1. Why tablets?
Learning in the 21st century

2. Structure
21st century education
Context
Characteristics

3. Learning to know, do, be and learning to live together
21st CENTURY EDUCATION
Beyond the notion of life long learning to the emergence of the individual learner
Learning to know, do, be and learning to live together
Fundamental assumptions
Philosophical Societal and pragmatic
Jacques Delors
UNESCO 1993 “A commission on Education for the 21st century” Learning: The Treasures within
Rosalind picard
Learning in context of a digitally catalyzed society with a universal access

4. In the 20th century we expected school systems to sort people: those who would go to university and those who wouldn’t, those who would do professional jobs and those who wouldn’t, and those who would fill the semi-skilled and unskilled jobs for which minimal learning at school was required.
(Barber, 2014)

5. In the 21st century we are aware that this is not good enough - not good enough morally, not good enough socially and not good enough economically.
(Ibid, 2014)
Machines can do much of this work better than people. We should be able to celebrate that fact, but we can’t, because the transformation is leaving millions of people without work, especially young people around the world. Only the well educated can possibly thrive in the world that is coming. We need every young person to graduate from school ready for college, career and citizenship.

6. […] we will see the new pedagogy emerge
[…] we would see learning outcomes that would include not only literacy and numeracy, vital though they are, but also those wider, less well-defined outcomes such as problem-solving, collaboration, creativity, thinking in different ways, and building effective relationships and teams.
(Ibid. 2014)

7. they cannot fit in our shoes.
What I Think
students learn differently
students interact in new ways
private learning bubbles
they cannot fit in our shoes.

9. the issue?
A handshake between who they are and what we have available

10. Just in Case Just in Time
Just for You
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
The age of personalization of education not just in terms of subject but in terms of what
Ways that are subjectively pertaining

11. WE DO NOT REMEMBER WHAT IS TAUGHT BUT WHAT IS MEANINGFUL
MEANINGFUL LEARNING
WE DO NOT REMEMBER WHAT IS TAUGHT BUT WHAT IS MEANINGFUL
OUR STRONGEST MEMORIES ARE CREATED DURING ACTIVE PARTICIPATION
WE DO NOT REMEMBER WHAT WE TAUGHT BUT WHAT IS MEANINGFUL.
WE ARE ACTIVE LEARNERS BY NATURE

12. Internet capabilities
characteristics
Internet capabilities
size
extended battery life
weight
Touch screen

13. multisensory

14. touch Not point and click but point to click
The most natural thing to do
Move around
Draw change Colour
Magnify
Sketch

15. visual Comprehension of complex subjects Active visual learning.
Pictures, videos, maps, or graphs.
Forming a mental image
Conceptualisation
Self expression
Photo stories
Visual based projects

16. MOBILITY Chicago study with 5th grade students
CONDITIONS
Chicago study with 5th grade students
provision of tablets to teachers and students.
wireless access at school and home.
OBSERVATIONS
Tablets can make a difference in students’ learning habits
Greater access to learning resources
Students did not engage in bad behaviour
Increasing learning sophistication
The creation of new learning environments
Group work
Originality
independence
First study that allowed students to take tablet home.

17. Digital Art Access
Reading
Writing
Music. Experimentation and Creation
Video connectivity/Social Media
Visual science apps and simulations
Presentations
Blogging as diverse forms of writing
Photography and video making
More accessible research
eBooks (OERs)and related sources
Evolving computer skills. Games
Addressing students learning styles

18. challenges
opportunities

19. another window of opportunity
perception of novelty
another window of opportunity
effective embedment within the curriculum

20. Ongoing research Intuitive products
Tablets favourably motivate students
Enhance willingness to learn
Engagement and meaningful involvement
Intuitive products: no previous training requirements/easy to access