Wednesday 5 October 2016

uLearn Keynote 2: John Couch, Vice President of Education at Apple

“New dimensions in learning”


Leadership model


  • Think about your vision - WHY are you going to something, not just what you’re going to do
  • Apple’s Model: technology as a mental bicycle - technology enables us to create, innovate and explore
    • Vision (inspiration) - mental bicycle
    • Mission (practical) - one computer, one person
    • Directions - strategic (consumer, education)
    • Steps - tactical (creative)
    • People - companions, not competitors
    • Guidelines - think differently
  • Education vs Learning


Education
Learning
Overall paradigm
delivery
discovery
Social structure
hierarchy
community
context
classroom
world
environment
simulated
real
content
fixed
open
assignments
recipes
frameworks
activities
Consumption and repetition
Construction & creation
infrastructure
Administrative focus
Empowerment focus
assessment
Teacher driven
community-driven
process
standardised
personalised
motivation
extrinsic
intrinsic
expectation
Grades & certification
Skills & experience

Vision is inspirational and mission is measurable
How are we creating a learning environment around technology?


All books, learning materials, and assessments should be digital and interactive, tailored to each student and providing feedback in real time - Steve Jobs


  • Vision (inspiration) - Unique Genius
  • Mission (practical) - Personal Learning Environment
  • Directions - Institution and Individual
  • Steps - iBooks Author, iTunes U, Classroom, Swift
  • People - Evangelists
  • Guidelines - Thinking Ahead ? missed this one?


Content is already available, so what are we doing to make it relevant? If nothing, then we are obsolete.

“Knowledge isn’t a commodity that’s delivered from teacher to student but something that emerges from the students’ own curiosity-fueled exploration.” Joshua Davis A Radical Way of Unleashing a Generation of Geniuses


What do you feel?
What do you imagine?
Now, do it.
Share it.

End of average Book by Todd Rose

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