Second Learning Café The issue of funding Elmar Husmann, ELIG.org & we.learn.it

elmar.husmann@elig.org

e-Learning micro-innovation matters EU Committee of the Regions Brussels, 25/3/2014

Learning as exploration

•  IBM Smart city class, New York

•  Understanding the problems of today's living environments (regions, cities)

•  Developing ideas, testing, prototyping, designing solutions

•  Using technology smart – networked sensors, big data analytics ...

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New learning spaces

•  Solutions to today's most pressing problems will not be found by people in isolation

•  Support teams, give them space, possibilities, support and protection to learn and grow

•  Cross boundaries, experiment, fail, learn, repeat

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New making spaces

•  Create flexible facilities to make things

•  Allow rapid prototyping, touching things, testing

•  Exploit technologies like 3d printing

•  Collaborate on designs and solutions virtually

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New social interaction spaces

•  Connect to the world outside

•  Emerge in real live situations, observe and understand

•  Create opportunities to interact, find likeminded and complementary people

•  Encourage debate, controversy and exploration

First provide an environment for growth of people, ideas and teams...

... then an environment to support the expression, development and growth of their projects

we.learn.it Learning Expeditions

Examples

! Climate Explorers

! we.learn.it supported a German – Chinese – Russian school expedition

!  Pupils used mobile apps for experience capturing

! we.learn.it also provided social networking, blogging and results sharing (photos, videos)

! we.learn.it further involved an data visualization designer to develop an online site with data on water cycles and consumption processes

we.learn.it Learning Expeditions

Examples

! Filmmaking

! we.learn.it supports several collective filmmaking expedition

!  pupils are coached by experienced filmmakers on issues such as storytelling, scene selection, filmmaking techniques

!  Internet connected cameras are used as well as social sharing

!  Shots are taken in small teams

!  Facilitators: Luc Jacquet (Oscar Winner – documentary film), Rebekah Tolley (BBC Filmmaker)

! Earth in Change

!  using European satellite open data to trace change in our environment (growth of cities, melting of glaciers, deforrestation ...)

!  Facilitators: German Space Center (DLR) School Labs, LMU Munich, Bayrischer Realschulverband

! iMuseum

!  exploring the impact of what you can see in a museum on our everyday life

!  Facilitators: Nobel Museum Stockholm, Technical Museum Stockholm

we.learn.it Learning Expeditions

Examples

we.learn.it Learning Expeditions

Examples

! Be a journalist

!  In 2013 over 100 pupils have created a we.learn.it eBook with interviews and reports from expeditions

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Examples

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Classroom of the future

! A classroom as a workshop

!  flexible spaces – colour codes for teams

!  screens that can be moved to groups

!  atmospheric projections

!  interview corner

!  facewall, hugging point ...

!  small connected devices

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Workshops

! Workshops for teachers & students

!  experiment and explorer with facilitators

!  learning basic techniques (e.g. accessing open satellite data), other tools – e.g. specific apps, thermal images etc.

!  get inspiration & plan projects

!  several techniques used – e.g. dragons' den

we.learn.it Portal, Explorers Network & Toolkits

Our funding experiences

! EU funding of we.learn.it

!  FP7 – collaborative project (1.5 Mio Euro)

!  Specific pool budget for schools (150.000k Euro) supporting small project amounts (many)

!  Event & workshop budget via dissemination and subcontracting

! Partnerships and in-kind

! Many non-funded partners could be attracted

!  Several partners provide in-kind support (e.g. Samsung & Intel lending devices)

!  Strategic partnership with Frankfurt Book Fair on Classroom of the Future

! Own Fund Raising Model for the Classroom of the Future

Our funding experiences

! Learning Expedition Funding

! Working with national networks of schools and faciliators as relay

! Only funding expedition specific – missing elements / not general infrastructure

! Complex epxeditions (e.g. climate explorers) have multiple sources of funding (e.g. other foundations)

! We support the schools in the entire planning and fund raising process

! Voluntarism

!  All we.learn.it explorers support on a voluntary basis – we only partially fund travel expenses

Our funding experiences

! Crowdsupport

! We are currently preparing our portal to support crowd-support of learning expeditions

! Crowdsupport will have a monetary componet as well as support partnerships and in-kind

we.learn.it Members and Supporters