Why Collaborative Learning Platform? [For School (K-12) Ecosystem]

All about iON PVC-LMS Course Why Collaborative Learning Platform – For School (K-12) Ecosystem? Learning is a Social Process

Civilization Quest Life Wisdom Jobs – Engineer/ Doctor Entrepreneur / Author / Pilot / Scientist Teacher Guru as source of knowledge Teacher moderated (Board regime) Changing role of Teacher Information “Knowledge is within yourself” Books and “propaganda” Google effect Evaluation Dialectic ReproducingReconstructing Doctrinal InstitutionalIndustrial How the learning landscape has evolved…

All about iON PVC-LMS Course Why Collaborative Learning Platform – For School (K-12) Ecosystem? 60% of the jobs 10 years from now haven’t been invented yet Thomas Frey Google’s Top Rated Futurist Speaker EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE DAVINCI INSTITUTE

Then what today’s students are studying for? What should they be actually learning?

Source: John Seely Brown and Richard P. Adler. Susan E. Haviland

All about iON PVC-LMS Course Why Collaborative Learning Platform – For School (K-12) Ecosystem? Students who study in groups, are more engaged in their studies, better prepared for class, and learn & retain significantly more than students who study on their own

All about iON PVC-LMS Course Why Collaborative Learning Platform – For School (K-12) Ecosystem? Students who learn most are those who give and receive elaborated explanations about what they are learning and how they are learning it

All about iON PVC-LMS Course Why Collaborative Learning Platform – For School (K-12) Ecosystem? How Students benefit from Collaborative Learning? Builds self-esteem in Students Enhances Student satisfaction with learning experience Promotes a positive attitude towards the subject matter Enhances critical thinking

All about iON PVC-LMS Course Why Collaborative Learning Platform – For School (K-12) Ecosystem? You might ask: All this can happen even now with people studying in groups in the school, or in the hostel, or at a friend’s place!

All about iON PVC-LMS Course Why Collaborative Learning Platform – For School (K-12) Ecosystem? Lets pause here and read about an incident making rounds about today’s student generation

All about iON PVC-LMS Course Why Collaborative Learning Platform – For School (K-12) Ecosystem? Four school-going students come to a restaurant All have smart phones in their hands They come and sit, they are not talking to each other, as all four are busy on their phones (mostly on social websites / playing games) They all giggle at one go (on a joke someone sent them, or one of them sent to the other three) They order food (probably the only verbal conversation happening there!) They are busy on the phones till the food comes They peek into their phones many times while having food They have food, pay the bill and leave

All about iON PVC-LMS Course Why Collaborative Learning Platform – For School (K-12) Ecosystem? Have you seen / heard of similar incidents? I guess many of us have

All about iON PVC-LMS Course Why Collaborative Learning Platform – For School (K-12) Ecosystem? Students are addicted to the social media, digital natives, globally connected

Hence, Its important that we tap their digital-savviness towards educational purposes!

That’s where an online collaborative learning platform will play a key role In satisfying their urge to socialize / collaborate online, while guiding them to do it an educational context!

Collaborative learning prepares students for their future roles in life as learners and contributors in their careers and in social settings

Creating a 21st century collaborative learning environment is seen by thought leaders as essential to preparing students for future success

One-Way pedagogy is giving way to interactive learning

All about iON PVC-LMS Course Why Collaborative Learning Platform – For School (K-12) Ecosystem? “Teachers will not be replaced by technology, but teachers who don’t use technology will be replaced by those who do” - Dr. Ray Clifford, 1983

Its only imperative that Schools Cultivate the Culture of Collaborative Learning Now By Choice or be forced to adopt it eventually

All about iON PVC-LMS Course Why Collaborative Learning Platform – For School (K-12) Ecosystem? iON PVC Community structure based platform Virtual relevant in this digital world Professional towards constructive & educational purposes Private secure and private for your School Collaborative Learning encouraging knowledge sharing