http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Ax5cNlutAys Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Communication and Collaboration Creativity and Innovation Digital Literacy Information Literacy Media Literacy ICT Literacy Flexibility and Adaptability Initiative and Self Direction Social and Cross Cultural Productivity and Accountability Leadership and Responsibility Life Long Learner & for sure Self Learner Student Centered Learning Personalized Learning We are all learners The perspective that couples: A focus on individual learners (their heredity, experiences, perspectives, backgrounds, talents, interests, capacities, and needs) with a focus on learning (the best available knowledge about learning and how it occurs and about teaching practices that are most effective in promoting the highest levels of motivation, learning, and achievement for all learners.) This dual focus, then, informs and drives educational decisionmaking. what the student is learning, how the student is learning, the conditions under which the student is learning, whether the student is applying the learning, and how current learning positions the student for future learning. Learning is Personal No two brains are the same. They develop at different rates and excel in different subjects. Learning physically changes our brains. “Neurons that fire together, wire together.” Personalized learning is more likely to work than one-size-fits-all instruction. Know how they learn best. Are co-designers of the curriculum and the learning environment. Have flexible learning any time and any where. Have a voice in and choice about their learning. Have quality teachers who guide their learning. Use a competency-based model to demonstrate mastery. self-direct their learning. Design their own learning path. (Learner Centered Assessment on College Campuses by Huba and Freed 2000) Teaching Process Parents Students Community Principles Continuous Professional Coordinators Development Colleagues (Teachers) Outside Experts Colleagues (Admin) The real world The virtual world http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoSJ3_dZcm8 Education is done "with" instead of "to" students. Students feel connected in a learner-centered school; the student, his classmates and his teachers are "partners" in the learning process. From: “sage on the stage, to the guide on the side.” (King, 1993) To: … member in the learning community …