Transformation in Education

1. Transformation in Education Dennis Spisak Education Expert (gCarlson Inc.) dspisak@gcarlson-inc.com

3. Our Changing World • We have been influenced by: • Technology • Generation Gaps • Cultural Influences • Social Influences • Global Influences IT’S A DIFFERENT WORLD

4. YET……………… • The educational model used today was designed for the Industrial Age. • Revolves around the instructor. • One-size-fits-all model. • One way lecture. • The student, working alone, is expected to absorb the delivered information. THIS IS NOT THE STUDENT OF THE NET GENERATION.

5. Paradox The current generation is seeing students going to college in unprecedented numbers. YET The United States is experiencing a massive dropout problem, both in high school and college.

6. Old New Student focused Multi-way Customized Collaborative Teacher focused One-way One size fits all Student Isolated MODEL FOR THE NET GENERATION

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8. The Medium is the Message • 2006 Study of Net Geners: • Researchers played the same news message four different ways: • Traditional Radio Newscast. • Online newscast played with one click. • Interactive Webcast where they click to get to each news item. • Webcast where they clicked for each news item. • Net Geners remembered less from traditional newscast which started from beginning to end than they did from interactive.

9. For Effective Learning, We Must Move…………… From BroadcasttoInteractive Learning

10. Boomers vs. Net Geners • Boomers go from beginning to end. • TV shows • Writing essays • Reading directions • Net Geners don’t operate in a sequential way. • Using keywords in Google, hypertext • Clicking, cutting and pasting • New video game—jump right in. Read directions only if problems develop.

11. Boomers vs. Net Geners cont. • Boomers and Net Geners see things differently. • Looking at a computer screen, the boomer reads from left to right, top to bottom. • Net Geners will look at the image on the screen, to the call out box, then look at the text to confirm their initial assumptions on the web page. • Net Geners grew up learning how to read images, pictures, graphs, icons. • Studies show they learn better from visual images vs. pure text-based.

12. The Gap…How Net Geners Think vs. How Most Teachers Teach • They want a choice in their education—in terms of what they learn, when they learn it, where, and how. • They expect to talk back, to have a conversation. • They want their education to be relevant to the real world, the one they live in. • They want it to be interesting and fun.

13. Student Study and Mastery Lecture Content Mastering Activities Practice Test Assigned Reading (Primarily Textbook) Memorizing Flash Cards Drag & Drop, etc. Quizzing Multiple Choice Interactive Exercises Multiple Choice Utilizing Digital Assets for Learning Required Course Content Optimizing High Stakes Tests Mid-Terms & Final Multiple Choice Slide content courtesy of Ed Stanford

14. PRINT MATERIALS • CONNECTINGcontent to work and real life situations. • Relevant • Reinforcement of basic skills

16. From the perspective of . . . A New Employee… How might placing labels on others’ personality personalities at your new place of work help or harm your chances of making smart decisions? What aspects of your own personality would you like to showcase at your place of employment?

17. Health Care Worker Office Worker Software Designer Graphic Designer Medical Assistant Dental Assistant Computer Game Designer Law Enforcement Officer Veterinary Assistant Criminal Justice Professional New Supervisor Marketing Specialist Advertising Assistant Child Care Provider Fashion Design Professional From the Perspective of……

18. the case of . . . jean sweetland, the woman with too many hats. Jean Sweetland never expected that she would one day have so many different hats to wear. But now, in her early forties, when Jean comes home from her full-time job as a nurse and takes off her nurse’s cap, it seems as though her day has barely started. With two teenage children living at home, Jean next must put on her mother’s hat and enforce household rules, dispense advice, help with homework, or just provide a shoulder to cry on. Before her husband comes home from his own job, Jean has to pop on her chef’s hat and get dinner started; the maid’s cap will come out later, when Jean does the family’s laundry and cleans the bathrooms. As if all this weren’t enough, the responsibility has fallen to Jean for looking after her aging mother as well. Two or three evenings a week Jean slips on her daughter’s hat and makes the trip across town to her mother’s house, where she spends an hour or so paying bills, restocking the cupboards, and helping with other household chores.

19. THE STORY…….. • Jane is in her early 40’s. • Works as a nurse. • Comes home and takes off her NURSE hat. • Puts on her MOTHER hat to take care of her two teenage children. • Pops on her CHEF hat to make dinner, then.. • Puts on her MAID hat to do laundry, dishes, etc. • Three nights a week she puts on her DAUGHTER hat to take care of her aging mother.

20. Basic Skills Emphasis study alert Be sure to be able to distinguish the three different types of developmental research— cross-sectional (comparing people of different ages at the same time); longitudinal (studying participants as they age); and sequential (a combination of crosssectional and longitudinal).

21. The Pacific Institute andMcGraw-Hill

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