21st CLD

How can 21st Century Skills be defined?

• A set of information, media and technology

• Scientific and digital literacy

• A set of complex skills requited today for success

• Learning and Innovation skills to survive in the 21st century.

• Knowledge, skills, and work practices

What is the foundation of 21st Century Learning Design based on?

• P21 Framework for 21st Century Learning, developed to help educators integrate skills into the teaching of core academic subjects

• Assessment and Teaching of 21st Century Skills (ATC21S), a partnership between Cisco, Intel and Microsoft focused on defining those skills and developing ways to measure them

• OECD Skills Strategy building the right skills and turning them into better jobs and better lives.

• UNESCO ICT Competency Framework for Teachers, developed to inform educational policy makers, teacher-educators, providers of professional learning and working teachers on the role of ICT in educational reform

• ITL Research, a global research program to investigate how schools and systems can encourage innovative teaching practices and the impact they have on students’ learning

What are the main support systems as recognized by the P21 Framework for Learning in the 21st Century?

• Professional development, learning environments, curriculum and instruction, plus standards and assessment

• Learning environments, teaching methodologies, tech support

• Content knowledge, pedagogy, technology

• Curriculum and instruction, content knowledge, tech support

How are Innovative Teaching Practices characterized by the ITL research?

• Student centred pedagogies, extended learning, and embedding ICT

• Lifelong learning, active pedagogy, and ICT integration

• Active teaching, lifelong learning, and continuous assessment

• Inquiry based teaching, reflective practice and active learning

What are the components of the 21CLD curriculum?

• 21CLD mind maps and flowcharts

• 21CLD lesson plans and templates

• 21CLD exemplar lessons and worksheets

• 21CLD Rubrics and anchor lessons

What does the code given by the 21CLD rubrics reflect?

• How well a given skill is being taught in the learning activity

• The number of skills that the learning activity is addressing

• How strongly the learning activity offers opportunities to develop a given skill

• How strong the learning activity is in terms of student engagement