Warlick's CoLearners
Long Tail Libraries
Some Assumptions
- We are preparing learners for an unpredictable future
- We are preparing a new bread of learner, for whom information is what gives their experience meaning
- We are preparing learners within a dramatically new information landscape
As a result...
We must come to understand and harness the qualities of today's information environment, tap into the energy of our students information experience, all in the aim of not teaching them how to be taught, but teaching them how to teach themselves.
Structures
Standards for the 21st-Century Learner
- Inquire, thinking critically, and gain knowledge
- Draw conclusions, make informed decisions, apply knowledge to new situations, and create new knowledge
- Share knowledge and participate ethically and productively as members of our democratic society
- Pursue personal and aesthetic growth
Qualities of the Native Information Experience
- Fueled by questions
- Provokes communication
- Demands personal investment
- Is responsive
- Values safely-made mistakes
Three Principles of Learning
- Students come to classroom with prior knowledge that must be addressed if teaching is to be effective.
- Students need to organize and use knowledge conventionally if they are to apply it beyond the classroom.
- Students learn more affectively if they understand how they learn and how to manage their own learning