Major Trends in Education Presentation for Mongolian State University of Education (MSUE)

Learner-Centered Approach Focus is on both students and instructor Focus is on language use in typical situations (how students will use the language) Instructor models; students interact with instructor and one another Students work in pairs, in groups, or alone depending on the purpose of the activity

Learner-Centered continued Students talk without constant instructor monitoring; instructor provides feedback/correction when questions arise Students answer each other’s questions, using instructor as an information resource Students have some choice of topics Students evaluate their own learning; instructor also evaluates Classroom is often noisy and busy

NMSU’s College of Education Foundation and Philosophy Student Centered Education Learning Takes Place When Doing The Student/Learner is an Active Participant Teacher is a Facilitator one who Provides Guidance and Opportunity to Learn Technology Innovation is Changing Education

Key Trends in Technology Technology is transforming education University access is available worldwide Technology Delivery Models are increasing Massive open online courses (MOOCs) Example – Corsera / / Example – edX Bringing MIT Course Content to High School Students in Developing Countries: 6.002x in Mongolia

MOOC example - Coursera

Key Trends in Technology continued Technology Trends –Electronic Books/Mobile Devices/Internet Access –Game Based Learning/Augmented Reality Example - Summer in Smallywood (

Key Trends Continued Gesture Based Computing –Sixth Sense/MIT Media Lab Link Full Video

Key Trends Continued Need To Transform Schools/Learning –Collaboration –Agents of Change –Communication and Information Satellite Airplane Travel

Key Trends Continued Learning/Results/Performance –Disruptive Innovation –Student Uses Telepresence Robot to Attend School

Expectations Technology is catalyst that fosters innovation and change Example - Kahn Academy

Expectations We must modify how we educate our students Technology is the tool, but change is here We need to model/invent/explore/change