Tag: challenge

  • A samba school for education entrepreneurs

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    Learning the Samba
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    One of the many lessons learnt from the first round of Open Education Challenge applications has to do with our responsibility to sustain and widen an education entrepreneurship community.

    Why not exclusively proceed with the selection of the ‘10 best European startups’ and just work with them as planned?

    Having received 611 applications has made the OEC much more than a ‘competition. The 611 entrepreneurs from 74 countries that submitted a project in less than 2 months send a powerful message: education entrepreneurship exists! This powerful movement can’t be seen as an extension of the ‘traditional’ startup incubators. It should be one of the main drivers of change for our education systems.

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  • First lessons from the Open Education Challenge

    transforming education
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    Graham Attwell makes an interesting review of the Open Education Challenge in his blog. He rightly questions the meaning of our phrase: “All projects are welcome; the only condition is that they must contribute to transforming education”.

    What do we mean by transforming education? I would suggest three things:

    –          Trusting enough in the individual talents of teachers, educators, researchers and students to find innovative solutions for the future of teaching and learning;

    –          Thinking that innovation in education also means creating new jobs in the education sector;

    –          Considering education as a global issue that transcends borders, nationalities, skills…

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