INTRODUCING THE NEW PARADIGM AND THE LEAPFROG PRINCIPLE

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INTRODUCING THE NEW PARADIGM AND THE LEAPFROG
PRINCIPLE

• John W. Moravec, Ph.D.
• Universidad de Minnesota
• www.educationfutures.com

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New Paradigm model
Globalization
New Paradigm
Knowledge Society
Accelerating Change
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Globalization

• Dichotomies
• Local vs. global
• Homogenization vs. heterogenization
• Periphery vs. core

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Rise of the knowledge society and the knowledge
economy

• Modes 1-3
• Socially distributed knowledge
• Academic capitalism and entrepreneurship
• Knowledge-producing institutions can no longer
  isolate themselves
• Can we manage knowledge?

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Accelerating change

• Kurzweils Law of Accelerating Returns
• Technological Singularity limits the horizon of
  human foresight
• Enormous advances in genetics, nanotechnology and
  robotics coming soon

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Accelerating Change,Accelerating Returns
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Level of Advancement
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A New Paradigm
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The problem

• The three phenomena driving the New Paradigm are
  rarely explored together as a whole, particularly
  as it pertains to leadership.

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Furthermore

• This suggests a looming crisis in human capital
  development.

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Attending to theNew ParadigmThe power of
Leapfrogging
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Leapfrog!
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What does Leapfrog mean?

• Leapfrog means leadership rather than catching
  up.
• One could say that it offers a Great Leapfrog
  Forward.

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How does Leapfrog support Sustainable
Innovation?(an example from education)

• Leapfrog education means using advanced
  (wireless) technologies to assist students and
  teachers
• Leapfrog education technologies permit moving
  from memorization to creative and innovative
  knowledge production

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How does Leapfrog apply to education?

• Knowledge creation is the core of modern
  innovation societies
• Schools must learn to serve Sustainable
  Innovation through new relationships between
  students and teachers

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How does Leapfrog education work?

• Ecuadorian students read Mandarin Chinese by
  using special smart reading glasses
• Chinese students read Spanish using smart
  reading glasses
• The glasses teach the languages

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How does Leapfrog support Sustainable Innovation
in the New Paradigm?

• Leapfrog supports Sustainable Innovation by
  upgrading human capital and human performance in
  far shorter periods of time
• Leapfrog permits students of all ages to
  contribute to Sustainable Innovation through
  creativity and instant competence

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Leapfrogging is leadership.
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Leaders must reorient their policies and
practices to attend to rapid advances in
technology and the rapid virtualization of
learning, living, and working.They must
Leapfrog toward Sustainable Innovation.
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Looking Ahead

• Imagine a global miracle in sustainable
  innovation
• Where our regions are the leaders among knowledge
  and innovation economies
• Where no student fails in schools and colleges
• Where our citizens are the global standard for
  leading edge Sustainable Innovation development
  and application

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Looking Ahead(from our education example)

• Imagine our teacher training colleges
• As the worlds leading centers of Sustainable
  Innovation within a decade
• As one crucial link in a chain of education
  opportunities for PreK-17 learners amid an
  ecology of sustainability opportunities
• Bolstered with advanced networking technologies
  to support Sustainable Innovation in all levels
  of education

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Thank you!