2017 Ten Trends

Learner agency is about having the power, combined with choices, to take meaningful action and see the results of your decisions.

As teaching and learning increasingly take place in a flexible online environment, AI is becoming an interesting and promising innovation in education.

Where we once considered the size of a computer’s hard drive on which our programs and data could be stored a critical part of any purchase decision, those things are increasingly delivered from “the Cloud”.

By allowing digital information to be distributed but not copied, blockchain technology is creating the backbone of a new type of internet.

Communities of Learning | Kāhui Ako represent a new structural way of thinking about the New Zealand education system, placing the learner at the centre of design decisions, and connecting all the settings that make up their educational pathway.

Virtual learning is access to education that doesn’t require attendance at a physical place called school or other learning institution.

As we move well into the 21st century, collaboration is widely embraced across all areas of our system, from what happens within classrooms between students, to what happens within schools among staff, to what happens between schools and other agencies.

Data science is about large data sets, and it is also about data and information from lots of settings. We need to know how we can benefit from data science, while at the same time being aware of how it impacts on our behaviour.

Automation of repetitive or routine tasks has increased since the industrial revolution. This includes a potential growth in human-machine interfaces that can provide much more personalised, accurate, and timely responses than a teacher with a class of 20 plus learners.

There’s currently a surge of interest in programmes targeting Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM), focusing on educators and others looking at where the jobs are right now and into the future.