher survey, 2011 Based on analysis by SRI International

Fragmented
practices

Student Extending
Centered Learning
Pedagogies
Innovative
Teaching
Practices

ICT Integration
Missing pedagogical
elements of
innovation
 TEACHER
COLLABORATION
AND INNOVATIVE TEACHING PRACTICES

0.17

Innovative
Teaching
Practices 0.00

-0.21
Low frequency Medium frequency High frequency

Collaboration about Teaching

Source: teacher survey Based on analysis by SRI International
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
AND INNOVATIVE TEACHING PRACTICES
Practice a new teaching method 0.28
Conducted individual or collaborative 0.25
research on a particular topic
Planned or practiced using ICT in teaching 0.23

Reviewed and discussed student work 0.23

Observed a demonstration of ICT use 0.18

Developed or reviewed
0.18
curriculum materials
Received or delivered one-on-one 0.17
coaching or mentoring
Planned a lesson or a unit 0.15

Observed a demonstration of a lesson 0.15

Listened to a lecture 0.03

Source: ITL teacher survey, 2011 Based on analysis by SRI International

 SYSTEM DISCONNECTED
FROM INNOVATIVE TEACHING PRACTICES
“Innovative practices remain
individual initiatives of
motivated teachers. Being an
innovative teacher has no
“My success is judged by direct and explicit impact on
examiners, by Ofsted, by one’s career.”
parental choice… and what Senegal ITL Report
parents want, what children
want is not necessarily what I
would judge as innovation.”
School leader, England
Student School and
Assessments Teacher
Performance

Professional
Development
Connect Systems: Assessments and appraisals aligned
with innovative teaching and learning goals

Cultivate innovation: Leaders who develop integrated

and shared visions of innovation

Nurture adoption: Professional development that

provides teachers collaborative opportunities to
design and research innovative teaching

Enrich learning: Ubiquitous

student ICT access
What is 21 st Century
Learning Design?
DEEP Education
System Change

LEARNING, School

AND SKILLS Leadership

and Culture

FOR
KNOWLEDGE Innovative
Teaching
Practices

CREATION

Youth prepared to thrive

in knowledge-based world
enabled by technology
21 st Century Learning Design
Teachers as
collaborative designers
of new learning
experiences

Students as collaborative
creators of knowledge-
based products
21 st Century Learning Design
bridge between theory and practice of
21st century skills

rubrics as framework for learning design

rubrics as lens for the collective analysis of

student work
FOCUS ON LEARNING ACTIVITY DESIGN

Students
21C Skills
Score

Learning Activity Score

(Innovative Teaching)

Source: ITL 2011, LASW method, based on analysis by SRI International

ITL Rubrics: Framework for Learning Design
Rubrics

Self-regulation

Real-world
problem-solving
and innovation

Use of ICT for

learning

Collaboration

Knowledge
Construction
Teachers Collaborating in 16 countries
LEAP21 in Brunei
Senegal

Mexico
England

Brunei
TEACHING
CAN CHANGE,
DRAMATICALLY

2nd year pilot year

Self-Regulation 3.4
1.4
Real-World 2.5
Problem-Solving 1.6
Use of ICT in 2.6
Learning 1.6
Knowledge Building 3.7
1.5
Collaboration 2.1
1.7

1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0

Case study from one school in Russia

Teacher-produced content
What students say
Student from South Africa in a school doing 21C Learning Design

“I feel as though we’ve come from a long

culture of spoon-feeding at this school. But I
have noticed during the past year that teaching
practices are starting to change. A few teachers
still spoon-feed, but the others are really
making us think and are challenging us with
different types of projects than in the past… I
really don’t want spoon-feeding, because it will
come back to haunt me at University, as it did
with my sister. I want to learn about research,
debating, team work and all the skills I’ll need in
a job one day.”

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What does this mean for you?
- Shifting from content producers to content
creation enablers

- Developing new content distribution

ecosystems

- Enabling more local, more relevant, more

personal learning content

- Re-engaging youth in learning that matters

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