The Transition concept emerged from the work of permaculture11 designer Rob Hopkins with his students of Kinsale Further Education College.
Intensive Training for Third Sector Leaders, project-based education, and welcoming â€oespin off†training centres from the most successful entrepreneurial schools.
where he has been establishing research and education activities in the development of intelligent control for high-power-electronics applications in renewable-and distributed-energy systems.
where he serves as the Site Director of the Center for Research and Education in Wind and as a 2011†2012 Resident Faculty Fellow of the School of Global Environmental Sustainability.
His research interests include power electronics, power quality, system modeling and simulation, energy storage, integration of renewable resources, smart grids, engineering education,
and includes the the â€oeplan-Do-Check-Act†cycle. www. unep. org/pdf/PRE-SME HANDBOOK 2010. pdf The Solid and Hazardous Waste Education Center•(Wisconsin,
and public sector. As the figure below shows they are active in all fields of society from education to finance,
and impact on information as relevant and exclude impact on education and human capital because its outputs and its activities are not leading to this kind of impacts. 5. At this point the SAT will show all the questions related to the impact dimensions selected by the project representatives. 6. The data inserted by CAPS representatives will be elaborated in real time by the SAT
This report presents a number of recommendations for actions that are needed to ensure that the EU becomes a more attractive place for investment and education and research opportunities.
the promotion of knowledge partnerships and the strengthening of links between education, business, research and innovation, including through the EIT,
On the contrary, Europe still exhibits a 4 The knowledge triangle refers to the interaction between research, education and innovation,
Education and information dissemination about the decisive role standards can play for the Single Market is largely missing in Europe. •Prejudices about standards:
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,
Bericht zur technologischen Leistungsfã¤higkeit Deutschlands 2006, German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Berlin.
Bericht zur technologischen Leistungsfã¤higkeit Deutschlands 2007, German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Berlin.
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•Partnership in education •Management located in Berlin Adlershof 17 IT and Media Fields of Competence
Education Basic Research Park Management and Development Research and Development Products Services Companies WISTA -MANAGEMENT
Education and Basic Research Natural science Institutes Research and Development Non-university scientific institutes Park Management
•Education, research, and innovative companies in dynamic clusters •Leading performance of the Business Incubation Centre
institutions of higher professional education, with the aim to improve their external orientation, especially with regard to SMES (Regional Innovation Monitor:
Education, and members of the United nations Development Program in Uruguay According to the usual dynamic of those meetings, an invitation was extended to university
policies, gender, and education An innovation was introduced also in the evaluation process: part of the appraisal
employment, place making, the sharing economy, health and education After the references section, there are also three annexes
x Education x Environment x Civic engagement x Health x Life satisfaction x Safety x Work-life balance
x Education x Social protection Together, the OECD topics and the European PSI categories provide a detailed overview of the
x Education x Education 4. Education x Community x Housing x Civic engagement x Life satisfaction
and poverty, health and education, as well as demographic changes like ageing, climate change and energy The Tepsie themes also reflect one of the filters being used by the Commission funded Digital Social
x Education and skills x Participation and democracy x Culture and arts x Health and wellbeing
Education x Widening access to education x Personalised education and new learning environments and knowledge commons x A multi-partner approach to education
6 http://ec. europa. eu/europe2020/index en. htm 7 Digital Social Innovation study (2013-14:
http://digitalsocial. eu /11 ii) The types of social innovation outcomes being achieved or sought: based on the desk research
Education 1. Increase in education and personal skills (formal & informal)( numbers of people &
Education Focus area Case Social needs addressed Widening access to education MOOCS (global Widening the access to higher education and addressing the societal
needs for lifelong education and the upskilling of the labour force by providing free online courses for everyone interested
Personalised education & new learning environments Quest to Learn (USA) Engaging children in education by using the seven principles of gaming
School of One (USA Mass-customisation of daily instructions of how and what math skills to practice
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
education MONDEY (Mile-stones of Normal Development in Early Years)( DE Improve early fostering & diagnosis of 0-3 year old childrensâ€
This includes both initial education, training and other forms of preparation, as well 21 as retraining to help them get a new or better job.
-Digitally coordinated education, exercises, networking -Prepares and matches both job seekers and potential employers, also with administrative support
approach is increasingly focusing on the daily social needs of people for work, education, health
-ICT affordable broadband for jobs, education & community -Holistic approach to local urban regeneration -Central and local government funding, public-private-civil
education and within neighbourhoods to do things for themselves as †digital pioneers†with a mutual aid ethos.
economy, environment, employment, education, health and community. It spans from individual 53 www. taskrabbit. com
different kinds of time and talent based on job-position, education, skill-sets, labour market regulation and legislation, collective bargaining agreements, tradition,
mechanical services, business administration, computers, education, entertainment, event organisation, food, gardening, health and healing, household services, legal, transportation
promotion is seen to support personal and social development through providing information, education for health, and enhancing life skills.
education seem to be much more successful at scaling internationally (through the copying of the business model
Number 01-800, immediate and timely health service, equity in health, population education, increasing efficiency of services,
Education Context This section summarises the main findings arising from the desk research carried out across Europe in relation to
Education may not always be thought of as an innovative sector but as schools increasingly look to relieve
budgetary burdens and provide inspirational education experiences, a new breed of innovative social enterprises are emerging that can help on both counts
Social enterprises aid innovation in education written by Tim Smedley in the Guardian, 12-august 2013
education is slow to change and looks very much like it did at the beginning of the 20th century. While people in the
and university not ready for work/higher/further education •Mismatch of skills †especially digital literacy
poverty, uneven access to education and the rising costs of education. These issues can be regarded as push-factors
universities, Massive open online courses (MOOCS) and online learning are affecting the way education is being delivered today and onwards.
world access to top education through courses offered on web-based teaching platforms and by the world†s leading
professors, we are experiencing the formation of a new era of education and educational techniques and methods
While recognising the potential value of ICT in education, many countries face significant challenges in transforming
to a major transformation of the education landscape. Although there is no consensus as yet regarding the actual
ICT are seen increasingly as an integral part of modern education systems. Policy-makers are thus attentive to the need to ensure alignment between the development of ICT in
As the recent UNESCO report Transforming Education: The Power of ICT Policies (2011) summarises: â€oethe
opportunities offered by the use of technology in education are many. It transforms the pedagogy
ICT trends currently transforming education can be described as follows a) Anytime-anywhere education-The appearance of the â€oeweb 2. 0†was an inflection point in Education, as it
allowed the creation and sharing of educational content. The new technology allowed anytime-anywhere scenarios and Higher education was quick to adapt, with leading universities like MIT or the Open university
e) Gamification-There is increasing interest in the connections between games and education. When implemented as †edutainment†or †gamification†of learning,
influence education in the upcoming decades109. Envisioning is an independent technology research foundation based in Brazil.
or supporting social innovation within education 1. Widening access to education Information and Communication Technology (ICT) can contribute to universal access to education, equity in
education, the delivery of quality learning and teaching, teachers†professional development and more efficient education management, governance and administration.
The impact of ICTS are revolutionary in formal education as well as in lifelong learning, and informal education as they enable sharing of resources,
as they display a completely new dynamic of delivery of and participation in Education The involvement of the private sector underscores the value multi-stakeholder partnerships can add,
http://www. envisioning. io/education 113 Figure 7. 3: Envisioning the future of educational technology 114
x Increase in education and personal skills (formal and informal)( numbers of people and duration e g. lifelong
2. Personalised education and new learning environments ICT presents an entirely new learning environment for students,
3. A multi-partner approach to education A new type of education partnership has emerged in the past decade, with the emphasis on joint strategic planning
coordination of implementation processes and assessment of outcomes. There is a growing acceptance that systemic education transformation can only be successful
if a holistic approach is taken with multi-stakeholder partnerships at the heart of effective education
110 http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Personalized learning 115 Vignette: Assessment and Teaching of Twenty-first Century Skills:
supporting education initiatives and believe that, as employers of tomorrow†s talent, they share a common interest in
improving education. The academic side is led by the University of Melbourne, involving over 250 international researchers, specialists, developers and practitioners.
Particularly in the context of innovation of education with new technologies, multi-partnership approaches have
Six cases are analysed in the education theme as summarised in Table 7. 1 Table 6. 1:
Education cases: summary Focus area Case Social needs addressed Summary Widening access to education MOOCS
global Widening the access to Higher education and addressing the societal needs for lifelong education and the
upskilling of the labour force, by providing free online courses for everyone interested -MOOC is an abbreviation for Massive open online course
education & new learning environ -ments Quest to Learn USA) 112 Engaging children in education by using the
seven principles of gaming -Quest to Learn (Q2l) is a collaboration between the Institute of Play, New
fundamentally new perspectives on education 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
education MONDEY Mile -stones of Normal Develop -ment in Early Improve early fostering & diagnosis of 0-3 year
All six cases examined use ICT as an important tool to innovate in the education sector.
The sample of six cases comprises one widening access to education cases, three Personalised education & new
approach to education cases Funding and actors Most of these actor are multi-partner initiatives with different sources of funding.
The types of ICT and its use varies across the three education focus areas, as described below
enabler for Coursera (MOOCS) as education is provided through a digital online platform using existing, â€oeoff the
engagement in education or gaps in education due to mobility, illness etc x Online platforms, communities and networks †In both cases, ICT is used to setup platforms and to build
engagement by many children with more traditional forms of education Personalised education & new learning environments
x ICT used †Personalisation and the development of new learning environments be it for virtual chemistry
case studies analysed for the education theme. In other words using technology to overcome distance or to change the traditional way of teaching are the fundamental starting points of the development of these
personalise the education experience for student teacher and in some cases also parent or researcher (to
and key processes in the education cycle have been made very explicit in all examples and are supported by the relevant technologies to enable a seamless experience from the usersâ€
opening up best education (and the added advantage the ivy-league education holds) as well as offering specific
education in a dispersed way Multi-partner approach to education x ICT used †ICT enable virtual or physical intervention in all aspects of education.
For instance, MONDEY is an example of an ICT-enabled and supported multi-partner approach. The MONDEY platform provides access to
information. It creates and produces data by collecting data on the children monitored. Giving information on
1. Increase in education and personal skills (formal & informal)( numbers of people & duration e g. lifelong
MOOCS provide access to higher education and address the societal needs for lifelong education and the upskilling of the labour force by providing free online courses for everyone interested.
from the Department for Education shows that, in 2013, Q2l†s average score on The english Language Arts
Personalised education and new learning environments 3. Increase in educational personalisation x MOOCS: One of the strengths of Coursera is that learning occurs at the time and location that best suits the
It help to personalise the education, because each user is interested in a different form of learning
Multi-partner approach to education 4. Improved qualification and validation system x MOOCS-Coursera†s way of organising its courses has changed the way students participate in education
courses. Before learning was fixed to a specific time and space but with Coursera participation is more
Furthermore, the detachment of education from time and space has moved discussion and collaboration from the traditional classroom to online forums and
Education and personal skills of parents and professionals are improved by MONDEY. They learn about early childhood development
The education sector is suffering from disengagement and often mismatch between skills developed and skills
access to education and therefor opening education. The New york times named 2012 the year of the MOOC, Time
universities, distance learning and ICT enabled education MOOCS enable new ways of providing Higher education and possible transformation of the organisation of Higher education.
education sector through the use of ICTS. Quest for learning was developed by a partnership of state, market and
Personalised education & new learning environments As education becomes tailored to the individual student†s needs,
his or her learning curve might rise considerably Hereby gaps in the student†s prior knowledge is filled to create a better foundation for future learning.
Multi-partner approach to education Individuals gain or train their skills and capabilities with regard to diagnosis of early childhood development by
The quest to learn example widens education in a different way †by making subjects accessible with a different, and
barrier to overcome is that of preconceived notions, both from the public and the education community.
embedded in the business & delivery model of free education or at least â€oeaccessible anywhere, anytime†education
Personalised education & new learning environments School of One exemplifies that it is possible to tailor education
and thereby overcome the growing difficulties of a united classroom given the extensive variety in math skills at school start.
Multi-partner approach to education The main barrier for new partners to enter the formal institutional framework of the education sector is that the
â€oesubject†is highly vulnerable and thus data needs to be highly secure. Further all of the systems require a high
and offer education online for everyone with access to a computer with an internet connection. Whilst there have been based paper concepts for open universities/open
education, ICT are considered widely as a game changer for education. Quest to Learn exemplifies how ICT can
matching society†s needs for education with the learning capabilities of the universities and thus it can be
societal as well as individual need and demand for (lifelong) education. Until now the ability to meet the need for
lifelong education at a societal and individual level has been hampered by the high costs related to further
education. Furthermore, not all companies are interested in financing and freeing time for educational activities for their employees,
and mainstreaming in the organisation and conduct of all education †including life long learning.
Further, quest to learn demonstrates the value of experimenting with ICT enabled education formats and to provide the possibility for such diversity in the educational approaches
Personalised education and new learning environments The role and use of ICT in social innovation
All examples reviewed for this chapter demonstrate elements of how ICTS enable personalisation of education
internet and because the courses are free Coursera contributes to society with a widening of education possibilities
The need for customised education only grows as societies become ever more fragmented due to globalisation immigration, and urbanisation.
Therefore this example possibly suggests that ICT enables customised education and that this might need to be enabled in turn by education policy.
suggests education is shifting towards focusing on the outcomes †i e. on how much students learn;
Multi-partner approach to education The role and use of ICT in social innovation MONDEY is first and foremost a diagnostic tool.
methodological approach in section 2, are summarised below as they relate to the education theme.
widening access to education, personalised education & new learning environments and a multi-partner approach to education.
For instance MOOCS provide access to education anywhere and anytime and have been named as one of the innovations most likely to transform the education landscape.
Why? MOOCS have the potential to open higher education, and make the best education in any topic available to anyone with a computer and Internet connection
Apart from widening access to education, MOOCS are further an example of how technology is enabling a more
of most of the case studies analysed for the education theme. In other words using technology to overcome distance
the education experience for student teacher and in some cases also parent or researcher (to gather new insight
education & new learning environments, and has in the subgroups of programmers and coders who design such
opportunity ICT provides to provide insight into learning mechanisms & evaluation possibilities in the education
and ambition trying to innovate the education sector through the use of ICTS. Most of these are examples of multi-stakeholder partnerships.
We can then find different operational setups †in the category of personalised education & new
as well as the personalised education & new learning environments show that ICT is enabling and supporting new
the key policy area for education is to enable experimentation to allow for innovative solutions to emerge that provide clear outcomes in better education
Particularly the personalised education & new learning environment category examples demonstrate that inclusion policy for new education providers to provide specific modules for the education market might need to be
considered. This potentially includes new forms of regulation to include personalised education formats. Standard requirements for schools might need to be revised.
The widening access to education example demonstrates that a clear associated policy area are the importance of affordable broadband,
access to a computer and Internet and digital literacy. MONDEY specifically also highlight the importance of requires a good framework for data security
Concluding, education for all is one of the most significant social innovations in itself, yet the current system has
definitive need for innovation and for improvement of education outcomes. The three focus areas chosen were
help demonstrate that social innovation is already transforming education as we know it and questioning whether
Education case analysis overview Focus area and social innovation outcomes ICT use Online platfor ms
education Standard ICT solutions Internet & platform technol -ogy crucial -Content creation -Issue identifi -cation
education -Lack of -Good ICT infrastructure -High level of digital literacy -Provides access to education
anywhere and anytime -Opens higher education -May provide opportunities to cut costs in higher education
-New strategic business model currently run through a non-for profit setup The main policy implications
demonstrated are the importance of affordable broadband access to a computer and Internet and digital
education & new learning environment s Standard ICT solutions as well as bespoke techno -logical solutions for
education approaches -Public funded strategic ICT use and experimenta -tion done both through the civil
personalised education formats. Standard requirements for schools might need to be revised Multi -partner approach to
education Standard ICT alongside traditional activities -Content creation -Issue identify -cation -Match -ing assets to needs
education area -New strategic business model currently run through a non-for profit setup †deals with specific
education or offers project modules to schools Might require inclusion policy for new education providers to
provide specific modules for the education market Possibly requires adaptation of specific policies regarding data security
Education 7. Increase in education & personal skills (formal & informal)( numbers of people & duration e g
lifelong learning 8. Increase in educational personalization 9. Improved education and personal skills (quality and level
10. Increase in accessible educational content and tools 11. Improved qualification & validation system 12.
education, public participation and the realisation of economic opportunities. Two important types of social capital have been identified by Putnam (2007),
climate change and energy, education, and combating poverty and social exclusion Within the framework established by the Europe 2020 Strategy,
quality vocational training model, one that offers lifelong, flexible education and is adapted to the needs of the production system.
and economic†education and training should enable people to acquire the skills they need in order to find a place in the labour market
According to the European Charter for Small Enterprises, education and training are vital for fostering the entrepreneurial spirit.
introduce the culture of business creativity at all education levels (compulsory, higher Operational objective Em pl
health and education, inclusive societies, well-being, etc Making a project to tackle societal needs implies framing the needs
education and whether those being addressed belong to the'majority'or to a marginalised segment of the population.
'http://www. apa. org/education /undergrad/civic-engagement. aspx Badii A. 2000)' Online Point-of-Click Web Usability Mining with Popeval-MB, Webeval
Ëoe Promotion of education, training, and national planning capacity in information systems and technology Ëoe Convening groups for the implementation of standards
education services and projects. The online database connects the museum with local and regional schools, thus supporting explorative
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
history in compulsory school education and to the parallel task of creating a common language and information structure in the
education and learning fields, including museums In recent decades, more and more cultural organisations in different European countries
•Education-improving education levels, in particular by aiming to reduce school drop -out rates to less than 10%and by increasing
completed tertiary or equivalent education to at least 40 %•Sustainability-reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 20%compared to 1990 levels
democracy, human rights and education-will be promoted in the future. In addition to a new narrative, Mr. Bergamo details both the
prosperity, decent education and standard of living, society must strive for, and bring to life a new vision and narrative for the future
education, environmental sensitivity, public spaces, etc. -and, just as important, has already developed a culture suited to bring
as do cultural life, education research, architecture and civic engagement to name a few It is time for all decision-makers as well as all
education, to business and to medicine, just to name a few-might have started and been shaped by the digital shift, but after all are
Margherita Sani is in charge of European museum projects, specifically in museum education lifelong learning and intercultural dialogue at the Istituto Beni Culturali of the Region Emilia
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