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Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free Books, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine. A Look Inside the Classroom of the Future. Over the next generation, whether they work for corporations, small businesses, government organizations, nonprofits, or other organizations, many U.S. employees will move from working primarily with American colleagues, bosses, and customers for American organizations in U.S. cities, to being part of global teams.

A Look Inside the Classroom of the Future

As leaders, they will use technology to bridge geographic divides, build organizations that transcend borders, and work together with colleagues from around the world on issues such as climate change, food security, and population growth -- issues that require multinational teams coming together to effect change. For those whose work is closer to home, the changing demographics of the U.S. will mean that their colleagues, customers, and neighbors may look a lot less like them, and have fewer shared histories than American colleagues, customers, and neighbors have shared in the past. 1. Leverage real-world case studies. 2. 3. 4. 14 Currencies For the Digital Learner.

The Kinds Of Skills That Transcend Content Areas by Terry Heick Traditionally, learning is formatted by content, and that content formatted again by content areas (usually reading, writing, math, science, and social studies).

14 Currencies For the Digital Learner

Learning is evolving–and not simply by the tools that actuate it. The process of adopting new learning domains and materials–many digital–has exposed the need for new skills. It is debatable whether or not such skills need to be expressly taught, or if they’re simply the residue of intense, well-designed learning experiences. Whether or not they’re old learning with a new coat of paint, or genuinely represent a paradigm shift in learning priorities, it is difficult to doubt their constant application in a 21st century world that is connected, digital, omni-social, and multi-faceted.

There are new skills–or newly underscored concepts–that transcend content areas, in this way functioning as natural pathways out of old thinking. 1. 21st Century Learning. Course Overview EMMA videos 2015 - C21-Intro from EMMA MOOC Channel on Vimeo.

21st Century Learning

This Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) will introduce you to 21st century learning tools and practices. You will examine how they can facilitate learning and teaching, and evaluate your own digital literacies, create your own personal learning environment, find open educational resources, explore virtual worlds and more! If you want to complete all the activities, you will need 2-3 hours per week. This MOOC has 6 lessons. Throughout this MOOC, peer-support is crucial. 'Conversations' section at the bottom of each page, where you can post comments and reply to others.Blogs, which are available within the EMMA platform and provide a space to document your learning. If you are on Twitter, please use the hashtag #21mooc to communicate with other participants. * Special note: Images without an attribution belong to the public domain; most of them can be found in pixabay.com.

Learning Objectives Outcomes Course Structure. Literacy Is Not Enough: 21st Century Fluency for the Digital Age by Ian Jukes. These are my notes from Ian Jukes‘ METC 2010 presentation, “Literacy Is Not Enough: 21st Century Fluency for the Digital Age” at the METC 2010 conference.

Literacy Is Not Enough: 21st Century Fluency for the Digital Age by Ian Jukes

MY THOUGHTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. I haven’t heard Ian present in quite a few years. 21st Century Skills, Literacies & Fluency. The 21st Century Fluency Collection.