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Jim Devine is the Former President of IADT, now Principal at Devine: Policy | Projects | Innovation in Ireland. This presentation was delivered as part of his keynote speech at the 2014 EDEN Annual Conference in Zagreb. http://www.eden-online.org
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Challenging the Paradox of Progress
Jim Devine
Beetle to Golf Mk7 – a motoring metaphor
We built them like this
while developing from roads
like this
to carriagewayslike this
Now we build them like this
to drive on roads like this
…at least sometimes!
DESIGN IMPETUS QUALITY, STANDARDS and REGULATORY PULL
FACILITATIVE INFRASTRUCTURE
ALIGNMENT
Learning in the 21st Century… misalignment?
DESIGN IMPETUS QUALITY, STANDARDS and REGULATORY PULL
FACILITATIVE INFRASTRUCTURE
The Digital Learning Landscape
European Commission: ‘Opening Up Education’
‘Open Education’ – still a contested landscape
European Commission: ‘Opening Up Education’: DIAGNOSIS
European Commission: ‘Opening Up Education’: CURE
European Commission: ‘Opening Up Education’
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not
understanding it”
Upton Sinclair
Source: Kendall
A case of systemic double loop learning?
http://hea.ie/sites/default/files/ict_evaluation_web_final_12.03.14.pdf
ICT Skills Conversion: Evaluation of first two cycles
http://hea.ie/sites/default/files/ict_evaluation_web_final_12.03.14.pdf
Springboard Programme: Evaluation of first three cycles
Case Study 1
Higher Diploma in Science in Cloud Computing – EQF Level 6
Course Leader: Tim Horgan
“Coming from a town planning background, I had absolutely no background in IT but wanted to up-skill in a high employment industry due to the downturn in construction related activity ”
Ciara Conlon, now Project Leader in the Global Technical Support Team, VMware, Cork
Cloud Computing Programme at CIT
Case Study 2
EQF Level 6 EQF Level 5 CPD Diploma CPD Diploma
Awarding Body
http://www.digitalskillsacademy.com
“Previously I was an architectural technician…I graduated with a post-
graduate CPD Diploma in digital production, specialising in applications development. I am now working full-time as a software quality assurance
engineer in an award winning and cutting edge online software company.”
Neil Fletcher – from architectural technician to software quality engineer
“You’re among amazing, fantastic, truly
inspirational and impactful people and it
really makes you step up your game”
Eoghan McCabe, founder of Intercom - his experience of Silicon Valley, having raised $22m in investment
“You have to have advocates…an ‘advocate of you’…who believes in you and supports you”
Louise Phelan, VP for Global Operations at PayPal in Ireland
