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The Death of Education but the Dawn of Learning?

This public service campaign video was filmed at the CoSN (Consortium for School Networking) annual conference. The wisdom with which educational leaders like Alan November, Greg Whitby, and Stephen Heppell explicate the urgency of giving teachers the tools to connect with 21C learning and their students is poignant in this video. The massive task of making schooling relevant for today’s learners is communicated with precision. These international educators recognise the need to shift our thinking at all levels by being innovative, thinking creatively and developing 21st century pedagogies that will inspire this generation of learners.

I am interested in what you think about Heppell's final comment which I have made the title of this post. Comments as always welcome.

Also posted on my edublogs blog.

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Comment by Wesley Fryer on July 10, 2009 at 1:26pm: I do like this video, but I think Heppell's closing comment really challenges listeners. If this is the death of education and the dawn of learning, should be be afraid or excited? Heppell was our pre-conference keynote speaker for the 2008 K-12 Online Conference, and his presentation remains available online. He's got a lot of good ideas and is working on some very innovative projects. The lineup of folks in the COSN/Pearson video you linked above is pretty stellar. I love Dan Pink's comment about "vending machine" approaches to education.