John Connell

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John Connell

• Learning Futures Strategist

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www.johnconnell.co.uk/blog/
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Coming soon to a school near you....
Todays Learner
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The crux of success or failure is to know which
core values to hold on to, and which to discard
and replace when times change.
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Sustainability
Technology
Education
The State of the World
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The 5 Capitals Framework
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Recognition of interdependence
Self-determination Diversity and tolerance
Compassion for others Upholding the principle
of equity Recognition of the rights and
interests of non-humans Respect for the
integrity of natural systems Respect for the
interests of future generations
Values for Sustainability
and for Education!
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Bhutan
Gross Domestic Happiness

• socio-economic growth
• cultural values
• environmental conservation
• good governance

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of
Happiness. Jefferson
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Social Networking
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Web as the Platform
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Generations of Office Applications
http//www.roughtype.com/
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Office 1.0
1980s
....a set of discrete and often incompatible
applications for word processing, spreadsheets,
presentation creation, and simple database
management. Archetype Lotus 1-2-3
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Office 2.0
1990 - Present
...integrated suites of personal productivity
applications, with expanded, if still limited,
collaboration capabilities. Archetype Microsoft
Office
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Office 3.0
Present - 2010
...hybrid desktop/web suites incorporating
internet-based tools and interfaces to facilitate
collaboration and web publishing.
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Office 4.0
Early 2010s
...fully web-based suites.
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A new education narrative
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Curriculum is redundant Learning is about
relationships / meaning / community We can no
longer fit technology into business as
usual Education requires distributive
leadership We are all learners now
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A new kind of learning...
...in which learners take more and more
responsibility for their own learning as they get
older...
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A new kind of learning...
...in which teachers work with students in an
open, collaborative way, with the teaching and
learning that goes on the result of a continual
process of negotiation...
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A new kind of learning...
...in which teachers are freed to do what they do
best - to teach, to work with young people to
help them get the best out of their own efforts,
to advise, to counsel, to cajole, to persuade,
and, yes, to impart knowledge where required...
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A new kind of learning...
...in which young people will be able to bring
their passions firmly inside the bounds of their
schooling (instead of having to defer their real
interests to their lives outside of school, as is
so often the case)
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A new kind of learning...
...in which what has been peripheral becomes the
core
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A new kind of learning...
...a kind of learning in which curriculum content
is no longer fixed by some central authority but
is universally negotiable
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A new kind of learning...
...in which teachers can accord learners the
maximum respect by acknowledging that they are
learners too
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In times of change learners inherit the earth
while the learned find themselves beautifully
equipped to deal with a world that no longer
exists.