21st Century Learning What this means for society

When one thinks of the future, they often think about the destination and not the journey. As society on a global scale enters an era of information and technology we need to rethink education and how people learn. Schooling and education was based on industrial era foundations of the 19th century and was used well into the 20th century. However we are headed into the 21st century and whats needed is individuals being able to contribute to an era of technology.
 If practice of schooling and learning was to remain modeled from the industrial age this would not only disadvantage the learner but society as well. In the 21st Century, learners require complex skills to tackle future endeavours some of these skills include directing one's own learning to become a life long learner and thinking critically about a topic or issue. A major change that is greatly highlighted is what tools that technology can offer in a learning environment. One such example is that South Korea is implementing to replace all text books with electronic tabs by 2015 thus helping their students become more familiar with technology in this digital age.
It is this change in education that the journey is far more important then the destination.