(1/10) Higher education needs to provide meta-cognitive skills that allow students to think critically, communicate effectively, solve big problems. -Ben Nelson, Founder & CEO, .@minervaproject #RL2020 
(2/10) Students should be able to apply these tools, no matter what they pursue.
So if they encounter a new situation, a new culture, a new field of study, new set of circumstances, they have insights on how to apply lessons learned from other contexts to that context. #RL2020
So if they encounter a new situation, a new culture, a new field of study, new set of circumstances, they have insights on how to apply lessons learned from other contexts to that context. #RL2020
(3/10) Psychologists call this ability to take generic learning learned in a particular context and transfer that to a different subject matter 'far transfer'.
How do we set up an education system that enables this? #RL2020
How do we set up an education system that enables this? #RL2020
(4/10) Reinventing the university means to put wisdom at its center. And track the progress of students applying this wisdom throughout their lifelong learning journey.
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(5/10) The traditional, orthodox structure of universities—where a set of professors teach their specialized expertise in, sometimes, an uncoordinated fashion—will not achieve this goal.
(6/10) The result of reinventing the university, and equipping students with real-life wisdom, are transformational. The outcomes are dramatic.
Students see an improvement in learning in other areas, opportunities expand across the spectrum.
Students see an improvement in learning in other areas, opportunities expand across the spectrum.
(7/10) Traditional learning doesn't necessarily mean higher engagement. It's pretty hard to engage if you sit in a physical lecture hall.
The brain waves of students sitting in a lecture hall are similar to the brain waves generated when we sleep!
The brain waves of students sitting in a lecture hall are similar to the brain waves generated when we sleep!
(8/10) An online environment can drive high levels of engagement with a caveat: if it's devised with purpose.
(9/10) Takeaways: equip students with REAL wisdom.
Teach them to Think, Solve, Communicate, Collaborate, Lead.
Use online smartly; get inventive with tools. There's scope for potentially higher engagement than offline.
Teach them to Think, Solve, Communicate, Collaborate, Lead.
Use online smartly; get inventive with tools. There's scope for potentially higher engagement than offline.
(10/10) On that inspirational note, we come to the end of Day 2 of #RL2020! That was Ben Nelson, Founder & CEO, .@minervaproject on reimagining #highereducation.
