La Otra Universidad ENG

University for High Impact Learning

la Otra Universidad

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WHAT IS “LA OTRA UNIVERSIDAD”?

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la Otra Universidad is a 100% learning by doing environment inside a

sustainable ecosystem (seamlessly integrates institutions,

organisations and collaborators) . Students become Teamsters* by

operating their own businesses as entrepreneurs.

*Teamster: person who enjoys learning and making sustainable business in teams

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BS Leadership and Team Learning !

Specialisation in Areas (Marketing, Finance, HR) Specialisation in Industries (Entertainment, Sports, Finance,

Retail, Agro, Games, NGOs)

MS Collaborative Entrepreneurship

MS Team Coaching and Participative Leadership


A little bit more, please!

WHAAAT???

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•No classrooms •No teachers •No students •No exams

•Offices •Team Coaches •Teamsters •Customers


LEARNING IS YOUR BUSINESS


SUSTAINABLE ECOSYSTEM (SEAMLESSLY INTEGRATED)

Incubating and Accelerating facilities

A Theatre and Open Space where all important events and

innovative practices have place

Co-working areas for independent Entrepreneurs


YES. Team Learning Units comply with traditional curriculum requirements in the area of business and entrepreneurship. The main difference relies in the focus. In TLU the focus is more on the learning processes (and soft skills) rather than in content acquisition. Content is a tool to put team learning

abilities into practise and reach goals in the real business world (be sustainable, satisfy the customers, innovate, etc).

Is there a formal curriculum?


The subjects are learnt in a cross discipline and holistic way. There is no such concept as subject, meaning disconnected silos of information. Team learners work in real projects and thus experience the need (and motivation) to learn tools as marketing, accountancy, etc. Real problems trigger their demand for knowledge so, ultimately, Team Learners end up covering the main topics “on demand”. Each time the need appears, they are assisted by their coach to find the state of the art theories and practises that will help them with their challenge.

But there are no teachers and the focus is not in content! So, how do you work with the typical subjects?


And what about assessment?

In TLUs there are no exams in the traditional way. There is a permanent 360º evaluation process. The team, the customers, the coach and the individual reflect about

what was learnt and what needs to be improved.

But that requires very responsible students!!!!

Exactly! Team Learners learn to be responsable of their own learning process, as well as their contributions to the

team.


Team Learners have different goals and objectives both, at long and short term. These goals are milestones that help them evaluate their own progress and depend on the stage where the team learner is. As a framework, every team learner has to keep a personal learning diary and reflect about their own work and contribution to the team. In addition to that, there are quantitative goals to reach such as number of books read (and theory applied), customer visits, personal revenue, team revenue, number of projects, etc. With the coach´s assistance, each team company sets their own goals and reviews them periodically.

What kind of goals do they have to reach?

We Work to Learn

Functional Dimension You can become a Teamster* and make an

impact on society

Spiritual Dimension Learning, collaboration and sustainable

business are means for wellness

Mental Dimension We must be the change we want to see in the

world. This demands us effort and commitment

Social Dimension We are needed change

agents

Competence We focus on People and Teams, interacting in a real context. Theory is just a tool to solve real

challenges and develop Teamsters*

Vision We will become the heart of networked Learning

Valleys -> cities that learn and generate wellness through collaborative practices &

sustainable business

Mission We foster and facilitate Teamsters development

Values • Integrity (walk the talk, be honest)

• Collaboration (dialogue, teams, network)

• Responsibility (individual, team, society)

• Courage (challenges, change, obstacles)

• Learning by Doing (real world, practise, mistakes)

Product/Benefits We provide an

innovative, challenging and collaborative LBD

environment

Style Passionate Challenging Receptive


OUR DNA


WHO SHOULD COME TO “LA OTRA UNIVERSIDAD”?


WE ARE !

A collaborative learning

environment for people

who want to make a

positive impact in the

world.

YOU ARE !Entrepreneur, creative, curious, engaged, courageous. You like challenges. You love to make things happen.


IS THERE A SIMILAR EXPERIENCE?


¿Have you tried it before? Yes! These methods are

more that 20 years old

www.akatemia.org.uk

They are applied in Finland, UK, Holland,

France, Hungary, Spain and Brazil

www.tiimiakatemia.fi


TIIMIAKATEMIA (FINLAND) IN FIGURES

JAMK (s/f). Creating Team Entrepreneurs. http://letim.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/over_100_pages_of_ta.pdf

91% students are emplyed

within 6 months after

graduation

(70% Traditional

University)

47% students are entrepreneurs after 2 years of graduation.

37% students start their own business

within 6 months after graduation

(2,5% Traditional University)

http://letim.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/over_100_pages_of_ta.pdf


•Quality Award from Ministry of Education (2000)

•Iron Cross, award for creating innovative learning methods from Chamber of Commerce (2000)

•Productive Idea – award (1997)

•Markkinaseppä award, award for excellent marketing in Central Finland (1994)

•Young Peoples’ Employment Promoter award, European Union (1999)

•Innosuomi award, award for innovative practices in Finland (2000)

•Entrepreneurial Europe competition’s first price (2006, for Y4 –ideology)

•The Chamber of Commerce of Central Finland's 1st Price of Export for Team Academy (2007)

•EFMD –network’s Excellence in Practice –award, 2nd price amongst the top European business universities (2008)

AWARDS

Team Academy Awards (s. f.). http://www.tiimiakatemia.fi/en/awards.

http://www.tiimiakatemia.fi/en/awards


“If you really want to see the future of management education, you should see

Team Academy” !

Peter Senge

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUWjFmkdCEw

Tiimiakatemia has been acknowledged by business and educational leaders


… AND IT IS SPREADING GLOBALLY!


TA GOES TO UK

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szfLM4T_ldU


WHY IS “LA OTRA UNIVERSIDAD” NEEDED?


THE SITUATION IN HIGHER ED

Entrepreneurs

Poorly skilled Paralized by myths

Incapable of using support

Seek for Intrapreneurs Suffer from employees´ lack of skills

Disconnected from Universities

Organizations (pub & priv)

Lack of Motivation - Frustration Averse to Team Work Lack of Soft Skills

Students

Disconnected from Org world Pressed by society to change

Less and less respected

Universities

Society in General


OUR SIMPLE IDEA: LA OTRA UNIVERSIDAD

Entrepreneurs

Team Entrepreneurs Business - Ready

Get Intrapreneurs Co-create solutions with Universities

Innovation Leaders

Organ

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(pub &

priv)

Motivated Real Team Workers Lifelong Learners

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In connection with Org world Heart of Innovation

Central role in Society

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OUR THESIS

… learners will become collaborative lifelong learners.

Thus, business will be co-created in a sustainable way…

If we foster and facilitate Teamsters*

development in a sustainable ecosystem...

… and Society as a whole will benefit from this strong culture

of dialogue and responsIbility.



What • BA in Business Administration •Minors in Skills (Marketing, Leadership, Innovation)

•Minors in Industries (Music & Media, Sports, Finance, Retail, Agro, Games)

Why We believe we can collaborate to improving society by fostering and facilitating Teamsters* development

How• Providing a LBD environment • Supporting collaborative practices • Creating a Sustainable Ecosystem • Encouraging Lifelong Learning

WHY, HOW, WHAT



HOW CAN WE MAKE IT HAPPEN?


We love the idea! How can we collaborate with la

Otra Universidad?

GREAT ! There is a lot you can do!


WE NEEDTo build a place (and maybe rent one until it is ready)

Support to fulfil ministry of education requirements

Public endorsement

Legal and financial advise

Money for pre-operational costs$


WE HAVE

Private endorsement

Agreement with Tiimiakatemia (Finland)

Certified Team Coaches

Pre-operational skilled team

Almost 2 years working in the project (High Impact Learning)

We are the change we want to see

LA OTRA UNIVERSIDAD IS A

PROJECT LEAD BY


WHAT IS HIGH IMPACT LEARNING?

High Impact Learning is a company dedicated to

fostering and facilitating learning practices that have

the power to provide wellness for people and society


WHY “HIGH IMPACT LEARNING”?

We are convinced that learning, as a collaborative and

experiential process, has the power to transform people´s

interactions and thus create wellness for society

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Training Programmes

Team Learning Unit Implementation

Consultancy


INSTITUTIONS

We believe formal educational institutions (Universities, Schools) need to re-connect with learning practices that are meaningful for learners and society. !We understand society is demanding collaborative and entrepreneurial skills. !We facilitate processes for “upgrading” formal educational institutions to learning by doing environments. !We foster the creation of innovative alternatives in the formal learning field.

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ENTREPRENEURS

We believe being an Entrepreneur is a life style. It goes beyond work or business environments. It means having a project and working (personal and socially) to make it happen. !We know about the challenges that entrepreneurs face: we offer coaching sessions to help them go through stressful moments. We support them in their growth at different levels: as an external observer and as concrete doers. !We deliver programmes for entrepreneurs (in a broad sense) who are interested in acquiring innovative tools and techniques through learning by doing.


ORGANISATIONS

We believe organisations (private and public) are spaces for encountering and facing challenges. And for facing those challenges, organisations need to learn constantly. !We understand people talk about organisational learning, but they do not practise it. We know team work is required but is seldom accomplished. !We facilitate processes for introducing collaborative learning and business practises inside organisations.


OUR PARTNERS

www.partus.fi/enhttp://www.tiimiakatemia.fi/en/ www.akatemia.org.uk

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OUR FRIENDS

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