21st Century Professional Development – AACE E-Learn 2010

21st Century Professional DevelopmentBridging the gap between higher education and working lifeAACE e-Learn 2010 – Orlando, FloridaHanna Teräs Marko Teräs Tampere University of Applied SciencesDigital_AlpacaEmergence of knowledge societyParadigm shiftWhat is different?• Work• Organizations• Communication • Management• Careers• Learning?21st century skills Image: Seier+Seier• Subject matter independent skills needed in knowledge society working environment• Learning and innovation skills• Digital literacy skills• Career and life skillsTrilling & Fadel (2009) timeThe issue ofImage: bekibartlett&%#!@ Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, YouTube, blog, wiki, whatwasthatagain... Image: megabnWHO CAN HELP?1. Inside universities: teachers who are skilled in using new technology and have personal interest towards it (good, but not enough!)2. Expertise from outside the university: young entrepreneurs and digital natives