What Does "New Learning" Even Mean??


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Submitted by Janice Joo on Tue, 08/28/2012 - 2:50pm.

For anyone generating content in New Learning Times (NLT), here is a list of "21st century skills and competencies" that can guide us in determining what "new learning" is. Does your "good idea" really have an NLT angle?

1. Creativity/innovation
2. Critical thinking
3. Problem solving
4. Decision making
5. Communication
6. Collaboration
7. Information literacy
8. Research and inquiry
9. Media literacy
10. Digital citizenship
11. Information and communications technology operations and concepts
12. Flexibility and adaptability
13. Initiative and self-direction
14. Productivity
15. Leadership and responsibility
16. Other (please specify)

Source: "Education for Life and Work: Developing Transferable Knowledge and Skills in the 21st Century", National Academies Press. Download the pdf here.

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