04/12/2015 | slide 1 Opening Keynote: The role of innovation in education Charles Leadbeater, facilitated by Sarah Porter Joint Information Systems CommitteeSupporting education and research

Joint Information Systems Committee Charlie Leadbeater is a leading authority on innovation and strategy, and he will discuss the role of innovation in education, exploring not only how the web can break down barriers but also how the benefits it promises can be nurtured and sustained We-think, his latest book, charts the rise of mass, participative approaches to innovation. It is one of several acclaimed books; Living on Thin Air, a guide to living and working in the new economy; Up the Down Escalator, an attack on the culture of public pessimism accompanying globalisation and In Search of Work which was one of the first books to predict the rise of more flexible and networked forms of employment. He has also written extensively and influentially on the case for more personalised, participative approaches to education, most recently a report entitled What’s Next? 21 Ideas for 21st Century Education.

Learning from Extremes JISC, November 2009 Charles Leadbeater

To warm us up…. Apple accounts for 2% of mobile phone industry sales volume. What proportion of profits does it account for? A:5% B:10% C:15% D:20% E:30%

Do you… Have a profile on a social networking site like Facebook or Linked In? A:Yes B: No

Do you… Use Twitter? A:Yes B: No

Do you… Use these tools for work? A:Yes B: No

The question you ask largely determines the answer you get

Your vantage point determines what you can see…

Where would you look to see what education and learning might become ?

Formal Informal Sustaining Disruptive Location Innovation Type Mapping education innovation

Improve Formal Informal Sustaining Disruptive Location Innovation Type Mapping education innovation

Good people teaching, well trained, well motivated and supported in the right conditions

Order and calm: hard & soft power

Relationships that build:

Care Recognition Motivation Participation

But… Performance plateau Ingrained inequality Hitting the target, missing the point

Improve is essential but not enough…

Do you agree? A : Yes B: No

Reform Formal Informal Sustaining Disruptive Location Innovation Type Mapping education innovation

Learning with and by not to and from

Personalised learning = learning with and by: Place,Timing, Pace, Space

Big schools that feel small Software leads hardware Multiple forms of assessment Teachers as coaches

Pupils as protagonists Problem/question oriented learning Collaborative and real world Self-reflective, motivated learning Information literate, able communicators

But… There are lots of obstacles and traps on the journey from improve to reform

But… Need to encourage reform from within but also a wave of new kinds of school created by social entrepreneurs

Should we make it much easier for new kinds of schools to be created?

But… Even that may not get all you need

Supplement Formal Informal Sustaining Disruptive Location Innovation Type Mapping education innovation

Social and emotional conditions

Relationships for learning at through family and home, in community and work

The white: family and neighbourhood learning

Parents more involved in school Supporting learning at home Minimising impact of family disruption

The plate: environment, culture and economy

Aspiration and ambition Cultural and economic change Social contracts around schools

School draws in community resources School resources available for community Disperse the school in the community Learning led cultural change

Challenges… Where do you invest? What people and skills do you need? Mission drift?

Transform Formal Informal Sustaining Disruptive Location Innovation Type Mapping education innovation

Entirely new ways to enable learning

Cloud culture: ubiquitous participation, connection, collaboration

Radical innovation usually comes from the margins: social entrepreneurs and the hardest to reach

Pull not push

Motivation is key: extrinsic and intrinsic

Learning through…

Different people, technologies, places for learning

Learning as a productive, making, doing, earning activity

What are the keys to transformational innovation in learning?

Improve Supplement Reform Transform Formal Informal Sustaining Disruptive Location Innovation Type The long road to transformation

Improve Supplement Reform Transform Formal Informal Sustaining Disruptive Location Innovation Type Disruption accelerates systemic innovation

Is this how it looks now ? Improve Reform Alternative Supplement Dominant Not disruptive but marginal Supportive Dealing with what the mainstream cannot cope with

Where should resources go? Improve Reform Alternative Supplement

Where should resources go? Improve Reform Alternative Supplement

Where should resources go? Improve Reform Alternative Supplement

Joint Information Systems Committee JISC Innovating e-Learning 2009: Thriving, not just surviving!