Education in the 21st century

Education in the XXI century: challenges and opportunities

This plenary session is to be held during the XXXVI FAAPI Conference organised by APIT from September 22nd to 24th, 2011.

Theoretical references

Comrie, A.K. (2007) Re-thinking Learning Technology. TESEP: Transforming and Enhancing the Student Experience Through Pedagogy. Scottish Funding Council. Retrieved 18 July, 2011 from http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/programmes/elearningsfc/sfcbooklettesep.pdf

European Commission (2007) Key Competences for Lifelong Learning - EuropeanReference Framework. Brussels. Commission of the European Communities. Retrieved 10 April, 2011 from http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/education_culture/publ/pdf/ll-learning/keycomp_en.pdf

Facer, K (2009). Educational, social and technological futures: a report from the Beyond Current Horizons Programme Retrieved 2 August, 2011 from www.beyondcurrenthorizons.org.uk/outcomes/reports/finalreport-2009

Facer K., Craft, A. Jewitt, C., Mauger, S. Sandford, R. and Sharples, M. (2011) Building Agency in the Face of Uncertainty. Educational Futures Seminar Series UK Economic and Social Research Council Retrieved 10 July, 2011 from http://edfuturesresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Building-Agency-in-the-Face-of-Uncertainty-Thinking-Tool.pdf

Fisher, T., Higgins, C. and Loveless, A.. (2006) Teachers Learning with Digital Technologies: A review of research and projects. Futurelab Retrieved 20 July, 2011 from http://archive.futurelab.org.uk/resources/documents/lit_reviews/Teachers_Review.pdf

ISTE "NETS for Students" ISTE. Retrieved 20 July, 2011 from http://www.iste.org/standards/nets-for-students.aspx

Jacobs, G. and Farrell, T. (2001). "Paradigm Shift: Understanding and implementing change in second language education". TESL-EJ 5/1. Retrieved 1 August, 2011 http://tesl-ej.org/ej17/a1.html

Kirkland, K. and Sutch, D. (2009) Overcoming the barriers to educational innovation A literature review. Futurelab. Retrieved 10 April, 2011 from http://archive.futurelab.org.uk/resources/publications-reports-articles/literature-reviews/Literature-Review1398

Richards, J. C. (2006) Communicative Language Teaching Today. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 20 June, 2011 from http://www.cambridge.org/other_files/downloads/esl/booklets/Richards-Communicative-Language.pdf

Sutch, D., Rudd, T. and Facer, K. (2008) Promoting Transformative Innovation in Schools. Futurelab Retrieved 15 July, 2011 from http://www.futurelab.org.uk/sites/default/files/Promoting_Transformative_Innovation_handbook.pdf

Online tools and resources mentioned

Social Bookmarking
Delicious http://www.delicious.com/
Diigo http://www.diigo.com/
ARCALL Diigo Group http://groups.diigo.com/group/arcall

International Journals
The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning

http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/about

TESL -EJ - The Electronic Journal for English as a Second Language http://www.tesl-ej.org/wordpress