The Future of Education
Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to
those who prepare for it today
(Malcolm X)
Young learners are the future and as Malcolm X said in his famous quote, with education, people can be prepared while creating opportunities for themselves. Our opportunity as educators is to set learners up for success so that they are future-ready with the knowledge and skills that will serve them today as well as for tomorrow.
In the early foundational years, learners need concentrated skill focus in reading, writing, math, comprehension, and critical thinking which will serve as the strong base from which all other learning flows. Balanced with this concentrated skill focus, there can be much needed room for personalized learning extensions as well as real world learning. With so much digital saturation and overexposure to technology, young learners benefit from engaging in green space and the real world while also integrating learning about the innovations and careers of the future so that they can connect the why of learning while seeing their role in the future as environmental experts, digital citizens, multinational project managers, problem solvers in sustainability issues and more. The future requires highly skilled technical knowledge and by having a strong foundation, young learners will be future-ready.
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Such bold initiatives cannot be met within traditional generalist models of education because students need to engage in pathways of learning with structured cohorts, flexible exploration, and self-paced mastery so they can have concentrated skill focus as well as extension activities according to the strengths of their learning styles. This approach fits within a differentiated learning community model where students are engaged in their learning and teachers are able to concentrate on teaching instead of managing focus or even behavioral issues.
As Educators we can help young learners to ...
Building the Future
Responsive Trades programs are having to innovate learning to scale up and scale to demand in specialized emerging industries. Furthermore, with challenges finding skilled instructors and with fluctuating program enrolment, some of the largest challenges for colleges and universities is around maintaining the balance of retaining teaching talent who are already out in the field working and staying consistent with enrolment. The challenge more than ever is to engage qualified industry-leading instructors and to provide flexible programming for working learners who want to upgrade, complete theory or technical training components while still working, and then prepare for paid apprenticeships.
With a differentiated learning model, students have the flexibility of learning delivery, but also instructors can provide service-delivery that is more industry-relevant by being technologically supported with LMS (learning management systems) so students can access curated videos, share video demos, and remain engaged in the content delivery according to regulations as well as standards in red seal professions. Also, instructors are then able to meet the demands of mixed mode service delivery by concentrating hands-on learning within labs that streamline learning and skill mastery while also inviting other industry experts into sessions that can be live-streamed and uploaded on to students' LMS systems. Learning can then become relevant, mobile, engaging, and scaled to the needs of learners.
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As Educators we can help learners to ...
Prepare Students for High Demand Careers By Partnering With Industry Experts
Building on Student's Learning Strengths With Flexible Ways to Learn & Complete Assignments
