Originally Posted By David CHO on November 23, 2019
School will Change, Slowly but Daringly.
The appearance of future education makes us realize that stereotypes, such as the role of schools, that we have taken for granted are breaking. It is clear that the advent of artificial intelligence (AI) and the Fourth Industrial Revolution will bring about fundamental changes in the form of education, including the roles of teachers and students as well as schools.
For my A3 forecasting project, I have thought about how the school will change in 50 years and predicted the way mobile schools will be established by students, which will be called “flipped school”. I would like to share your thoughts and discuss the positive or negative aspects of the mobile flipped school.
https://spark.adobe.com/page/E4zkU6AAjNJf0
David’s vision of future education is full of creativity and imagination. As mentioned by some previous comments, the term “flipped school” seem to have some controversies. The concept of letting students choose their teachers and desired subjects allows highly personalized education that develops an individual’s interests. It also allows students to choose to learn using a method that works best for them. Sometimes a teacher’s delivery method is just not suitable for one’s learning. I’ve certainly tried learning concepts online and found them more comprehensible than my professor’s lectures. However, I think that some fundamental knowledge are needed before allowing students to choose what to learn and what not to learn. They need to be shown a taste of what is out there before making these decisions.
—Originally posted by lori jones —
Hi David, If we talk out the mixed definition of nomenclature of the school by removing flipped, I think that the idea is very intriguing. From the perspective of the potential student I can see how this would fit the need for true individualized education. Logistically from the stand point of educating as a career I wonder if this would be plausible or if you would truly be relegated to your tiny sliver of expertise juxtaposed by the possibility that you might actually have to be a “jack of all trades” and teach things way out of your comfort zone. This has amazing potential thanks for bringing it up.
—Originally posted by Aimee Chung—
Hi David. I’m curious where you had learnt the concept of a flipped classroom from, because reading the discussions below, there is differing ideas on what that concept means. To a certain extent, students do like to pick their own topics, pick their own groups, and choose courses, but beyond that, there are program leaders and instructors who are properly trained to help students learn best, and their role is still invaluable. I had attended a learning conference a few years back where one of the discussions was on the flipped classroom, and what that meant for instructors. It’s important that the teacher still remains in control of the students learning, but guiding them by providing proper readings and resources and possibly activities ahead of each class, hence the flipped learning approach, pre-learn before class, and then apply and develop the skills further with the facilitation of the instructor and peer groups. In your presentation, you are suggesting that students are given quite a lot of freedom to pick their instructors, pick their assessment types, criteria and what goals/levels they want to achieve – and all this in a VR environment (which is very bold in itself). I wanted to ask, if that were to happen, how would any standardization be measured so that these flipped learning students could meet entrance exam standards set by universities, for example. This concept does need to explain more on how students could properly meet learning objectives set out by the program or school, and how that could be done with a remote instructor and AI learning assistant still remains vague.
—Originally posted by carlo trentadue—
David, thanks for sharing this unique view on the future or education. I have many colleagues who use the flipped classroom method, but your take on the flipped school is certainly ‘daring’. I appreciated much of the information you shared, however, there was one aspect that I felt was slightly counterintuitive; that was using VR in Physical Education. I can’t help but think that sports enjoyed in real time in a virtual reality space is definitely not physical education, but sounds a lot more like gaming. Moreover, I’m wondering how AI assistants that aid in assessment are taking into account the shift from the grade/ knowledge based approaches of assessment, to the intangible/ critical thinking approach of assessment.
—Originally posted by shaun holma—
David, I agree creativity is a very important attribute one can possess. Do you think it is lacking among students and within the population in general? Your idea of a teacher platform where students select the best-matched teacher according to their needs/preferences is unique and interesting. I’m wondering however if this can promote callow students. This is to say, as birds of the same feather often flock together, students will tend to take the classes that most interest them and refrain from taking classes to which they have limited exposure. Do you think there are any other potential drawbacks if teachers are to be selected by students?
—Originally posted by ttrembl—
Hi David, thanks for sharing your Spark project on Flipped School. The Flipped School concept is new to me and takes a very interesting approach to the virtual school concept. I can see why this concept would be preferred for those who live in remote communities; however, the social and athletic side of learning and belonging to a team or group is lost. Unfortunately I couldn’t understand the teacher profiles you listed due to a language barrier. Do you think the Flipped School concept will take off in North America and how do you think the academic credentials will be recognized for those wanting to move on to post-secondary studies? Thanks! Truman