We were blessed with a performance from Daisy Lavea-Timo at the beginning of the afternoon. She was stunning as always. You can see her TED performance here.
JAMES HAYES - Changing the baby in the bath
Education today is
designed by people who did well in the style of education that we are still
using today
Used to be uni
students straight from school. Now 25% are not
Advice about a
career, become a hairdresser, it will be a long time before a robot can cut hair
Recognition needs to
be given to all learning styles, if they can't write, don't assess that way
RPL - recognition of prior
learning too hard to get
Education system
gets our learners to a destination
Sunk costs
If you need to
change the baby in the bath it won't work
Spent money, not
doing it badly, do we need to change it?
Need to forget about
sunk cost and we need to think in a new way
Let's start again.
It's difficult, like
internet banking changing, don't know how to use this…
Change has to be
done with great care
Very linear approach
at the moment, same material, same order, same experience from start to finish
Why are credits
measured in hours, why are degrees measured in year
Why are we measuring
this in time?
Multiple choice
questions used a lot for assessment, can usually spot the answer even without
ability
Skillitics Health can
login in any device
Because we can do
something in it that we can't do in another paradigm then VR is useful
Depending on answers
they go down different pathways.
Need to give them
information on their progress and then they can fill in the gaps
Can do it on phone
as well
Confidence on
getting the right answers, 5% confident they have it right is better than 100%
confident of a wrong answer
Big data platform
Send out assessment
that is relevant and individualised. Problem it's same marks for easy task and
hard task
The next two sessions are breakout sessions
Piripi Prendergast - Look to the Past to Embrace the Future
Are industry ready
for the jump in Maori workers?
Makes sense for the
future of NZ to have or Maori youth qualified
Year 11-12 lost 17%
then 42% not entering yr 13
19% leaving school
with no qualification
Tertiary numbers
deceptive, many into low level courses
What are the
solutions?
Engineering
apprenticeships have great outcome, carpentry not good outcomes, only 50%
complete them
Q: How might we
reshape the awa to ensure maori success?
How might we block
off some channels?
What new channels
might we open?
Challenges
transitioning to tertiary
From an early age
they have it ingrained they are not good at things
Woman applied for
job under two names , got the one with pakeha name, not the Māori
Mixed ability maths
teaching, much better
Changing
workers to represent Māori
30% of minority in a
workplace normalises them
What can you
personally do?
RAY O'BRIEN - Microcredentials
Micro credentials as an 'and', not
replacing qualifications
Problems:
Low
transfer of pd learning into the workplace
Low
level of people who can work and learn
Content
driven not need driven
Closed
system in an open world, several pathways
Lack of
responsiveness
High up
front costs
Māori course,
not knowledge, just assessment to show how you put it in the workplace
50-100hrs
activity
Learning
just enough when you want it
Like
learning outcome
Naturally
occurring evidence important
What's
your edubit idea?
Small
chunks
Not
doing at a distance
Identify
a gap in NZ quals
Reflections can contribute to the assessment
THE J TEAM: JOHN BALASH, JASON SWANSON & JESSICA TRYBUS - PANEL: REFLECTIONS ON THE CONFERENCE AND "WHERE NOW?"
What has changed in your thinking?
Reinforced
youth at the centre of conversation
Proposition
of collector future
Fascinated
by digital humans
Refreshing
to know we are not alone
What
didn't we talk about that its critical for fol?
Include
visions and youth perspective on the future, ask them
Where's
the student in the room?
What's
the role of industry?
Where is
the money to push this forward?
Tip or
idea to use tomorrow
The
answer to how is yes
What
type of problems do you want to solve, not what job do you want
Stay
connected
What did you learn from NZ?
Just get
it done
The
people in this room
Equity
and native populations
Different
perspectives
Tuakana
Mental
health
CBT using a bot online, journal, share more with a bot than with people
Fol,
systems should prepare us but also create healthy young people and adults
What would you do if you could wave a
magic wand?
Would
create an entirely different education system
Finding
the joy in learning, erase the gunk
How will AI affect free will?
Happening
now
Use
search engines to take you out of that system
Tech
more available than 5yrs ago
Maker
and the hacker - can re purpose
The
change has to be created together
Ashoka changemakers best school for future proof
Passion
to continue to learn
Share
that learning is enjoyable. Celebrate the learning. Then be the mentor
Mentor
is most important job
Sense of
love and help
Pay
forward
Cheryl and Hamish:
45-75 % of our work will change due to technology - what steps can we take to help adult learners
change and adapt
Are you busy
designing a future assuming it will be the same?
How do we help
people in the journey - wellness
