This document discusses the changing landscape of education due to increased access to information online. It argues that we are moving from an institutionally organized system of education to one that is self-organized by learners. This shift changes the roles of both students and teachers. Students now have more control over what and how they learn, while teachers must help students learn how to direct their own learning in this new environment of abundant information. The document suggests educators focus on empowering students to be self-organized, lifelong learners who can navigate this changing world.

1. Will Richardson
will@willrichardson.com
willrichardson.com
@willrich45
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Preparing Students for a Self-Directed,
Self-Organized Learning World
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3. “We can’t be creative if we refuse
to be confused. Change always
starts with confusion.”
Margaret Wheatley
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4. Turn to someone next to you and share
your confusion about education.
What questions are you asking?
DISCUSSION
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5. I THINK...
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6. This is the most disruptive moment
in education ever.
Starting Points/Beliefs
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7. This is also the most amazing time to be a learner.
Starting Points/Beliefs
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8. Schools need to be different, not better.
Starting Points/Beliefs
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9. Educators need to be different, not better.
Starting Points/Beliefs
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10. Computers should be used to
“amplify human potential.”
Starting Points/Beliefs
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11. i.e.
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19. Scarcity
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20. ABUNDANCE
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21. 5 Billion App Downloads
2.5 Billion People
2 Trillion Webpages
5Years ofYouTube video per minute
Est. 1 billion photos uploaded each day 2014
5Years of all IP video per second
100,000 Tweets per minute
12 Billion Internet Connected Devices by 2015
ABUNDANCE
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23. CHANGE
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27. Games
Videos
Networks
Texts
Hangouts
(...and all sorts of other interesting stuff
they don’t have access to at school.)
ABUNDANCEKids’Version
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28. ...A world marked by “ubiquitous computing,
ubiquitous information, ubiquitous networks, at
unlimited speed, about everything, everywhere,
from anywhere, on all kinds of devices that make
it ridiculously easy to connect, organize, share,
collect, collaborate and publish.”
Michael Wesch
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29. Media
Politics
Journalism
Medicine
Books
Business
Music...
Which is Changing:
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30. i.e.
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31. i.e.
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32. i.e.
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33. “The change we are in the
middle of isn’t minor, and it
isn’t optional.”
Clay Shirky
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34. In Education:
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35. In Education:
A Clash of Contexts
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36. Traditional Learning
(Politicians, Parents, Communities, Educators)
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37. Traditional Learning
(Politicians, Parents, Communities, Educators)
Modern Learning
(Kids with Access, Connected, Networked Learners)
Vs
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38. Traditional Learning
Modern Learning
Delivery
Vs
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39. Traditional Learning
Modern Learning
Delivery
Discovery
Vs
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40. Traditional Learning
What you want me to learn.
Modern Learning
Vs
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41. Traditional Learning
What you want me to learn.
Modern Learning
What I want to learn
Vs
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42. Traditional Learning
Just in case.
Modern Learning
Vs
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43. Traditional Learning
Just in case.
Modern Learning
Just in time.
Vs
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44. New reality
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45. Information, knowledge and teachers are in abundant
supply and ubiquitous.
NEW REALITIES
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46. Information, knowledge and teachers are in abundant
supply and ubiquitous.
That supply of knowledge and information is expanding
and changing at a rate like never before.
ABUNDANCENEW REALITIES
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47. Information, knowledge and teachers are in abundant
supply and ubiquitous.
That supply of knowledge and information is expanding
and changing at a rate like never before.
We cannot predict the impacts of technological
advances on the future of learning and work.
ABUNDANCENEW REALITIES
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48. Information, knowledge and teachers are in abundant
supply and ubiquitous.
That supply of knowledge and information is expanding
and changing at a rate like never before.
We cannot predict the impacts of technological
advances on the future of learning and work.
A wide range of new skills and literacies will be
required to navigate the future.
ABUNDANCENEW REALITIES
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49. THE Key Shift:
NEW REALITY
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50. Institutionally Organized World
ABUNDANCENEW REALITY
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51. Institutionally Organized World
Self-Organized World
ABUNDANCENEW REALITY
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52. ...a travel agent to book our flights?
...an agent to get a record deal?
...a broker to buy stock?
...a publisher to write a book?
...a journalist to report the news?
Remember when we needed...
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53. ...a travel agent to book our flights?
...an agent to get a record deal?
...a broker to buy stock?
...a publisher to write a book?
...a journalist to report the news?
...a school to learn Algebra?
Remember when we needed...
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54. Institutionally Organized Learning
Self-Organized Learning
ABUNDANCENEW ED REALITY
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55. THE Disruption
bit.ly/13i4a68
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56. Access to an abundance of content,
knowledge, information, teachers,
and technologies shifts the balance
of power for learning from the
school to the learner...
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57. Access to an abundance of content,
knowledge, information, teachers,
and technologies shifts the balance
of power for learning from the
school to the learner...
...whether we like it or not.
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58. It. Changes. Us.
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59. “What you ought to be learning at
school is that you don’t need to be
taught in order to learn.”
Seymour Papert
bit.ly/ZTTvji
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60. Especially now.
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61. “The illiterate of the 21st century
will not be those who cannot read
and write, but those who cannot
learn, unlearn, and relearn. ”
Alvin Toffler
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62. Part 1:
Relearning Learning
RELEARNING
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63. Learning is Connected
New Reality
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64. Networks are the new classrooms.
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66. “Connected learning is realized when a young
person is able to pursue a personal interest or
passion with the support of friends and caring
adults, and is in turn able to link this learning and
interest to academic achievement, career success
or civic engagement.”
Mimi Ito
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67. Learning is Continual
New Reality
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69. Top “Learning” Tools 2012
582 votes
http://c4lpt.co.uk/top100tools/
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70. Top “Learning” Tools 2012
582 votes
http://c4lpt.co.uk/top100tools/
Self-organized learning
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71. Learning is “Create-ive”
New Reality
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74. “We are at a turning point in human history–a rising
tide of a culture of participation in global networks that
open doors of which we humans have never dreamed.
We must remember,“making” at its core, is about
“teaching” kids to view the world (not just school) in a
completely different way. It’s about empowerment and
ownership of destiny. The ability to wonder and dream
is great but realizing that one can “make something
happen” is a very powerful thing.”
Pam Moran
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76. bit.ly/11X5R7F
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78. bit.ly/10dDHI4
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79. Part 2:
Relearning “School”
RELEARNING
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80. New Reality
Teachers are everywhere
Classrooms are everywhere
“School” is everywhere
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82. 215,284,446 Lots of Lessons Delivered
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86. What if he’s right?
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89. Self-Organized LearningSelf-Organized Learning
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92. “What does a middle school algebra teacher do
if kindergarteners can start learning to solve equations
within a couple of hours?”
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97. New Question:
If this is what our students now
have access to...
...what is our new role?
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98. New Question:
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99. New Answer:
That which cannot be
“Khanified.”
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100. Part 3:
Relearning Higher Education
RELEARNING
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103. bit.ly/MZmNDy
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Scarcity
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108. bit.ly/MZmNDy
Scarcity
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109. bit.ly/MZmNDy
Scarcity
Abundance
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110. bit.ly/MZmNDy
Scarcity
Abundance
Information ≠ Education
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111. bit.ly/MZmNDy
Scarcity
Abundance
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113. Cal Tech, Georgia Tech, U. ofVa, Duke, Rice, Johns Hopkins,
Stamford, U. of Washington, U. of Illinois, U. of Edinburgh, U.
of Toronto, Princeton, U. of Penn.
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114. Cal Tech, Georgia Tech, U. ofVa, Duke, Rice, Johns Hopkins,
Stamford, U. of Washington, U. of Illinois, U. of Edinburgh, U.
of Toronto, Princeton, U. of Penn.
“This is the tsunami.”
--Richard DeMillo, Ga.Tech
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121. Institutionally
Organized
Self-
Organized
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122. 2024?
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123. Self-Organized Learners?
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124. Part 4:
Relearning The Future of Work
RELEARNING
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125. “If you’re talking 100 years, there’s
no doubt in my mind that all jobs
will be gone, including creative ones.
And 100 years is not far in the future
— some of our children will be alive
in 100 years.”
Hod Lipson,
Cornell U.
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133. Self-Organized Work
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134. “Looking to the future of work, one could
sum up the anticipated impacts in a single
word: More. More intensity. More pressure.
More change. More risk. But also, more
opportunity. More engagement. More
transparency. More impact.”
Yvette Cameron
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135. To Sum it Up:
ABUNDANCE
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136. Means that we are now the central,
organizing force in our own learning, our own
education, and, increasingly our own careers.
ABUNDANCE
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137. Means that we now need the skills and
dispositions to “design”our own
learning and careers.
ABUNDANCE
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138. Means we must develop a new context for
modern learning.
ABUNDANCE
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139. So...
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140. Traditional Learning
Modern Learning
Vs (?)
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141. Traditional Learning
Modern Learning
AND
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142. “We have to do both.”
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143. New Reality
Schools need to be “different”...
not just “better.”
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144. Moral of the Story
“‘Better’ matters little if what people need
and want is something else.“
-Lewis Perleman
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145. Where Do We Start?
With us.
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146. LEARNERS FIRST
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147. LEARNERS FIRSTTeachers Second
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148. What if professional development
looked less like this...
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150. ...and more like this instead:
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154. Where Do We Start?
Be confused.
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156. will@willrichardson.com
@willrich45
willrichardson.com
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