Ehud Kokia is the Director General of Maccabi Healthcare Services and Professor at the School of Public health Sackler Medical Faculty, Tel aviv University.
However, experienced skilled labour was generally difficult to find. 71%71%21%36%14%7%29%14%0%20%40%60%80%Diploma-holders Engineers
2004) b) Lack of student interest in engineering and natural sciences (see IWD (2007)) In Germany alone firms are facing a severe crunch of skilled labour,
Germany's Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) in its latest report on the country's technological performance expects a shortfall of 335,000 university graduates,
is coupled with another challenge, namely the decline in the number of science and technology (S&t) students,
. While countries such as China and India are producing a large number of S&t graduates. In China, 61%of undergraduates are studying for a science or engineering degree.
are able to produce world-class graduates. In fact, 3 of the top-5 Asian schools for S&t are located in India (EIU, 2004.
With 14 million young university graduates (with seven years or less of work experience) India's talent pool is estimated to be the largest worldwide, overlapping Chinese talent pool by 50%and that of the USA by 100
Staff 14,942 Students 8, 438 7 Adlershof in Figures Science and Technology Park 11 non-university scientific institutes (1, 760 employees) 6
8, 034 students) 445 technology oriented companies (5, 286 employees) Media City 146 companies (1, 763 employees) Industrial Estate 363
In other words The Ministry has created a playground for those who are willing to generate solutions that promote the efficient and smooth traffic.
and student living expenditure in the region and universities'economic activity induced by additional expenditure in the regional supply chain.
Digital infrastructure a horizontal area Digital competencies (e-literacy+e-inclusion) Digital economy (innovative developments, e-governance, digitalisation of contents, e-services, RDI
Judith Sutz is a professor at CSIC Academic Unit. Her area of research is science
and literacy so all three appeared together for the first time enabling a fervent of ideas and popular movements competing for social, economic, religious and political attention.
and increasing literacy (in most villages at least one person for the first time was available who could read and write.)(
Copenhagen School of Entrepreneurship (DK) Flexible workspaces for students with no job providing start-up experience to avoid long-term problems Place making Focus area Case Social needs addressed
so as to meet each student's specific needs and abilities, as well as preferred ways of learning. Professor Why (PL) Dissatisfaction with the current form of chemistry education, lack of real experiments in schools (greatly impoverishes the study of chemistry),
and need to show mostly teenagers the effects of chemical experiments Multi-partner approach to education MONDEY (Mile-stones of Normal Development in Early Years)( DE) Improve early fostering & diagnosis
Copenhagen School of Entrepreneurship (DK) 22 Flexible workspaces for students with no job providing start-up experience to avoid long-term problems-ICT for student start-ups in lab incubator environment as part of
though this is less critical in the Soe case aimed at graduate students. The Mission Leben case exemplifies using ICT to adapt
In some contrast, the student start-ups at the CSE deploy a great number of different ICT tools
There is an online screening tool for new student start-ups capturing ideas, strategies, key features, partners, markets, funding, etc.
The most important internal tool is Podio as a platform for teamwork on the students'start-up projects,
dependent on the ambition of the student start-up. The student start-ups are also members of both online and offline start-up communities, with strong mutual reinforcement between the two,
and significant building of social capital (mainly bonding, but also some bridging types), including an alumni community providing an on-and offline knowledge base for new start-ups.
focuses on developing the full range of unemployed students'entrepreneurship skills, as well as links into the wider higher education, innovation and specialist knowledge of the Copenhagen Business school. 2. Improved employment supports, e g. training, tools, facilities, etc.
just over 100 start-ups create their own new businesses and jobs for unemployed students, with an average of 4 people each including interns,
In the CSE case, the main barrier is lack of physical space given its popularity driven by its success in assisting unemployed students create jobs.
There is also increasing demand from unemployed students which is driving the success of the case.
In the CSE incubator hub case for unemployed students, ICT is vital and so well integrated into all activities that the service
The case has helped also increase from 21%to 66%of school pupils achieving good secondary school results, assist more than 6, 200 residents into employment, 180 of
and relates mainly to technical problems due to lack of ICT literacy. Indeed, when new members join the local currency scheme,
relates to technical problems due to lack of ICT literacy. More intractable barriers include that fact that much of the policy,
Another barrier is lack of computer skills and Internet literacy which can preclude people from participating on the online platform.
Another barrier for the Repair Cafés case is lack of computer skills and Internet literacy
and resources to solve problems and devise new ideas and products, students in schools meet in structured classrooms at specified times;
while students listen; students work individually and reproduce this knowledge on assessments; and their use of ICT is limited.
This pattern is global. 107 www. edudemic. com/best-infographics 109 The shift from a paradigm that is based on mass production
how students are tested, and how schools are structured. The challenges that indicate that fundamental change is needed include the following:
Low levels of attainment e g. many students in the UK leave schools with less than 5 A c (the national target;
there is a high percentage of pupils in Denmark that do not finish school Dispirited and demoralised work force Students coming out of school
and university not ready for work/higher/further education Mismatch of skills especially digital literacy Need for lifelong learning,
continuous up-or other-skilling. With ICT having provided access to a world of infinite information,
The reports identify examples of these schools and classrooms, although they are surprisingly rare, even in developed countries.
Trends point toward the breakthrough of student-led learning, where knowledge isn't a commodity that's delivered from teacher to student
but something that emerges from the students'own curiosity-fueled exploration (Davis 2013). Another important trend has been the democratisation of education,
which has been triggered by issues relating to poverty, uneven access to education and the rising costs of education.
With ICT diminishing geographical distances and enabling people from all over the world access to top education through courses offered on web-based teaching platforms and by the world's leading professors,
These effects are limited not to the classroom, for example, the 108 www. edtechspot. com/this is-how-learning-will-look like-in-the-future-educational-technology
The ability of students to utilise ICT has become a new requirement for effective education systems.
analysis and reporting of large datasets relating to learners and their contexts. Current developments are focused on three areas:
Methods of learning analytics not only examine past interactions but also support future outcomes for students and educators.
and always has direct contextual relevance to the learner. It places responsibility on individual learners to find a path through sources of knowledge
and to manage the objectives of their learning. Crowd learning encourages people to be active in setting personal objectives, seeking resources
The challenge is to provide learners with ways to manage their learning and offer valuable contributions to others. d) Citizen inquiry-Citizen inquiry refers to mass participation of members of the public in structured investigations.
This may encourage learners to continue, however misses the power of digital games for engagement, reflection and self-regulation.
goals and practices in games also help build affinity groups gathering learners into productive and self-organising communities. f) Tangible Computing
learning environments ICT presents an entirely new learning environment for students, thus requiring a different skill set to be successful.
and evaluation skills are growing in importance as students have increasing volumes of information from a variety of sources to sort through.
and tasks to the needs and capabilities of each individual pupil and by providing tailored feedback (Mooij, 1999;
Social innovation here for instance brings additional content into the classroom such as in the Professor Why example.
In a Personalised Learning Environment, learning starts with the learner. According to the National Educational Technology Plan developed by the US Department of education,
and connecting to the learner's interests and experiences. Personalisation is broader than just individualisation
or differentiation in that it affords the learner a degree of choice about what is learned, when it is learned
which means the support of pupils with special needs be it through talent, cultural background or pysical ability.
so as to meet each student's specific needs and abilities, as well as preferred ways of learning. In this context there is one social innovation outcome examined for this focus area:
parents and learners to work towards and attain a shared goal. 111 There are plenty of examples of such partnerships.
so as to meet each student's specific needs and abilities, as well as preferred ways of learning. -Currently around 600 middle school students were involved with the math project.
-Project budget was estimated at around $1 million at its launch in 2009. -Initiated in New york city (Middle schools in The bronx, Brooklyn and Manhatten),
Professor Why (PL) 114 Dissatisfaction with the current form of chemistry education, lack of real experiments in schools (greatly impoverishes the study of chemistry),
and need to show mostly teenagers the effects of chemical experiments-Professor-Why combines computer generated images with real images
-The business model is to sell the license to Professor Why not only to schools but to every child which is interested in chemistry.
or use the interactive online database. 112 www. q2l. org 113 http://izonenyc. org/in New york 114 www. professor-why. pl 117 Focus area
The different examples from MOOCS to the virtual chemistry lab Professor Why were set up in order to provide personalised and effective teaching.
and better if teaching is customised to the specific strengths and needs of each student; matched to his
and Professor Why is a private sector initiative. School of One enjoyed organic growth it was set up a summer school project,
Scale and scope The scale of the examined cases is very different for instance there is a significant difference between MOOCS and Professor Why.
), for matching assets (students or learners and teachers) and for action on problems (new, innovative products for issues such as low engagement in education or gaps in education due to mobility, illness etc.
in order to create and underpin online communities where students can discuss topics related to courses as well as provide help to each other.
as the validation of the work of the students is sometimes based on peer assessments by fellow course participants.
Quest to learn is a school environment, meaning children are brought together, in a physical (and, in the case of Q2l,
and without students to develop new ways for students to learn about everything from history to maths and English language to biology,
and with students on the school curriculum in line with the Common Core standards. While the Quest to Learn partnership isn't an organised online network
In fact all cases support knowledge communities for the students, teachers and sometimes parents or other pedagogical staff and to varying degree technical designers (for instance game designers in the Quest to learn example.
and are supported by the relevant technologies to enable a seamless experience from the users'perspective be it the student or teacher.
For example in School of One the student logs on and reviews his instructions for the day,
or he just as well might be scheduled to receive live instructions by a teacher along with 10 other students.
Students of approximately the same educational level are divided into a small number of teams. These teams then serve as home base despite the individual students tailored instructions.
This means that most of the group teaching takes place within the team, and in addition the teams compete with each other on a friendly basis based on academic results,
and on a par with other schools in the city serving students with similar characteristics MONDEY:
and it makes the individual student the center of attention. By use of information on the students'preferred teaching modalities, prior knowledge and learning pace, School of One helps the students fill gaps from previous years as well as practice exactly the skills they need.
Personalised education and new learning environments 3. Increase in educational personalisation MOOCS: One of the strengths of Coursera is that learning occurs at the time and location that best suits the participant.
so as to meet each student's specific needs and abilities, as well as preferred ways of learning. Professor Why:
Each student or child can on her own without any teacher learn chemistry by playing a game.
It help to personalise the education, because each user is interested in a different form of learning,
and validation system MOOCS-Coursera's way of organising its courses has changed the way students participate in education courses.
Furthermore, the detachment of education from time and space has moved discussion and collaboration from the traditional classroom to online forums and communities.
Finally the assessment of the students'work is sometimes based on peer review and hence Coursera is using the students as a resource to validate assignments blurring their role as simple students to a more instructor oriented role.
A role that different studies has shown to result in accurate feedback for the student as well as valuable learning for the grader (Coursera, 2014.
MONDEY-With MONDEY, knowledge about early childhood development is easily accessible and easy to apply as it is free of costs.
Traditionally the need for higher education in society has been handled by higher education institutions such as universities offering courses in specific geographical locations with access only to a limited number of admitted students.
and democratising access to higher education as there is open access for students meaning that anyone everywhere in the world can participate in an online course for free.
They present a shift in the relationship between student and teacher, open new learning possibilities and shift the learning focus
and achieve purposeful integration of technology in the classroom. It also serves as a resource for students to observe
and participate in a live design process. In this sense it uses several collaborative social innovation processes
Personalised education & new learning environments As education becomes tailored to the individual student's needs,
Hereby gaps in the student's prior knowledge is filled to create a better foundation for future learning.
This implies that individual students do no longer depend on their classmates to move forward or practice some skills in greater detail.
This makes the learning environment more flexible and adaptive to the students'individual needs and pace in order to boost their learning experience.
the students are given effectively the help and challenges estimated to provide them with the opportunity to learn.
and constantly monitor the students'learning progression which creates a better awareness and understanding of what works,
how fast and effectively the students are learning as well as how the oral instructors collaborate and share knowledge with and through School of One.
unused capacity also plays a part as high school students which excel at math as well as university students passionate about teaching get a chance to be involved.
Their abilities are utilised as support for the online instructions and they might often move on to try out their teaching skills in small groups of students.
These possibilities are unique as most other teaching instructions takes place in a full classroom
which might be much more demanding for a teacher resident. Given the often smaller groups of students and need for one-to-one advice, the capacities of young teachers-to-be can be utilised
and hopefully become useful and 123 enjoyable for all. At a much smaller scale Professor Why supplies the same support for the subject of chemistry by offering the opportunity of virtual experiments to make chemistry more attractive and practical as a subject and less theoretical.
Multi-partner approach to education Individuals gain or train their skills and capabilities with regard to diagnosis of early childhood development by reading about and dealing with MONDEY.
Members of the public often believe that students and teachers at Q2l are playing video games all day,
while many teachers think game-like learning is quantifying the classroom or layering history on a Jeopardy-style game.
it staff and students the process is important, rather than the product. It's about the process and not games.
and thereby overcome the growing difficulties of a united classroom given the extensive variety in math skills at school start.
and students enter school with completely different backgrounds or in contexts of high mobility and transition from one school to the other (the implication of the trend of increasingly mobile workforces).
but it has been recognised that it is impossible to deliver for a teacher addressing a full classroom.
processes of how to ideally involve all user groups such as students and teacher for the maximum outcome require a few rounds of students.
At the same time a school like this is under pressure to demonstrate significant success by producing students with significantly higher maths skills than ordinary schools.
Professor Why on the other hand does not represent an alternative school form and thus struggles to attract enough users to be a sustainable business model to achieve significant outcomes in terms of higher achievement of its students in chemistry.
It needs to be cheap, state-of the art user friendly and attractive to a demanding target audience,
and might be overtaken by new developments in the technology market. Multi-partner approach to education The main barrier for new partners to enter the formal institutional framework of the education sector is that the subject is highly vulnerable
and teach in new ways and therefore widen access to education for pupils who otherwise would have fallen behind in maths.
and enables the possibility of providing massive courses as there is unlimited space for students in an online class room.
and the teachers involved in the different courses can reach a large amount of different students with their courses in a cost effective way.
access to a computer and Internet and digital literacy. Also, the rise of MOOCS potentially allow for a different value for money approach within public education systems,
The School of One platform effective matches assets and needs as students with individual strengths
However Coursera is primarily targeting the educational needs for the higher educated as demographic data for Courserians shows that 75%have a Bachelor's degree or higher.
Professor Why for instance is still a small scale initiative in the science yet it is a good example how public funds can help to create an innovative way of learning chemistry for children.
and the need for class rooms with more students as well as more inclusion is apparent. The individually tailored programs of the School of One initiate might make that transition easier.
i e. on how much students learn; not how much time they spend in the classroom. The School of One example suggests that there are alternative ways of good schooling
and that one size does not fit all';'as not all students will learn equally well by studying the same curriculum and receiving instructions by use of the same teaching modes.
Multi-partner approach to education The role and use of ICT in social innovation MONDEY is first and foremost a diagnostic tool.
Coursera, currently the biggest MOOC platform, was launched as a for-profit company in April 2012 by the two Stanford computer science professors Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller.
Four months later Coursera had hit 1 million enrolled students across 196 countries (Coursera, 2012.
Personalisation and the development of new learning environments-be it for virtual chemistry experiments 128 (Professor Why)
In the MOOCS case, communities of teachers and students alike are only virtual, whilst in most other examples ICT supports online as well as physical communities.
Professor Why however is an example of a private sector attempt to bring social innovation into the sciences in Poland.
access to a computer and Internet and digital literacy. MONDEY specifically also highlight the importance of requires a good framework for data security and data protection. 129 Concluding,
cooperation-Building capacity and skills-Lack of sustainable business models & delivery model for online education-Lack of-Good ICT infrastructure-High level of digital literacy-Provides access to education anywhere
Internet and digital literacy Personalised education & new learning environment s Standard ICT solutions as well as bespoke technological solutions (for instance gaming)- Content creation-Issue identification-Matching
and the model for running nonprofit childrens'playgrounds across the USA by targeting community leaders and other local champions and opinion formers. vii) Small-world networks:
Moreover, individual support is provided to pupils in order to respond to special needs. If these needs are detected early
there is more chance of pupils successfully completing their schooling. 6. 1. 6. Promoting full comprehension of English as a third language With its notable presence in the spheres of economics, the new technologies and higher studies,
as well as promoting other activities that encourage the use of English by pupils and teachers both in the classroom and outside. 6. 1. 7. Introducing a new university model based on excellence
and internationalisation The strategy aimed at adapting the university model to a model of excellence and a high degree of internationalisation focuses on six areas:
Efforts focus particularly on promoting digital literacy and computer skills and increasing regular Internet use amongst the underprivileged. 6. 1. 10.
whilst students are required also to present a business plan in order to obtain certain university qualifications. 6. 5. 2. Promoting business initiative, cooperatives and self-employed work In order to drive the creation of new businesses,
in line with the sharp reduction in the number of publicly funded universities and the number of students.
There are numerous university-based research centres as the region (Budapest) is also the centre of Hungarian tertiary education with around half of Hungarian students attending universities in the region.
Atta Badii is a high-ranking professor at the University of Reading where he is Director of the Intelligent Systems Research Laboratory, at the School of Systems Engineering.
and the designation of Distinguished Professor of Systems Engineering and Digital Innovation (UCC) and is an International Privacy-By design Ambassador as designated by the Canadian Information and Privacy Commission.
Students and citizens interested in statistics and in knowing more about GDP measurement initiatives. Who Is behind CAPS?
innovators, educators and students. It enables individuals and communities to build and visualise their shared knowledge and unlock their collective intelligence. 31.
It is open to all members and communities for contribution students and researchers, civil society organisations, governmental and intergovernmental organisations, multilateral institutions, businesses, statistical offices,
thus supporting explorative learning, developing students'research skills, preparing and processing student projects completed in collaboration with museum education officers
and enabling the integration of real museum objects into the theoretical content of the education curriculum.
Together, all of these activities combine to establish a hands-on and active relationship between students and their local and regional history.
He was awarded also two Fulbright Scholarships at the Pennsylvania State university and at the Smithsonian Institution.
'Jorge Wagensberg is a professor of Theory of Irreversible Processes in the Faculty of physics at Barcelona University.
Mr. Zipsane is a guest professor in heritage learning and regional development at Linköping University and an associate of Pascal Observatory and the Centre for Research and development in Adult and Lifelong Learning (CR&DALL.
recognising that business knowledge is a relevant asset for graduates. The Joint Technology Initiatives are another‘low hanging fruit'.
The 19th-century vision of education that takes place at a single institution, a single classroom,
which is what most students are now doing on their own. Today, students acquire knowledge in ways that are self-directed
and involve both peers and adults. Digital media allow students to learn from each other in informal situations,
making learning in and out of school"increasingly porous, "therefore the educational institutions have a problem,
Students are being inundated with undigested information which can easily create paralysis by having so much that it cannot possibly be digested.
If students don't know where to start and what is the point of reference, they may easily get gridlocked.
In that sense, one of the main goals of today's education has to be to teach students,
FINDINGS It is now untenable to hold onto a notion that in four years a university can turn a freshman student into an educated and refined person.
Today is nearly impossible in four educational years to give a student all the possible elements of professionalism
and it was created to efficiently convey information from the instructor to the students in the traditional classroom setting.
Consequently, we are finding that students are learning much more in these informal environments because they are voluntarily engaging in information,
Digital technologies and social media allow students to learn from each other in informal settings anywhere and anytime
Today students learn in ways that are self-directed, and involve both peers and adults. When you go online, social networking sites, a video game, etc.
The unwillingness of administrators to adapt is estimated to be the main obstacle to incorporating more digital and social media tools into classrooms.
Advocates of social media in the classroom claim that social media tools can ignite students'curiosity and ingenuity, exposed them to content experts and real-world examples of classroom lessons,
help them become civically engaged, and allow them to collaborate with peers worldwide, while empowering them to direct their own learning.
Digital and social media tools can also support students to develop technological skills; to be creative;
7 july 2015 657 environments as the interaction between a teacher, a student, and curriculum (the content which a student supposed to be learning).
New digital technology and media also allow specifically and personally tailored instruction to a great numbers of students.
The result is a new form of culture where knowledge is seen as fluid and evolving, the personal is enriched both
in which students decide the terms and conditions of their learning rather than following a prescribed route.
Since students would be aiming toward their personal interests, they would be motivated far more to learn.
For example, the universities provide a common physical space for a diverse group of students to interact in the real world
According to a 2012 U s. Department of education study, students who took all or part of their instruction online performed better,
When students do meet in the classroom with an instructor the face-to-face class can now focus on higher-level skills
since the basics are known by all students and were covered already through the e-learning part of the class.
We have this ideal of how one teacher may profoundly affect a great number of students.
But that ideal vision may be rapidly disappearing in this new educational environment, that style of teaching may be a matter of the past.
but the society and the profile of students who are enrolling into the universities is changing at a speed that is becoming increasingly difficult to handle.
Accommodating this new generation of ever-changing students is going to be a monumental task for institutions of higher education.
and unattractive for the new generation of students. These educational approaches must change as universities rethink their traditional roles and their modes of operation.
Mr. Milicevic is professor and chair of Recording Arts Department at Loyola Marymount University, Los angeles. International Journal of Social science and Humanity
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