SXSWedu 2017
Science, Society & Life-Long Learning
Are we promoting science as a finite learning experience? How are we communicating the significant scientific shifts & breakthrough research to students & to communities? Educators play a significant part in helping students understand the ongoing role of science in our lives, but leveraging our collective intelligence to build learning communities around societal changes provides a path for life-long learning & inquiry. Speakers will discuss ways to develop students' ownership in their education through creating collaborative cultures between K-12 schools, higher Ed institutions, & industry. Panelists will offer ideas on how to encourage students to create authentic, real-world connections.
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Takeaways
- Redefine the role of academic institutions in supporting life-long learning for their students and the public at large.
- Give examples of how new approaches to citizen science allow the public to engage with both data and the substance of the scientific process.
- Reorient the primary drivers for education from simply content and skills expertise to their application to real-world challenges.
Speakers
- Rob Lue, Harvard University
- Jason Osborne, PaleoQuest
- Susan Winslow, Macmillan Learning
Organizer
Margaret Rose, Specialist, Comms, Macmillan Learning
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