OUMH1603

LEARNING SKILLS FOR 21ST

CENTURY

TOPIC 1:BEING A 21ST

CENTURY LEARNER

By: Ts. Dr. Vicneas Muniady

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 LEARNING OUTCOMES

By the end of this topic, you should be able to:

1. Explain the skills required by the 21st century learner;
2. List down the roles of a 21st century learner;
3. Describe the 21st century learning environment; and
4. Identify your characteristics as a 21st Century Learner.

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 INTRODUCTION

• 21st century is an era that digital revolution is continuously taking place with instantaneous and
infinite ways of using the Internet.
• The Internet access is expanding widely. The majority of people in the developed world have access
to the Internet. A large number of the world’s population owns mobile phones.
• In the busy and bustling 21st century our basic systems are transforming at a pace never seen before.
The way we access and spread information, our work habits, methods of socializing, and much more
have been revolutionized by the increasing sophistication of technology.
• So what are the skills for the 21st century as a learner?
• How are you going to equip yourself with the necessary skills to succeed?
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 21ST CENTURY SKILLS

21st century skills refer to the

knowledge, life skills, career skills,
habits, and traits that are critically
important to student success in
today’s world, particularly as
students move on to college, the
workforce, and adult life.

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 THE IMPORTANCE OF 21ST CENTURY SKILLS

The bar for today's students is now college, career, and real-world
success. Let’s take a look at why 21st century skills matter.
• Higher-education and business leaders cite soft skills as being the
most important driver of success in higher-level courses and in the
workplace.
• Social media has changed human interaction and created new
challenges in navigating social situations.
• The age of the Internet has dramatically increased access to
knowledge. Students need to learn how to process and analyze large
amounts of information.
• Content knowledge from core subjects can only go so far; students
need to be taught how to apply facts and ideas towards complex
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 REQUIRED SKILLS

 Critical thinking  Global awareness

 Communication skills  Self-direction
 Creativity  Social skills
 Problem solving  Literacy skills
 Perseverance  Civic literacy
 Collaboration  Social responsibility
 Information literacy  Innovation skills
 Technology skills and digital literacy  Thinking skills
 Media literacy
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 CATEGORIES OF 21ST CENTURY LEARNING SKILLS

Learning and
Innovation

21st
Metacognitive Digital
Skills Century Literacy
Skills

Career and
Life Skills

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Fig 1: Dominant categories of 21st century learning skills

 1.LEARNING & 21ST CENTURY LEARNING
SKILLS
INNOVATION SKILLS
 Critical thinking skills- ability to analyse and solve problems.
 Creative skills - ability to innovate solutions.
 Collaborative skills - ability to work as a team for achieving a common goal.
 Communication skills - ability to comprehend through reading and express ideas logically through writing and
verbally.

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 1.LEARNING & 21ST CENTURY LEARNING
INNOVATION SKILLS (CONT.) SKILLS

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 21ST CENTURY LEARNING
2.DIGITAL LITERACY SKILLS

 Technology literacy
 Information literacy
 Media literacy

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 3.CAREER AND LIFE 21ST CENTURY LEARNING
SKILLS
SKILLS
 Numeracy skills - able to reason with numbers and comprehend fundamental arithmetic to solve problems.
 Global awareness - a conceptual understanding based upon an applicable knowledge of global and cultural
perspectives
 Financial literacy - possession of the set of skills and knowledge that allows an individual to make informed
and effective decisions with all of their financial resources.
 Health literacy - the ability to obtain, understand, and use healthcare information.
 Environmental literacy - understanding of the environment and the conditions affecting it to make
responsible decisions that consider one’s relationships to natural systems.
 Social skills - ability to interact and communicate message both verbally and non-verbally.
 Visual literacy - ability to interpret, negotiate, and make meaning from information presented in the form of
an image, and interpretation of a written text.
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 4.METACOGNITIVE 21ST CENTURY LEARNING
SKILLS
SKILLS
 Reflective thinking skills - ability to know what has been learned and know what needs to be learned.
 Self-directed learning skills - ability to know which strategy to be used to acquire knowledge.

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 THE 4 C'S OF 21ST CENTURY SKILLS

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 ROLES OF THE 21ST CENTURY LEARNER

You are required to develop skills that you needed for the 21st century as a learner

1. Curious to Find Out

Do you have a curious attitude? Sometimes you need to discover about things beyond your areas of
expertise. With a vast amount of information available on the Internet, there is no excuse for not quenching
your thirst for knowledge.

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2. Pursue Learning
Do you pursue understanding diligently?
A few things can be easily understood but often you will need to make effort and be willing to put in time to
search for information, read, analyse and evaluate information that you have found.
In the process, you will discuss with others and think about the matter. You will need to be persistent and not
give up easily.

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 ROLES OF THE 21ST CENTURY LEARNER

3. Create Knowledge
Do you make your own knowledge?
You will use your knowledge to construct and build to create new additions.
In the process you will build a better knowledge structure to connect in meaningful ways with what you
already know.

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 ROLES OF THE 21ST CENTURY LEARNER

4. Ask Questions
You should never be satisfied with how much you know about
anything.
You are expected to seek answers to your questions.
This also helps to monitor your understanding.

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 ROLES OF THE 21ST CENTURY LEARNER

5. Share Information
 Do you share what you have learned?
 You should be willing to share knowledge with others through
writing or talking about it.
 Knowledge that is not passed on will be lost.
 You are expected to explain, translate, paraphrase and give
examples of what you know in ways that makes sense to other
learners.

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 ROLES OF THE 21ST CENTURY LEARNER

6. Be Independent
 Do you learn autonomously?
 You are totally responsible for your decisions related on your
learning process.
 As an independent learner, you should be aware of what
strategies work as well as how to get resources and assistance in
your learning.

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6. Get Ahead in Self-management

 Do you feel stressful in completing your task?
 There are times you will feel down, stressed and
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 It is vital to be able to make decisions on how to manage

your activities and yourself.
 You need to set goals, create a plan in achieving the goals,
manage your time smartly, effectively manage your stress,
motivate yourself and develop learning strategies that will
be useful.

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 ROLES OF THE 21ST CENTURY LEARNER

7. Passionate to Learn
 Are you afraid of failing?
 Nobody wants to fail in exams but learning is not all about
scoring marks.
 The learning process can sometimes be boring and is not
fun especially when repeating learning tasks.
 However, the love for learning will push you to continue
seeking for information and putting the pieces together.
 When you finally understand the content, it is one special
thrill.
 No doubt there will be failures in the process but ultimately
it will be beneficial.
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8. Concern to Humankind
 Are you aware of the political, economical and global
environmental issues?
 While thinking and having knowledge in global issues are
important, it is even more crucial to emphatise and behave
responsibly in the world.
 We need to have civic responsibilities as a member of this
world and feel concern about our surroundings and our way
of living in the environment.

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SUMMARY
LOOKS LIKE SOUNDS LIKE
There are four dominant categories of 21st century skills, which include:
• Learning Skills and Innovation Skills;
• Digital Literacy;
• Career and Life Skills; and
• Metacognitive Skills.
As a 21st century learner you need to understand and fulfill your roles in order
to obtain educational benefits. However, you can only effectively play your
roles by applying the 21st century learning skills.
The 21st century learning environment is essential to prepare learners in
developing their 21st century learning skills which further helps them to be
ready for the 21st century workforce.
In order to be an effective 21st century learner, you need to be able to identify
and relate the characteristics of 21st century learner to yourself.

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 REFERENCES

• Module OUMH1603-Learning Skills for 21st Century

• https://blog.kamiapp.com/characteristics-of-21st-century-learners/
• https://www.tes.com/lessons/rrrdaLpUUkhp9w/21st-century-teaching-and-learning
• https://www.panoramaed.com/blog/comprehensive-guide-21st-century-skills
• https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=http%3A%2F%2F21cskills21cneeds.com%2F&psig=AOvVaw0MAu
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• https://i.pinimg.com/originals/74/7d/a1/747da129453724b9f29985bc6a1b9234.png

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