21st Century Learning and Teaching

We all live in one interconnected world. It is a world of unprecedented change and challenge and will not get any less complex in the years to come.

Individuals and groups need to talk and ===> communicate <=== (The "C" in "ICT") with on another more and more, and in ever-more demanding ways.

Students today have unprecedented access to information. According to educator Karl Fisch, in one week of reading The New York Times, an individual will encounter more information than people in the 18th century would have had access to during the entire course of their lives.

It is not surprising that in this atmosphere, students appear to be growing increasingly dogmatic and are less able to engage in civil discourse with others with whom they disagree. Perhaps this is because they cannot accurately explain what people who oppose them actually believe. In truth, they often lack consistency in their own beliefs as well.