flockedu turingfest
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This is my talk from the Turing Festival about FlockEdu: the open-market that connects teachers with adult learners and low cost venues for face-to-face teaching. Its a low cost solution for skill-based adult learning that uses the collective intelligence of our digital and creative communities.TRANSCRIPT
The Open Market connecting teachers with adult learners & low-cost venues for face-to-face classes
£25K away from changing the world
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2009: Tipped me over the edge
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2009: Being Broken
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What was happening?
Escalating cost for students
Deteriorating service as skills based jobs were cut
Teaching becoming unmanageable
Learning was theory heavy & skills weak
HE & FE accreditation a LUCKY DIP for students & Industry
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Economics of a Programme30 x £9,000 x 3 = £810,000Average Salary = £38,000
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Most ClassesRoom + Teacher + 30 Adult Learners
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High Level Issues
Accommodation, Bureaucracy, Regulation
Costly, Inefficient, Unresponsive
On the Ground Courses
Cuts to V/L & skills based teachers
Theory Heavy, Skills Weak, Poor Industry Links
Disempowerment
Teachers are unable to provide skills
Graduates can’t do the work
Industry can’t get the right people
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1979: Empowerment
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1989: Deep in Practice
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Art & Design Learning
You choose your learning path, your themes, your ideas
You learn by doing – it is physical as well as Intellectual
You use all the senses – touch is critical in the crafts
Your sub-conscious guides you
You have support from Tutors & Peers
Knowledge comes through process and practice
Tutors worked in Industry or were practicing artists
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Secondary School Teaching Methods
Student Centred Learning
Hands on practice based work
Group work & peer-to-peer learning
Integrated disciplines from science to art
Project briefs that fostered creativity
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THEY WERE NOT NEW IDEAS
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As ridiculous as pitching for Venture Capital through the medium of dance!
Is the physical manifestation of an image through drawing or not a manifestation of human knowledge in its own right?
Are our bodies really just a convenient way to take our brains to a meeting?
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1999: Human Connectedness
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The Remotest place on EarthJoint Research Centre (European Commission) & World Bank 2009 URL: http://www.newscientist.com/gallery/small-world
What does it mean to be networked?
Silicon Valley Inventors Network
Lee Fleming, Matt Marx 2006http://balrog.sdsu.edu/~shu/FlemingManagingCreativityinSmallWorlds.pdf
Elsevier Network over Europe
2009: Being Broken
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Learning Tools & Resources
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What was my aim?
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What should a university do? Room + Teacher + Adult Learners
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Fixing what is brokenLife Long Learning
Responsive to supply & demand
Strong links with industry
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Face-to-Face LearningTeachers are responsive to student needs
Learners get support from teachers & peers
Perfect Environment for skills based project work
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EmpoweringEveryone can teach
Everyone can learn
Everyone can offer a venue
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Twitter to the Rescue
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3 Weekend Long HackathonsHarnessing my network
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The Opportunity is all about People 3 weekends to complete a project 3 chances to use the “Talent in the Room” Fit the product around the people Be goal orientated NOT task orientated Let them do what they want Give them an opportunity to excel It’s over when it’s over
Inspire!
The sweatshops•Define the tasks, •Let people team up•Let the teams choose the jobs•Use the wall of post its!
Social Coding
What is FlockEdu?Venues advertise space & facilities
Teachers advertise their classes
Adult Learners buy tickets for short courses online
People FocusedConsensus based rating system
Social space online
Sharing & Linking to Online Learning Resources
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Ambitions: Revolution not Evolution
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