The media world is suddenly awash with news about Artificial Intelligence, but CCR has been working on its impact – and that of many other global factors – and consequences for Education, for a decade.  This work had led in 2016 to the publication of its recommendations for a Four-Dimensional Education framework (“4D”) described its book.

After 18 months of further research, CCR is delighted to offer its expanded Knowledge framework (+ appendix), describing how to rethink content in the age of algorithms (from search to A.I.) to build:

• Relevance  and personalization (for learner motivation)
• Versatility (robustness to future uncertainties)
• Transfer (actionability in real-world situations, leading to “flipping the curriculum“)

All of which are to be achieved via a deep redesign of disciplines and their content:

• Modernizing/curating traditional disciplines (STEM, Humanities, Arts), via analysis of:
  • Essential Content
  • Core Concepts
  • Learning progressions
• Adding Modern Disciplines (Technology & Engineering; Media (digital journalism,  cinema); Entrepreneurship & business; Personal finance; Wellness (physical, mental); Social sciences (psychology, sociology, anthropology, political science, civics, future studies, etc.).
• Developing Interdisciplinarity and Themes (Environmental, Global, Civic, Information and  Digital Literacies; Systems, Design and Computational Thinking; etc.)
• Intersecting with Competencies, the other three dimensions of the framework:  (Skills, Character, Meta-Learning).

We remain as committed as ever to answering our seminal founding question “What should students learn for the 21st century?” in an age of AI and more…  join us!