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=Welcome to Learning 2025=

====There have been many transformations over the last few decades in our society due in large part to the introduction of new technologies and the World Wide Web. The way we work, live, play, learn, and socialize have all been influenced. Now, we don’t necessarily have to leave home to go to work. Some jobs allow us to be online from any location to perform our duties. Using video conferencing tools, the internet, and/or virtual worlds we are able to talk and collaborate with other co-workers from around the country or globe. Our personal lives have also been enriched with technology, such as smart phones, smart cars, digital cameras, iPods, etc. Our children now have many fabulous digital tools to learn from and play with, and so do we. We can socialize and share our photos and videos with our friends and families via Facebook. These technologies now allow us to connect with people locally and around the world. We are more globally interconnected and interdependent than we ever have been.====

====In education new technologies and recent research provide new opportunities for teaching and learning. However, despite the money invested in research and technology, often our classrooms still look like they have for the last 50 years. Many of our teachers aren’t comfortable (because they don’t know how), or don’t have the desire to implement these new technologies and learning theories into their classrooms.====

====For education, educators and learners to thrive, our teachers must become agents of change. They must be willing to embrace constructivism and connectivism as learning theories and let their role evolve to that of facilitator of knowledge.====

Learning 2025 believes that changing the educational paradigm is imperative to our success. We must enable our learners to be successful in the world of tomorrow and become globally aware and responsible citizens. By changing our paradigm, we are ensuring that our education system will continue to do its job and fulfill its purpose of educating our system and inspiring the new generation of leaders, thinkers and innovators.

=A Vision for 2025=

====As we envision the future, we at **//Learning 2025//**, see technology and new learning theories enabling educators to reach **ALL** students, especially those who have academic deficits or who are disengaged from the traditional schooling approach. We believe education in 2025 will embrace mobile devices, assistive technologies, augmented reality, virtual learning worlds, social media, podcasts, the internet, plus many more new or not yet developed technologies. The classrooms will become more student-centered, instead of teacher-centered. Instruction will be designed according to the //**individual**// student’s learning modalities and interests. Students will have their own personal learning network, PLN. Lessons will be designed to incorporate connectivism, constructivism, and socio-constructivism learning theories, enhancing the abilities of the 2025 learner to communicate and collaborate, create and innovate, and think critically and problem solve more efficiently and effectively. The students of 2025 will have global competencies and digital competencies, allowing them to comfortably interact with people from different cultures across the virtual as well as physical worlds.====

====The members of **Learning 2025** feel that collaboration will play a key role in the future of education. Learning is everywhere, and learners are everywhere. We have evolved to an age of social learners; thriving on the connections we make around us and using a variety of networks to form new relationships, discover new ideas, and gain knowledge. The technologies we have gained and will continue to use in the future allow us to make these connections in ways we haven’t been able to before, and through these networks, we act as learners by testing ideas and theories, and gauging each other’s opinions. There are no boundaries in the learning of the future; our classroom is everywhere. ====

It is the hope of //**Learning 2025**// that you let us help make this your vision too!
====**Learning 2025** is a consulting firm that specializes in providing advice on the intregration of meaningful technology into all levels of educational programs. Our consultants' knowledge and years of experience in the fields of education and technology allow them to provide assistance specific to your organization’s needs and goals. **Learning 2025** is known for its strength in designing and promoting the learning environment in the near future. Our goal is to improve education by assisting teachers, parents, schools, and agencies with the integration of new technologies into their learning environments. We can assist with ideas and approaches for receiving funding, advocating for new/modified policies, and voicing for the future. The main focuses of **Learning 2025** are **Curriculum and Pedagogy, Learning Spaces, and Sustaining the Vision.**====

====**Learning 2025 finds Sir Ken Robinson's "Changing Paradigms" to be inspiring and honest. We strive to uphold the ideals Robinson presents, and we aim to "change the paradigms" of education in the future. Learning 2025 views this video as our launch pad, guiding our steps throughout the creation of this project.**====

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Visit the **Who We Are** section for more information on each of the team’s members and to see how each of our backgrounds has contributed to the shaping of this project. The **Curriculum and Pedagogy** section details our plans for teaching and learning in 2025. **Learning Spaces** contains information on the physical learning environment of the future, and **Sustaining the Vision** discusses how to create and maintain the ideals presented by **Learning 2025**.

**Resource** theRSAorg (Oct. 14, 2010). RSA Animate - Changing Education Paradigms. [Video File]. Retrieved from: @http://youtu.be/zDZFcDGpL4U