Flipped Learning

The one major difference between my new and old job is the need to do readings and constantly having to be kept up-to-date with the latest innovations in the education landscape. It reminds me of my university days and it fits well with my belief in lifelong learning. I will have to consistently learn on-the-job and learn by doing in the rapid sprints that I will be taking with my Innovation and Design team. This reminds me of the necessity of learning agility and other soft skills regardless of the workplace.

Flipped Learning on Flipboard and more

The teams that I work with generally have a 'just enough' and 'just-in-time' training and we are normally expected to learn on the go and on our own time. In a sense, we undergo flipped learning and only get deeper into our learning synthesising insights through discourse and discussions when we meet. Thus, we have access to various learning materials and are expected to read the necessary articles and papers or explore the relevant sites beforehand. We are therefore applying and testing blended learning in our own way.

The DT Framework 

One of the major things I had read up about even since last year is the Design Thinking (DT) framework. DT plays a big part in my line of work and I was encouraged by my current boss to read up on it even before I started work at this new workplace of mine. Having at least gone through an iteration during my Google for Education Innovator Academy, I was familiar with a modified version of the framework based on the Future Design School's adaptation. However, during the induction I had also been asked to read up on the applications of the DT framework to prepare for the meetings to come. The recommended DT readings are those from Stanford's d.school with a bootleg deck or a bootcamp document. The readings reminded me of IDEO's Field Guide to Human Centered Design which I would say is highly similar. In a way, I am actually undergoing flipped learning, a form of blended learning as I read up the various articles on my mobile Flipboard app while on-the-go or through links of reading about Learning Sciences or Technology Design on a specially curated Google Site. 

For those who are keen, I have included some links to the readings which I personally found relevant and appealing.

Flipboard on Design Thinking / AI in Education

List of learning theories

Defining Learning

Research-based Edtech integration

OECD's report on Transformative technologies and jobs of the future (2018)

4 Analytics Concepts

AI application in Ed

A possible future for next generation adaptive learning systems

2019 Horizon Report

Open University Report: Innovating Pedagogy 2019 

10 learning sciences insights 

I even have to dive into UX and usability. I like this glossary list of UI/UX terms which I believe will come in handy in my future work with vendors. Besides that, my new found knowledge about Design Thinking, learning sciences as well as Technology Design will probably help me in my school partnership work. It really feels like I will be taking on a more educational technology consultant role with the various stakeholders that I meet in this new posting and I look forward to the exciting work just around the corner.