2012 Professorial lecture/21st Century Learning

How do we prepare students for this 21st Century world?
It’s not about learning to use a computer.
 * Learn by doing
 * Teach them to filter from huge amounts of information
 * Be adaptable to rapid change
 * Be able to communicate in many ways.
 * We do this by..
 * Encouraging “critical thinking”
 * using tools and activities that prepare them for the modern world.

Case study 1: Looking up something…

 * Curly leaf on peaches http://www.yates.co.nz/problem-solver/problems/peach-leaf-curl/
 * Learning styles http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_styles
 * Note the (38) references

Case study 2: Fixing something

 * Replacing broken screen on the iPhone 5 (Youtube: replacing screen iPhone 5 ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUTfhpGSVMI