Future of learning

Reading about a new startup in the learning /education area made me start thinking about how should learning work in the 21st century. The future is not in individually learning from an adaptive software . Rather its in working in teams on projects.

The classroom of the future that I imagine, is built around teams working together on a project that challenges and extends the children skills while building teamwork and social and emotional intelligence skills.

"On Becoming a Leader" by Warren Bennis emphasizes learning about yourself and the world and developing your right-brain skills as a pivotal step in becoming a leader.

Learning according to Bennis is a 3 steps process:

1. Anticipation: being proactive rather then reactive and passive.
2. Listening to others
3. Participating: shaping events rather then being shaped by them.

All are better doen by doing a project with a team rather then working against personalized adaptive software.