open edtech 2008 summary

Dynamics shaping the 21st century educational landscape

  • Where the traditional educational business model was fueled by content, the new educational model rests on mentorship
  • Student-centered learning is moving from an abstraction to realty
  • The role of educators is shifting beyond instruction to sense-making

Requirements to meet the educational demands of the next century

  • New literacies will be needed
  • Institutional approaches must respond to today’s challenges
  • The educational community must reach for fewer, clearer and higher standards that translate across borders

Read the complete report here: http://www.uoc.edu/symposia/openedtech

 

Author: enric