Relevance: Within the MILE Guide’s educational support systems, it stated that
not only should 21st century skills be embedded in the core academic subject curriculum
but taught within a 21st century instructional context. Authentic learning typically
focuses on real-world, complex problems and their solutions, using role-playing
exercises, problem-based activities, case studies, simulations and participation in virtual
communities of practice. Lombardi and Oblinger (2007) stated that authentic learning
should be “A learning environment is similar to some ‘real world’ application or
discipline: managing a city, building a house, flying an airplane, setting a budget, solving
a crime.”