Preparing for the Future of Learning

Editor's Notes

• #3: 8.8 hours a week On the eve of World Water Day last week, the U.N. offered a sobering statistic: according to its recent study, more people on earth have access to cell phones than toilets. Out of the world's estimated 7 billion people, 6 billion have access to mobile phones. If Facebook were a country, it would be the most populous nation on earth. The huge social network said Wednesday that 1.39 billion people log in to Facebook each month to scroll their News Feeds, communicate with friends and look at photos. That’s more than the entire population of China, the world’s most populous country, which the CIA last estimated to have 1.36 billion people.
• #6: If Facebook were a country, it would be the most populous nation on earth. The huge social network said Wednesday that 1.39 billion people log in to Facebook each month to scroll their News Feeds, communicate with friends and look at photos. That’s more than the entire population of China, the world’s most populous country, which the CIA last estimated to have 1.36 billion people.
• #9: http://www.khanacademy.org/ Gates has invested millions in educational video games, funded the game-centered Quest2Learn and financially supports YouTube sensation Sal Khan, founder of Khan Academy.  Gates hopes educational video games’ addictive quality can lead to scientific curiosity.
• #10: More frequently, the term is used in the domain of e-learning and related fields in the sense of a new paradigmatic perspective on learning processes in mediated environments. Microlearning deals with relatively small learning units and short-term learning activities. Generally, the term "microlearning" refers to micro-perspectives in the context of learning, education and training. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microlearning http://elearningindustry.com/awesome-resources-on-micro-learning http://elearningindustry.com/why-microlearning-is-huge http://www.microlearning.org/ http://www.learningsolutionsmag.com/articles/1578/the-microlearning-trend-accommodating-cultural-and-cognitive-shifts Time: relatively short effort, operating expense, degree of time consumption, measurable time, subjective time, etc. Content: small or very small units, narrow topics, rather simple issues, etc. Curriculum: small part of curricular setting, parts of modules, elements of informal learning, etc. Form: fragments, facets, episodes, "knowledge nuggets", skill elements, etc. Process: separate, concomitant or actual, situated or integrated activities, iterative method, attention management, awareness (getting into or being in a process), etc. Mediality: print media, electronic media, mono-media vs. multi-media, (inter-)mediated forms, etc. Learning type: repetitive, activist, reflective, pragmatist, conceptionalist, constructivist, connectivist, behaviorist; also:action learning, classroom learning, corporate learning, etc. Because old school training is expensive, time-consuming, and simply can’t be produced fast enough to react to a constantly changing work environment. By 2025, Millennials alone will make up that 75 percent of the workforce. The average attention span of the Millennial generation is 90 seconds. Deloitte recently estimated digital skills have a half-life of just 2.5 years for any given role. And because despite technology and digital products rapidly proliferating and evolving, these developments are only able to improve performance with the right training.
• #11: From episodic to continuous learning From assigning to enticing with content From working at one scale to working up and down the scale From grades to continuous feedback mechanisms Learning pathway is described as the chosen route, taken by a learner through a range of (commonly) e-learning activities, which allows them to build knowledge progressively. With learning pathways, the control of choice moves away from the tutor to the learner. https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&es_th=1&ie=UTF-8#q=what+is+learning+paths&spell=1 https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&es_th=1&ie=UTF-8#q=what+are+learning+paths http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_pathway http://edglossary.org/learning-pathway/ https://www.nmefoundation.org/getmedia/76ca2f20-4141-42a1-880f-0bab1bcc21bc/nessc-briefing-personalized-learning-pathways
• #12: MOOCs (Massive Online Open Course) is a course of study made available over the Internet without charge to a very large number of people. "MOOC poster mathplourde" by Mathieu Plourde {(Mathplourde on Flickr)
• #17: Perhaps a New Learning Ecosystem is Needed? Removed “Enhancing the Grantee/Partner Relationships” Added Improve Efficiency Adjusted location Changed verbiage (active v. passive)