Developing 21st century skills through digital pedagogy
1. Insights for the development of 21st Century skills
DIGIFOR–Digital Forest Pedagogy
Dr. Henriikka Vartiainen, UEF
2. In the 21st century,
we face many
kinds of wicked
problems that
require novel
design thinking for
changing the ways
that people
interact with their
environment and
collaborate with
each other.
3. Changes in labor needs
Many governments have awoken to the rapidly
changing labor needs due to accelerating
automation of knowledge work.
Denning, J. P. & Tedre, M. (2019). Computational Thinking.
MIT Press, Cambridge.
5. Character education: honesty, self-regulation and responsibility, hard work,
perseverance, empathy for contributing to the safety and benefit of others, selfconfidence,
personal health and well-being, career and life skills.
Citizenship: global knowledge, sensitivity to and respect for other cultures, active
involvement in addressing issues of human and environmental sustainability.
Communication: communicate effectively orally, in writing and with a variety of digital
tools; listening skills.
Critical thinking and problem solving: think critically to design and
manage projects, solve problems, make effective decisions using a variety of digital tools and
resources.
Collaboration: work in teams, learn from and contribute to the learning of others, social
networking skills, empathy in working with diverse others.
Creativity and imagination: economic and social entrepreneurialism,
considering and pursuing novel ideas, and leadership for action.
Fullan & Langworthy, 2014. New Pedagogies Find Deep Learning
https://www.michaelfullan.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/3897.Rich_Seam_web.pdf
6. EXPLICIT KNOWLEDGE
Lives in books and heads
TACIT KNOWLEDGE
Lives in people and their practices
Know what
Know how
Know who
DEEP NATURE OF
21st CENTURY SKILLS
By John Seely Brown
7. Vartiainen, H., Liljeström, A., & Enkenberg, J. (2012). Design-oriented pedagogy for technology-enhanced learning to cross over the borders between
formal and informal environments. Journal of Universal Computer Science, 18(15), 2097–2119.
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10. Some examples
● https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVKeTflC5Qg
● https://www.openmetsa.fi/wiki/index.php/Laukansaari_Croft
● https://www.openmetsa.fi/wiki/index.php/Growth_Research
● https://www.openmetsa.fi/wiki/index.php/Saimaa_ringed_seal
Vartiainen, H., Nissinen, S., Pöllänen, S. & Vanninen, P. (2018). Teachers' Insights Into Connected
Learning Networks: Emerging Activities and Forms of Participation. AERA Open 4, (3), 1–17.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/2332858418799694
11. Future steps
Nissinen, S., Vartiainen, H., Pöllänen, S. & Vanninen, P. (in press).Connected
learning in international learning projects: Emergence of a hybrid learning system.
International Journal of Information and Learning Technology.