#globaleducation
In their transition to the home school screens of the Global Village, teachers changed. In the schoolhouse classroom, teachers were like shop foreman in a manufacturing workshop. The shop produced widgets; the classroom produced knowledge-infused students. In the workshop, it was easy to manage and motivate workers. Fall behind in your productivity quota and your paycheck shrunk. Make too many mistakes on the assembly line and the foreman reprimanded or fired you. In the classroom, students learned at the pace set by the teacher. Fall behind and your GPA dropped. Goof off and the principal disciplined or suspended you.
It is not like that in the Global Village. Teachers encourage learning in more creative ways. The very concept of sitting in front of a screen while a teacher speaks and the student listens is now archaic. Teachers are entertainers. Parents now complain that their kids spend too much time "in school"
Intense interaction is the jet engine of online learning. Teachers use virtual reality and gaming to induce learning at the speed of thought. Students don't memorize facts and details, they experience them. Instead of reading about historical figures, students actually interview them using a hologram, or three-dimensional, projected image of that person. The power of gaming technology acquaints them with math and science skills. Audio and video surveillance creates a daily record of each student's progress. Their teacher uses a global analytic system to evaluate their progress. This system not only benchmarks individual progress, but also compares each student's progress with peers across the Global Village.
Industrial Park teachers provided “just-in-case” learning; Global Village teachers curate “just-in-time” learning that meets the challenges of a rapidly changing world. Very little of what students learned in the Industrial Park is useful in this world. But it did prepare everyone just-in-case they competed in trivia games. Today, knowledge is growing exponentially. In many fields, the useful life of knowledge is now measured in months rather than years. In the Industrial Park, degrees, certificates and diplomas signified readiness to confront the world of work. In the Global Village those documents are reminders of how rapidly the world is changing. Teachers no longer teach "just-in-case" you need the skills and knowledge. In the Global Village, teachers curate knowledge and skill sets "just-in-time" to meet today's needs.
