Driving K-12 Innovation: 2021 TECH ENABLERS(Ⅰ)
2021-07-23
Product by CoSN (Consortium for School Networking) 美國学校网络联合会
《基础教育创新驱动力报告》是继《地平线报告(基础教育版)》后推出的国际教育信息化发展的重要参考报告,报告发布方美国学校网络联合会(CoSN)为《地平线报告》发布方美国新媒体联盟的原有合作伙伴,致力于为基础教育及学前领域的教育技术从业者提供团队、知识和专业发展服务,助力创建和发展更有吸引力的学习环境。
Introduction
CoSNs Driving K-12 Innovation initiative convenes an international Advisory Board of 100+ education and technology experts to select the most important topics impacting teaching, learning, and education innovation around the globe. The first step is an initial survey to select Hurdles (barriers), Accelerators (mega-trends), and Tech Enablers (tools) for discussion. The Advisory Board then responds to prompts and discusses the topics via a virtual online forum and synchronous video calls. Finally, the Advisory Board completes a survey to select the top Hurdles, Accelerators, and Tech Enablers.
Each year, themes arise from the Advisory Boards work and this year in particular, the interconnectedness of specific Hurdles, Accelerators, and Tech Enablers quickly became a major point of conversation. Inspired by this, the editorial team expanded the Driving K-12 Innovation framework to explicitly call out Bridges. Bridges (themes) are recommendations, considerations, and mindsets to drive K-12 innovation that span our three lenses of Hurdles, Accelerators, and Tech Enablers. These overarching themes from Advisory Board discussion speak to important synergies and intersections between topics. Bridges emerge from Advisory Board discussion and are not voted on in the final survey.
This publication focuses on the Top 3 Tech Enablers for 2021 and one key bridge: Systems Thinking.
The COVID-19 Pandemic + Driving K-12 Innovation
The Driving K-12 Innovation framework helps us make sense of the state of the world and chart paths forward. The COVID-19 pandemic is one such state of the world, a critical component of the context in which students, educators, and families create learning experiences and re-imagine the future of education. The Advisory Board discussed many ways in which the current state of the world is impacting Tech Enablers and the way we use them.
Top 3 Tech Enablers
1.Digital Collaboration Environments
Digital systems, tools, technologies, connectivity, and pedagogy that enable high levels of collaboration and support online and in person learning. Digital Collaboration Environments include both synchronous and asynchronous communication tools—platforms that allow multi-user, virtual communications, whether across the room or across the globe.
2.Untethered Broadband and Connectivity
Ubiquitous broadband Internet and the underlying technologies that enable robust connected learning—without requiring devices to be physically connected (via cables, for example). These technologies enable mobility and learning anytime, anywhere.
3.Blended Learning Tools
Digital tools, technologies, and pedagogy that enable learning experiences through a mix of face-to-face and online interactions. These tools can be used to strategically integrate online and in-person activities to enhance student learning.
Key Bridge: Systems Thinking
The fundamental design of the system is the biggest hurdle of all—from what is meant by "a school", to the structures and assumptions that define the learner experience, the technologies we choose to support and enhance teaching and learning, and even the teaching profession itself. The pandemic has required schools to quickly adapt, and in so doing, we're reminded that assumptions and traditions are more flexible than we thought.
The theme of Systems Thinking shares elements of Hurdles (for example, Lack of Systemic Perspectives), Accelerators (like Design Thinking) and Tech Enablers (including Digital Collaboration Environments).
In order to transform education and to adapt/innovate successfully we must acknowledge the systemic nature of education and be willing to rethink the design of these systems. Doing so will help us overcome barriers of and within systems, and take advantage of opportunities presented by setting aside assumptions and rethinking systems. Intertwined in this are the tools and practices used to construct, reinforce, disrupt, or reinvent systems.
In grappling with this moment in time, the Advisory Board repeatedly organized, re-structured, dismantled, and connected Hurdles, Accelerators, and Tech Enablers. Together, we kept returning to the imperative of leveraging systems and design thinking to build learning futures for student and community success.
譯文
概述
美国学校网络联合会的《基础教育创新驱动力报告》召集了一个由100多名教育专家和技术专家组成的国际咨询委员会,以选择影响全球教学、学习和教育创新的最关键的主题。第一步是初步调查,选择挑战(障碍)、加速器(大趋势)和技术驱动因素(工具)进行讨论。咨询委员会随后对初步调查的诸多主题给予反馈,并通过虚拟在线论坛和视频电话同步讨论这些主题。最后,咨询委员会完成了这项调查,选择出最重要的挑战、趋势和技术驱动因素。
每年主题都来源于咨询委员会的评选,但今年比较特殊,特定挑战、趋势和技术驱动因素之间的相互联系迅速成为主要的对话点。受此启发,编辑团队扩展了《基础教育创新驱动力报告》的框架,以明确调用这些具有联结作用的桥梁。桥梁(主题)包括推动基础教育创新的建议、因素和思维方式,跨越了我们的三个研究视角:挑战、趋势和技术驱动。咨询委员会讨论的这些首要主题说明了主题间有重要协同作用和交叉点。咨询委员会也讨论了起关键联结作用的桥梁,但没有在最终调查中投票。……
