Emerging Trends in Educational Innovation

Objectives

  • To identify the key trends in educational innovation.
  • To highlight the impact of exponential tech on the future of learning and the impact of the fourth industrial revolution on education.

Key Concepts

  • Educational Innovation

Module overview

We stand on the brink of a technological revolution that will fundamentally alter the way we live, work, and relate to one another. In its scale, scope, and complexity, the transformation will be unlike anything humankind has experienced before. We are seeing the advent of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Humanity will be hyper-connected in ways unimaginable in the past. In the coming decade, 5 billion new minds will come online for the first time.

This module considers current trends in educational innovation and the impact of exponential technologies on the future of learning.

Details

  • 45

minutes

  • yes

certificate

  • no

pre-requisites

  • 14 - adult

age

Skills

  • Digital Literacy
  • Futures Thinking
  • Creativity & Imagination
  • Big Picture Thinking
  • Risk-taking & Adaptability
  • Moonshot Thinking

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