General overview of how to implement it

If you want to use megatrend to ignite creativity or create/ shape your vision, a) start by researching the trends b) compile them into a document that categorizes them, c) define them and d) write their projected impact. This approach can be beneficial because it can inspire a teacher or a team of teachers/students to come up with new ideas or look at current challenges in new ways.

We as teachers can benefit from these megatrends if we internalize them. How? Just like a student enjoys a brief film for enjoyment, a teacher can provide short, enjoyable instructional content. If we want to quickly teach a subject, we can make a fun video on Tik Tok, Instagram, or YouTube. This fun didactic strategy promotes microlearning (educational entertainment). Imagine that you want to teach your students about innovation. Using the internet’s free tools, you can create a really interesting animation that conveys the notion. The objective is to pique learners’ interest in macrolearning, or diving deeper into the subject.

• Step 1 – Classify well-known megatrends: Divide the class into groups and ask each group to rapidly name trends in each area, such as adaptive learning, AI, and digital assessment. Alternatively, you can conduct an online search, or you can choose any or all of the UN Global Goals for Sustainable Development. Then ask them to locate instances of each of the trends they propose on the web, such as news stories, blogs about projects, new businesses, and so on. Then, combine the work of all groups to provide an overall trends analysis.
• Step 2 – Present them: Outline each megatrend on a separate big piece of paper, such as a flipchart. Tape or hang the sheets with the megatrends up against a wall. Direct students to the megatrend that most interests them. Next, have them each write out their interpretation of the pattern. Following that, they should share their perspectives with the group and highlight recurring or essential themes within the specific trend.
• Step 3 – Keep an eye out for unusual patterns: Ask the group to seek for innovative patterns they haven’t seen before by searching in places they wouldn’t often look, such as foreign newspapers, social networking sites, articles, perhaps academic publications, and so on.
• Step 4 – Obtain feedback from students: Inquire with students about their thoughts on current developments and how they could affect schooling.
• Step 5 – Go out and get some fresh air: Take the group on a trip around campus or your town or city or a park, searching for new sorts of behavior or products that may signal an early trend.