EP 02 Russell Lidguard - Real World Learning

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The Emerging Futures of Education

LearnTech Lab - Nick Burnett and Angela O’Sullivan

21 episodes

8 months ago

Education is entering a period of exponential change where there is a great need for learners, teachers and leaders to learn, unlearn and relearn faster than ever before.
The Emerging Futures of Education podcast hosted by LearnTech Lab will explore what the emerging futures of education might be with a range of leading futurists, thought leaders and innovators.

It will have a high-tech and a high-touch focus exploring the possible impact of exponential technologies on education and learning and also the growing importance of defining and developing what is needed to enable humans to thrive in a largely automated future with a focus on the K12 sector.

LearnTech Lab are Nick Burnett and Angela O’Sullivan and for more info and to sign up for The Emerging Futures of Education weekly newsletter please visit www.learntechlab.com”.

With thanks to Sam Burnett for composing the intro and outro music “For What Is To Come”

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EP 02 Russell Lidguard - Real World Learning

The Emerging Futures of Education

32 minutes

5 years ago

EP 02 Russell Lidguard - Real World Learning

In Episode 2 Nick talks with Russell Lidguard about:

•How do we prepare students for a largely automated future?
•The importance of soft skills
•How real-world learning is the future for education and how we might do this
•What might be the changes to pedagogy to enable these new opportunities to thrive?
•What might we call the teacher of the future?
•How do we move from where we are to where we need to be?
•What might we need to unlearn?
•How might we leverage current assessment opportunities to promote the development of soft skills?
•How might we use AI to engage the dis-engaged/unwilling?

Russell Lidgard is the Head of Department – 21st Century Learning at Kawana Waters State College. Since joining the College in 2015, Russell has guided the development of future focused teaching and learning pathways from Prep through to Year 12. Based on technology enhanced real world experiences, the pathways are aimed at providing students with the future skills required to be effective participants in their society. Some of the key outcomes of this journey include the digitalisation of curriculum delivery, the work toward the transition of learning ownership from the educator to the learner, the development of a design thinking model to support student discovery and inquiry, and the incorporation of robotics, virtual reality and augmented reality to further improve the learning opportunities of students and teachers. Russell continues to search for new and innovative ways to develop the teaching and learning opportunities of all stake holders within the education sector.

Contact details:
rlidg1@eq.edu.au
LinkedIn: @Russell Lidgard