 Bernie Trilling: a 21st century learning

expert, advisor, author, former global

director of Oracle Education
Foundation, and board member of the
Partnership for 21st Century Skills.

 Charles Fadel: a global education

expert, author, inventor, and belongs to
several affiliations- including Center for
Curriculum Redesign and board
member of the Partnership for 21st
Century Skills.
Value Chains

Industrial Age Value Chain

Extraction  Manufacturing  Marketing  Distribution

Knowledge Age Value Chain

Data  Information  Knowledge  Expertise Marketing
1. Contribute to work and society

2. Exercise and develop personal talents

3. Fulfill civic responsibilities

4. Carry on traditions and values

 Where we are lacking:
› Oral and written communications
› Critical thinking and problem solving
› Professionalism and work ethic
› Teamwork and collaboration
› Working in diverse teams
› Applying technology
› Leadership and project management
 Industrial Age education policies
 Educational accountability and
standardized testing
 Teaching practices- direct instruction
 Educational publishing industry
 Fear among educational organizations
that value traditional learning outcomes
 Parent preference
 The world has changed, and what does
this mean for education?
 What to learn to be successful?
 How should we all learn this?
 How is it different and what does it look
like?
 How will it evolve?
 How will this approach solve global
problems?
 Learning and education have changed
forever
 Many skills from the past are still relevant
today- problem solving, critical thinking
 How these skills are learned and
practiced is what has changed.
 There are some new skills to master
Ex: Digital media literacy
 Important Elements
› Design of buildings, classrooms, facilities
› School’s daily operations, scheduling,
courses, and activities
› Educational technology infrastructure
› Professional teaching community
› School culture
› Community involvement and participation
› Educational leadership and policies
 Knowledge Work
› Creating/innovating new products and services.
 Thinking Tools
› Technology and digital devices
 Digital Lifestyles
› How we use digital tools and what we use them
for
 Learning Research
› Different kinds- authentic, mental mode building,
internal motivation, multiple intelligences, social
learning
1. Information Literacy
› Access, evaluate, and use information
efficiently, critically, accurately, and creatively
2. Media Literacy
› Apply and use media resources to create
3. ICT Literacy (Information and
Communication)
› Tools that advance your learning, and create
communication products to help others
 “It’s time that learning become more in
tune with the demands of our times and
the needs of today’s students.”

 “I had to unlearn the idea that teaching

was about my content; I had to learn it
was about their thinking and their skills.”
 Trilling, B., & Fadel, C. (2012). 21st century
skills: Learning for life in our times. (1st ed.).
Sanfrancisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
 Framework for 21st century learning. (n.d.).
Retrieved from http://www.p21.org/about-
us/p21-framework
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http://creativityseminar.blogspot.com/2011
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