21st Century Learning and Teaching

Technology has changed the dynamic of curating information for teachers and students. It gives access to information never before so readily available, or so easily curated. Technology also enables users the ability to publish acquired information in various formats for consumption by others. Additionally, it offers a means in many cases to analyze data in ways that could not be done so easily before technology had become so ubiquitous.

Communication has been upended by technology. There are many ways for people to communicate. We have gone way beyond the dial up telephone. Not only can we communicate with voice, but we can also transmit documents, files, videos, audio files, and live streaming. Gutenberg and Bell would most certainly be impressed.

Access to all of these wonders of technology requires a different mindset than that of the early 20th century. It requires the ability to be flexible and adapt to the constant changes that come with technology. It requires one to commit to being a lifelong learner. It also requires a strict adherence to critical thinking in order to recognize, that which offers value from that which is crap.

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The first-ever graduate program for space miners-in-training is set to launch next year. And the inaugural class is already taking lessons.

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Die internationale Konkurrenz ist so groß, dass selbst gefestigte Unternehmen bedroht sind. Doch die Digitalisierung bietet die Chance zu Wettbewerbs-entscheidenden Transformationen.

Zwar arbeiten viele Unternehmen mit Hochdruck an Strategien zur Digitalisierung, allzu oft sind die Ansätze aber zu technisch und betreffen lediglich das Ist-Geschäft. Dadurch treten die wettbewerbsentscheidende Umwandlung der Firmenkultur sowie der Aufbau entscheidender Fähigkeiten in den Hintergrund. Das ist fatal, denn gerade dort wird die Basis für einen langfristigen Erfolg gelegt.

Digitalisierung ist nicht die Aufgabe weniger Experten, sondern aller Fachbereiche und erfordert neue Formen der Zusammenarbeit und der Führungskultur.

Alle Industrien, alle Branchen

Die Digitalisierung ist in vielen Branchen schon gelebte Realität, wenn auch unterschiedlich bedrohend in der Wahrnehmung. Gerade Fertigungsunternehmen klassischer Produkte fühlen sich noch wenig bedroht, auch wenn Trends wie 3D-Druck, Mehrwerte durch Produktvernetzung (Internet of Things) oder vernetzte Fertigungskonzepte bereits spürbar sind. Oft werden diese Trends als Bereicherung gesehen und nicht als Bedrohung. Doch die Gefahr besteht: Neben den digitalen Lösungen und Geschäftsmodellen neuer, aggressiver Wett­bewerber ist der Verlust der Kundenschnittstelle die akuteste.

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A new study lends credence to what you’ve probably always suspected: social media is having a pretty negative effect on teenagers — Instagram and Snapchat being the worst culprits. The study, published today and called “Status of Mind,” was conducted by researchers for the Royal Society for Public Health in the UK. The researchers surveyed 1,479 British youths ages 14-24, asking them how they felt the different social media networks effected their mental health. They took in several factors such as body image, sleep deprivation, bullying, and self-identity.

The results suggest the two worst social media networks for kids are Instagram and Snapchat, as they had terrible scores for body image, bullying, and anxiety. Twitter and Facebook weren’t much better, though. YouTube was the only one that apparently inspired more positive feelings than negative ones.

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As the teaching professions face rapidly changing demands, educators require an increasingly broad and more sophisticated set of competences than before. In particular the ubiquity of digital devices and the duty to help students become digitally competent requires educators to develop their own digital competence.

On International and national level a number of frameworks, self-assessment tools and training programmes have been developed to describe the facets of digital competence for educators and to help them assess their competence, identify their training needs and offer targeted training.

Analysing and clustering these instruments, this report presents a common European Framework for the Digital Competence of Educators (DigCompEdu). DigCompEdu is a scientifically sound background framework which helps to guide policy and can be directly adapted to implement regional and national tools and training programmes. In addition, it provides a common language and approach that will help the dialogue and exchange of best practices across borders.

The DigCompEdu framework is directed towards educators at all levels of education, from early childhood to higher and adult education, including general and vocational training, special needs education, and non-formal learning contexts. It aims to provide a general reference frame for developers of Digital Competence models, i.e. Member States, regional governments, relevant national and regional agencies, educational organisations themselves, and public or private professional training providers.

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The world of education is alive with buzzwords like innovation, inclusion, and mindfulness; another term gaining traction is restorative practices, also called restorative justice. Restorative practices are a burgeoning alternative to traditional punitive justice such as suspensions (both in school and out of school) and other exclusionary forms of discipline.

Many states are legislating a movement away from prescribed punitive justice for misbehavior in schools, and restorative practices are gaining in esteem as an evidence-based intervention that has proven successful when implemented correctly. Major school districts in San Francisco, Denver, and Houston are implementing restorative practices to combat inequalities in suspension and disciplinary referrals. These districts are finding that restorative practices, once understood, can be implemented with just a few simple steps.

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Viele Schüler haben zwar Smartphones, doch die spielen zu Lernzwecken weniger eine Rolle. Unsere Infografik zeigt, wo die Hürden bei der Einbindung von digitalen Medien im Unterricht liegen.

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