1. Innovation and inquiry
Coordinators of Inquiry - Oct 29, 2013

2. why
innovation?

3. Cocktail Party
1. Meet someone
2. Describe what
innovation means to you
3. Share an example of
innovative teaching or
learning you’ve heard of.
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you’ve been given.
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5. “Curious individuals are unafraid to dream new
dreams.
Curious leaders believe that there is always more to
learn by inquiring into what makes the most difference
for their learners. “

6. “Inquiry demands that educators actively scan
their environments, generate questions, try new
approaches, observe and collect evidence,
synthesize information from a variety of sources,
draw conclusions and generate new questions. “

7. “We believe that the issues of quality and equity
that confront us as BC educators demand our
attention and require action. Simply maintaining
the status quo is not acceptable; nor is
uninformed innovation appropriate. We need to
build on the strengths of the past and use the
knowledge of the present as we design for the
future.”

8. why innovate?
Dylan Williams Video

12. changes in delivery
•
anytime, anywhere access to information
•
online learning, blended learning, hybrid
learning
•
MOOC (massive open online courses)

13. big data and analytics

14. 15,000 unfilled jobs in Data Analytics

15. diy - maker movement

19. design, model, rapid prototype, improve

22. outside the classroom

23. “We believe that the issues of quality and equity
that confront us as BC educators demand our
attention and require action. Simply maintaining
the status quo is not acceptable; nor is
uninformed innovation appropriate. We
need to build on the strengths of the past and use
the knowledge of the present as we design for
the future.”

24. spirals of inquiry - 3 ways
wise ways
strong ways
new ways

25. innovation and inquiry
new solutions
emerging technologies
creative play
possibilities
changing structures
new images of teaching
and learning
what’s going on for our
learners?
critical thinking
what’s working?
how do we know?
what’s our evidence?

26. Let go of
ineffective
structures and
practices
Enduring Practices
Emerging Practices

27. Principles for the
learning environment
1. The learning environment recognizes learners as its core participants,
encourages their active engagement and develops in them an understanding of
their own activity as learners.
2. The learning environment is founded on the social nature of learning and
actively encourages well-organized co-operative learning.
3. The learning professionals within the learning environment are highly attuned
to the learners’ motivations and the key role of emotions in achievement.
4. The learning environment is acutely sensitive to the individual differences
among the learners within it, including their prior knowledge.
5. The learning environment devises programs that demand hard work and
challenge from all without excessive overload.
6. The learning environment operates with clear expectations, uses assessment
strategies consistent with these expectations and strongly emphasizes formative
feedback to support learning.
7. The learning environment strongly promotes “horizontal connectedness”
across areas of knowledge and subjects as well as to the community and the
wider world.

28. •
coordinators of
inquiry
•
innovation grants