Evolution+of+the+Learner

= = What does the future student look like? Why is it important that we change how we reach students? Find out more about these learners of the future to understand why is important to support our efforts in changing the way we educate the young minds of today and tomorrow...

Future Learners :


Learners of future will bear little or no resemblance to the learners of the past. They will be dynamic, multi-modal learners who will expect immediate gratification. Learners of the future will be more active in choosing the tools to organize and manage their learning. The mobile devices will be used extensively for learning.They will be expert in mixing reality with the virtual worlds to create augmented realities. They will express themselves in multiple ways; will engage with variety of data and make it personal in a creative way. They will opt for online courses rather than regular courses; objective for making this choice will be for enhancing their understanding about a subject of interest rather than gaining grades. They will expect the world to accommodate their educational needs, and will be equipped to learn on the go wherever and whenever it is convenient for them. Personal Learning networks will be utilized to connect with the subject matter experts in order to learn more and exchange ideas. Vast digital content will be the widely used resource.

media type="custom" key="11201828" align="right" The future learners will take on the following roles: 1. **Collaborators**: For them their personal learning network will be the sources of knowledge and ideas. 2. **Analyzers**: They will be able to observe, scrutinize and draw conclusions to solve their problems. 3. **Synthesizers**: They will be able to make connections between different fields of knowledge,ideas and will be able to create something new. 4. **Innovators**: They will be on the cutting edge of technology and social media and will expect these tools to be available to them.

Given below is a video prepared by the students of Suffern Middle School. It explains the point of view of learners who are ready to embrace the future. They are asking whether their educators are prepared to equip them for future needs. The skills needed for future are the ability to create, think, share and not memorization of facts or regurgitation of the information given in the textbooks. In this video they show their keenness to explore, discover, analyze, take risk of being wrong and want to dance, record, act, paint....to demonstrate their learning. They are urging the educators to think out of box, stop feeling scared, take risks & allow them to create.

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