2/1/2016

InnovatingPedagogy:WhichTrendsWillInfluenceTomorrowsTeachingandLearningEnvironments?AACE

Blog

AACE

Conferences

Publications

DigitalLibrary

About

FacebookPage

HomeAACEInnovatingPedagogy:WhichTrendsWillInfluence
TomorrowsTeachingandLearningEnvironments?

Innovating
Pedagogy:Which
TrendsWillInfluence
TomorrowsTeaching
andLearning
Environments?
PostedonJanuary31,2016byStefaniePanke

0
InNovember2015,theOpenUniversityreleasedthelatest
editionofits'InnovatingPedagogyreport,thefourth
renditionofanannualeducationaltechnologyandteaching
techniquesforecast.Whilethetimelinesandpublishing
intervalmayremindyouoftheHorizonReport,the
methodologyforgatheringthetrendsisdifferent.
TheNMCHorizonTeamusesamodifiedDelphisurvey
approachwithapanelofexperts,the'InnovatingPedagogy'
reportisauthoredbyateamofOUresearchers.The2015
editionwascompiledincollaborationwithSRIInternational.
Asinpreviousyears,thereportdiscussesteninnovations
thatareonthebrinkofhavingaprofoundinfluenceon
education.

http://blog.aace.org/2016/01/31/1688/

SelectLanguage
Poweredby

Translate

searchhere
Go

Categories
AACE
Conferences
EdITLibDigital
Library
GlobalU
SITE

Resources
AACE
Bookshelf
AACECareer
Center
Information
Request
Social
Networking

1/5

2/1/2016

InnovatingPedagogy:WhichTrendsWillInfluenceTomorrowsTeachingandLearningEnvironments?AACE

Recent
Posts
Innovating
Pedagogy:

Overviewof2015InnovatingPedagogytrendstimeline

10InnovativePedagogy
Trendsfromthe2015Edition:
1.CrossoverLearning:Theconceptofcrossover
learningreferstoacomprehensiveunderstandingof
learningthatbridgesformalandinformallearning
settings.Ashifttowardscrossoverlearningrequires
adjustmentsincurricularplanningandassessment
techniquesthroughcompetencyorientedlearning
outcomesandrecognitionofdiverse,informal
achievementswithbadges.
2.LearningthroughArgumentation:Tofully

WhichTrends
WillInfluence
Tomorrows
Teachingand
Learning
Environments?
Onthesame
page:AACE
2015Facebook
Insights
AACE
FacebookTop
20Quotes2015
WhatALittle
BirdToldMe:
AACEon
Twitter
DigitalLiteracy:
AnInterview
withDoug
Belshaw

understandscientificideasandeffectivelyparticipate
inpublicdebatesstudentsshouldpracticethekinds
ofinquiryandcommunicationprocessesthat
scientistsuse,andpursuequestionswithoutknown
answers,ratherthanreproducingfacts.Learning
throughargumentationisaprocessofproposing,
critiquing,anddefendingideasamongpeers.
3.IncidentalLearning:Learningthatisunplanned
andoftentimesunintentionalcharacterizesimportant
milestonesinearlychildhoodsuchaslanguage
acquisition,motoricdevelopmentorsocialskills.A
subsetofinformallearning,incidentallearning
occursthroughunstructuredexploration,playand
discovery.Mobiletechnologiescansupport
incidentallearningbyprovidingjustintime
information,connectinglearningtoawider
communityandcuratinglearningartifactsorother
outcomesofunplannedactivities.Anexampleisthe
appandwebsiteIspotNature.
http://blog.aace.org/2016/01/31/1688/

Archives
January2016
October2015
September
2015
July2015
June2015
May2015
April2015
March2015
February2015
January2015
December2014
November2014
January2014
2/5

2/1/2016

InnovatingPedagogy:WhichTrendsWillInfluenceTomorrowsTeachingandLearningEnvironments?AACE

4.ContextbasedLearning:Learningissituatedina
specificcontextwhichthelearnerscocreate.Mobile
applicationsandaugmentedrealitycanenrichthe
learnerscontext.Anexampleistheopensource
mobilegameplatformARIS.
5.ComputationalThinking:Theskillsthat
programmersapplytoanalyzeandsolveproblems
areseenasanemergingtrendintheK12
curriculumandrelatedtoproblembasedlearningin
general.Anexampleistheprogramming
environmentSCRATCH.
6.LearningbyDoingSciencewithRemoteLabs:
Thereportidentifiesasanimportantinnovationthe
remoteaccesstorealscientificexperiments.
Studentsgainaccesstoequipmentandmaterials
andconductexperimentsthatfocusonscientific
inquiry,beyondthepracticalhandlingofapparatus.
Acollectionofaccessiblelabsisilab
7.Embodiedlearning:Whileinvolvingthebodyis
essentialforsomeformsoflearning,suchasplaying
sportsorperformingsurgery,Embodiedlearning
alsorelatesmoregenerallytohowphysicalactivities
caninfluencecognitiveprocesses.Datagathered
throughwearabledevicescouldhelpoptimizing
physicalactivitiesduringthelearningprocess.
8.AdaptiveTeaching:Thereportusestheterm
Adaptiveteachingtodescribeintelligenttutoring
systemscomputerapplicationsthatanalysedata
fromlearningactivitiestoprovidelearnerswith
relevantcontentandsequencelearningactivities
basedonpriorknowledge.
9.AnalyticsofEmotions:Astechniquesfortracking
eyemovements,emotionsandengagementhave
maturedoverthepastdecade,thetrendprognoses
opportunitiesforemotionallyadaptivelearning
environments.
10.StealthAssessment:Incomputergamesthe
playersprogressgraduallychangesthegame
world,settingincreasinglydifficultproblemsthrough
unobtrusive,continuousassessment.Thisapproach
hasbeentermedstealthassessmentanditis
startingtobeappliedtoeducationalgamesand
simulations.

December2013
October2013
August2013
April2013
March2013
February2013
January2013
December2012
November2012
October2012
September
2012
August2012
July2012
May2012
April2012
March2012
February2012
January2012
December2011
November2011
October2011
September
2011
August2011
July2011
June2011
May2011
February2011
January2011
December2010
November2010
October2010
September
2010
August2010
April2010
March2010
February2010
January2010
December2009
September
2009
August2009
July2009
June2009

6ThemesofPedagogical

http://blog.aace.org/2016/01/31/1688/

3/5

2/1/2016

InnovatingPedagogy:WhichTrendsWillInfluenceTomorrowsTeachingandLearningEnvironments?AACE

6ThemesofPedagogical
Innovation

May2009
February2009

Baseduponareviewofpreviouseditions,thereporttriesto

November2008
October2008

categorizepedagogicalinnovationintosixoverarching
themes:

January2009

Whatstartedasasmallsetofbasicteachingmethods
(instruction,discovery,inquiry)hasbeenextendedto
becomeaprofusionofpedagogiesandtheir
interactions.So,totrytorestoresomeorder,wehave
examinedthepreviousreportsandidentifiedsix
overarchingthemes:scale,connectivity,reflection,
extension,embodiment,andpersonalisation.
1.Deliveringeducationatmassivescale.
2.Connectinglearnersfromdifferentnations,cultures
andperspectives.
3.Fosteringreflectionandcontemplation.
4.Extendingtraditionalteachingmethodsandsettings.
5.Recognizingembodiedlearning(explore,create,
craft,andconstruct).
6.Creatingapersonalizedpaththrougheducational
content.

Summary
AsinpreviouseditiontheInnovatePedagogyreportsfocus
onteachingovertechnologymakesforaninterestingand
compellingread.Asinpreviouseditions,sometrends
describelongstandingconceptssuchasinformalor
incidentallearningthatareestablishedresearchareas.In
somecases,theresourcesectionofthetrendsappeared
rathereclecticandnotwellalignedwithexistingtoolsor
approaches.
Asanexample,thoughnotmentionedinthereport,
collaborationscriptsareanestablishedCSCLtechniqueto
leveragetechnologyforsupportinglearningthrough
scientificargumentation(trend#2learningthrough
argumentation).Inthecaseofembodiedlearning(trend
#7),KhanAcademyishighlightedintheresourcecollection
withoutclarifyinghowKhanAcademyvideomaterialsare
supposedtosupportembodiedlearning.
http://blog.aace.org/2016/01/31/1688/

4/5

2/1/2016

InnovatingPedagogy:WhichTrendsWillInfluenceTomorrowsTeachingandLearningEnvironments?AACE

Furthermore,provocativeclaimssuchasUntilrecently,
educationhasbeendesignedtominimizetheeffectsof
contextonlearningwouldprofitfromprovidingsupporting
sourcesthatallowreaderstocometotheirownconclusions.
Aswithalltrendforecasts,thepredictionofpossiblefutures
isdifficultandflawedwithimplicitorexplicitagendas.
TheInnovatePedagogyreportcertainlyaddsauniquevoice
tothelandscapeofcurrentEdTechtrendreviews,and
thereforeisamustreadforpractitionersandresearchers
alike.Thesixoverarchingthemesconnectivity,reflection,
extension,embodiment,andpersonalizationofferauseful
compasswhenplanningnewapproachesordiscussingthe
meritsofinnovativetechniques.

FurtherReading
FollowtheselinkstoblogpostsandEdITLibresourcesto
furtherexploreselectedtrends:
InterestedintheInnovatingPedagogyreport?Read
ourreviewofthe2014edition,andreflectwhich
trendsareclosertobecomingcommonpractice.
Onremotelaboratories:Chiang,Y.h.V.,Karimi,A.&
Kim,P.(2012).ARemotelyOperatedScience
Experiment(ROSE)frameworktoboostasenseof
sharinglaboratoryresourcesthroughatechnology
mediatedinterface.
Onstealthassessment:Suleiman,I.,Arslan,M.,
Alhajj,R.&Ridley,M.(2015).Implementationofa
ModifiedMultiObjectiveOptimizationGAAlgorithm
inAStealthAssessmentforSchoolReadiness.
Like

Tweet

Onthesamepage:AACE2015FacebookInsights
PostedinAACETaggedwith:edtechtrends,InnovativePedagogy,
trendreport

2016AACE

http://blog.aace.org/2016/01/31/1688/

ResponsiveThemepoweredby
WordPress

5/5