"Here are insights from the team of educational innovators at one of the most transformational schools I have visited: SCIL, the Sydney Centre for Innovation in Learning at NBCS, the Northern Beaches Christian School." (via Pekka Ihanainen)
Creative learning becomes the fundamental activity. It is not about consuming pre-determined content, passing tests or something with beginnings and ends. Learning is continuous transformation. It is the foundation for creative action.
The new competitive edge comes from interactive capacity: the ability to connect with information and people, as and when needed.
In increasingly complex environments learning curriculums cannot be effectively designed beforehand.
Learning is not related to meeting the requirements set by someone else, but is motivated and expressed through personal situational needs and aspirations.
We are leaving behind the Western preoccupation with the autonomous individual and begin to appreciate the importance of social processes and interdependence.
The primary learning asset for a knowledge worker is the interactive, reflective practice. The network is also a means for signalling: making own learning not only visible to oneself, but also to others, thus creating a platform for comments, conversation and even formal accreditation.