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Effective collaboration for open culture, making and social innovation

ypa — Tue, 01 Oct 2019 17:57:27 +0000

Effective collaboration for open culture, making and social innovation

ypa Tue, 10/01/2019 - 19:57

DOIT Expert Meeting 2: Effective collaboration for non-formal learning in the fields of open culture, making and social innovation: Do we need new strategies, policies and practices?

The aim of the DOIT project is to empower girls and boys from 6 to 16 to create and share innovative, concrete solutions for a better world using digital technologies in open learning environments, such as makerspaces; and to transform and foster early entrepreneurship education for Europe and beyond. To ensure the aims are met, last Thursday 26th of September, all DOIT partners came together to discuss with experts and youth representatives on the impacts and challenges of open culture, entrepreneur education, “making” social innovators, and digital technology as non-formal learning.

Various perspectives and good practice examples of effective collaboration within these fields were shared and expanded upon while also connecting and introducing DOIT partners with new European stakeholders to expand and support shared initiatives. At the start of the expert conference various partners presented their pilot materials including WAAG, MEPF, UZAF, SRFG, FAB LAB BCN, RAMPA, FYXXI, and ZSI.
Christian Friedrich, both our moderator and host, presented about the importance of usefulness of digital literacies, participation in society and openness. Since digital literacy directly affects a person’s capacity to be an active member of modern society, they are responsible for how they utilize technology to interact with the world around them.

Maximilian Voigt, from Verbund offener Werkstätten, FabLab Cottbus, and Open Knowledge Foundation Deutschland, presented on open culture, learning in and out of makerspaces, and how to build effective collaborations.

The DOIT project coordinator, Sandra Schon, from Salzburg Research, presented on the DOIT approach to making young social innovators. By developing, testing, evaluating, and disseminating new learning methods, a modern approach for entrepreneurial education with social innovation in makerspace settings for youth 6-16 is revolutionized.

Pam de Sterke from WAAG and SySTEM 2020 presented about open methods and collaboration enhancing non-formal STEAM learning in the project SySTEAM.

An interactive panel discussion involving Christian, Max, Sandra, and Pam explored the main challenges they saw in their work, ways in which they assured the commitment of both genders in open workshops, who finds open workshop places, and whether the participants of DOIT are part of the social innovation themselves. During the co-design sessions participants formed small groups to discuss how to progress the DOIT initiative in various ways.

The first co-design session lead by Isabel from EDUCETRUM VZW explored the basics to give young organizations a good start coming up with solutions like ethical/eco awareness, the need for resources e.g. time for teachers to learn initiatives and then implement them, and an ‘ambassador team’ of teachers who get the training and bring it back to their schools and train the rest of the teachers.

The second co-design session lead by Simona from CMON focused on how to use elements of open culture to facilitate and nurture effective collaboration among individuals, organisations and initiatives in the fields of non-formal education, making/STEAM and/or social innovation. Solutions involved the need to produce ideas and clearly define goals, not expect to see immediate results, stay in contact with networks, and start with small projects to gain traction.

The third topic lead by Margrit and Elizabeth from ZSI centred around policy shaping and the best methods of communication to policymakers in order to shape the conditions allowing further innovation and progress. Solutions presented included the necessity of positive and enthusiastic attitudes of both facilitators and participants, peer to peer learning, and integrating methods into school environments. The final co-design session was led by Christine and Katrin of MEPF discussing the exploitation of results and taking them further to ensure the various outcomes and learning are effectively used. Solutions included evaluating the levels of impact on a personal and interpersonal level, changing the mindset when analysing impact and perhaps measuring success various ways, implement solid training programs which ensure the DOIT methods continue to be used, using spaces free from grading or other types of pressure, and providing guidance of how to use DOIT resources and where to access them.

The interactive combination of presentations, panelist experts, and co-design sessions enabled expanded the understanding of partners, experts, and guests of best practices and DOIT methods as well as influencing policymakers and ensuring long lasting implementation of DOIT approaches.

Thank you to our host, Wikimedia Deutschland, fantastic partners and excellent participants, for making the second DOIT expert meeting a success!

OER cards available in German

eva — Mon, 16 Sep 2019 06:18:25 +0000

OER cards available in German

eva Mon, 09/16/2019 - 08:18

DOIT wants to make the toolbox materials available to as many people as possible and reach a broad mass with them. All the more reason for us to be happy when organisations and initiatives adopt, translate and share the materials!

The OER information center has translated the OER business model cards to German. The center is supported by the Leibniz Institute for Education Research and Information and the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research.

Talk for the Austrian FNMA

eva — Thu, 04 Jul 2019 09:55:55 +0000

Talk for the Austrian FNMA

eva Thu, 07/04/2019 - 11:55

How makerspaces can be used as learning spaces for the future generation was the topic of the online talk on June 3rd 2019, hostes by the "FNMA - Verein Forum Neue Medien in der Lehre Austria" (Association Forum New Media in Teaching Austria). Our project coordinator Sandra Schön from Salzburg Research presented DOIT and talked about the future possibilities to create (social) innovations in open settings with children and youth. Find more information about it on the FNMA website or take a look at the slides:

Tomorrow starts the Future Monster Lab - Winter holidays edition!

admin — Mon, 04 Feb 2019 08:31:52 +0000

Tomorrow starts the Future Monster Lab - Winter holidays edition!

admin Mon, 02/04/2019 - 09:31

The Future Monster Lab is back! Already tomorrow starts a digital 4-days workshop, which will invite all children from 8-10 years to participate in a winter holidays edition pilot activities that are organised by DOIT partner MedialePfade!

During them, children will learn more about our environment and its sustainability while constructing and processing their future monsters from various electrical equipment and other materials!

the first DOIT Expert Meeting in Vienna about education of young people

admin — Wed, 30 Jan 2019 14:00:55 +0000

the first DOIT Expert Meeting in Vienna about education of young people admin Wed, 01/30/2019 - 15:00

Education of Young People for Social Innovation, and Entrepreneurial Educational Practice in and out of Makerspaces: Evidence, Challenges, Cooperation Strategies and Future Policies

Invited experts will take part at DOIT’s first expert meeting, in c ooperation with the “Impulszentrum für Entrepreneurship Education” by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research (http://www.eesi-impulszentrum.at).

Thursday, 21th of February 2019, 9:00-13:00

We will provide additional materials for all participants within the next weeks.

Agenda of the meeting (current version): Agenda_ExpertMeeting1

All participants are invited to check the following preparational material:

DOIT Programme, https://www.doit-europe.net/doit-programme
DOIT Policy Brief 1 (Draft Version), D6.6. EC Policy Briefing number 1 – Preliminary version
DOIT Memorandum of Understanding (Draft version)
Youth Start approach, http://www.youthstart.eu/en/whyitmatters
EU project NEMESIS https://nemesis-edu.eu/educational-model

Salzburg representatives at Salzburg Research

admin — Tue, 29 Jan 2019 10:47:38 +0000

Salzburg representatives at Salzburg Research

admin Tue, 01/29/2019 - 11:47

Salzburg Research had another visit from Salzburg policy makers on January 22nd 2019. Martina Jöbstl is responsible in the Salzburg Vokspartei for the department Youth, Education, Science and Research and visited Salzburg Research to learn about DOIT. Not only DOIT's goals and objectives were shown, but also policy recommendations were presented and discussed.

It is particularly important for DOIT to reach regional and international policy makers in order to work together on the future of education! We are always looking forward to have these type of opportunities to share our mission.

WAAG workshop @The Brave New Learning Conference

admin — Thu, 20 Dec 2018 11:38:55 +0000

WAAG workshop @The Brave New Learning Conference

admin Thu, 12/20/2018 - 12:38

DOIT partners Frank Vloet and Pam de Sterke from WAAG society are invited to host a workshop at the Brave New Learning Conference in Amsterdam, on February 12th, 2019.

The workshop will focus on how to design maker education programs for social innovations. Through a learning experience design session they will connect the materials and maker educations activities to social innovation challenges. Afterwards, people will be able to leave this conference with a draft of their own maker education activity for social innovation.

Waag will share learnings and insights from their European collaboration in Maker Education - DOIT: Entrepreneurial skills for young social innovators in an open digital world.

More information: https://www.bravenewlearning.nl/home/

Happy to spread DOIT's name and share good experience with other like-minded people!

Visit of the county councillor at Salzburg Research

admin — Mon, 17 Dec 2018 12:19:43 +0000

Visit of the county councillor at Salzburg Research

admin Mon, 12/17/2018 - 13:19

On December 12th, the county councillor of Salzburg, Andrea Klambauer, visited Salzburg Research and got the opportunity to gain an insight into the work of Salzburg Research and DOIT. In addition to DOITs objectives and goals, the team also presented how the use and impact of the innovation-promoting DOIT program and the various methods are tested and scientifically evaluated in ten European countries. The Salzburg pilot activities were shown to illustrate this work.

In this context, Salzburg Research published a press release on "Young people as social entrepreneurs", which was also issued in the Salzburger Bezirksblätter.

photo credits: wildbild

Workshop from mediale pfade: "We are makers BER"

admin — Wed, 12 Dec 2018 12:54:29 +0000

Workshop from mediale pfade: "We are makers BER"

admin Wed, 12/12/2018 - 13:54

Last week DOIT partner Mediale Pfade held a workshop for children "We are makers BER #22 - Making + Upcycling"!

During this event, by implementing DOIT's methods and toolboxes, 9 participants tried to recycle electronic devices and to make something new from the inside components that it could be re-used elsewhere!

The recycling of old electronic devices and the disassembly of old devices provides knowledge and understanding of digital relationships!

Besides, it was not only a fun and entertaining activity but also a way to learn how to approach ecological and sustainable issues!

ZSI makes Krampus!

admin — Mon, 10 Dec 2018 08:31:54 +0000

ZSI makes Krampus!

admin Mon, 12/10/2018 - 09:31

On December 4th, ZSI (Zentrum für soziale Innovation) held a maker workshops for kids where technology met culture! They chose a really great topic - the Austrian Krampusse.

The Krampusse are a long tradition in Western Austria. During Advent they accompany St. Nicholas. ZSI took this opportunity to create Krampusse with some children, which they equipped with electronics so that they could move and ring their bells.

About DOIT

Effective collaboration for open culture, making and social innovation

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OER cards available in German

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Talk for the Austrian FNMA

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Tomorrow starts the Future Monster Lab - Winter holidays edition!

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the first DOIT Expert Meeting in Vienna about education of young people

Education of Young People for Social Innovation, and Entrepreneurial Educational Practice in and out of Makerspaces: Evidence, Challenges, Cooperation Strategies and Future Policies

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Salzburg representatives at Salzburg Research

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WAAG workshop @The Brave New Learning Conference

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Visit of the county councillor at Salzburg Research

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Workshop from mediale pfade: "We are makers BER"

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ZSI makes Krampus!

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