Design for change: how to use change-oriented adult education to solve digitalisation challenges?
Description and participants profiles:
Design for change -course introduces the concept of change-oriented adult education and how it can be used to manage the challenges of digitalisation in individual lives, communities, and society in general. It highlights the core pillars of the concept of change-oriented adult education, and offers practical tips on how and when to use its specific methods to address challenges caused by digitalisation. The course was live during spring 2020, but all the materials and recordings are available and the course can still be completed on the Moodle platform.
The course provides examples of good practices as well as insights from trainers and learners, who have experience of change-oriented adult education. It is mainly addressed to all adult education providers (adult educators, planners, managers, etc.) working in organisations, community development programs or associations, and policymakers, but open to everyone interested in the topic.
Structure and methodology:
The course includes 5 modules which are accessible on the Moodle platform. Each module provides a mix of live webinars/podcasts/videos, resources, forum discussions, and self-study. The community aspect is one of the strongest elements of the course, so participants are invited to use the platform’s forum to exchange ideas, inputs, and proposals. The content planned and methodology used in this course has been shaped by a co-design survey circulated among partners’ dissemination channels.
Module 1: What is change-oriented adult education?
The first module provides definition, purpose, theories and approaches to change-oriented adult education. Speakers at the webinar are Jyri Manninen, Professor of Adult and Continuing Education at the University of Eastern Finland and Irena Sgier, Head of research, development and innovation at the Swiss Federation for adult learning. Manninen and Sgier will introduce the concept of change-oriented adult education and present some examples of change-oriented practices.
Link to webinar in Youtube: What is change-oriented adult education?
Resources, forum discussions & learning tasks in Moodle: Design for change module 1
Module 2: Which digitalisation challenges adult education providers are confronted with?
In this module we take a look at the challenges adults confront in their lives because of digitalisation. Guest speaker at the webinar is Birgitta Loucky-Reisner, a trainer at Saferinternet.at who supports internet users in the safe use of digital media.
Link to webinar in Youtube: Which digitalisation challenges adult education providers are confronted with?
Resources, forum discussions & learning tasks in Moodle: Design for change module 2
Module 3: Change-oriented adult education and digitalisation: practices, methods, and tools
Module three introduces change-oriented practices, methods and tools. Guest speaker at the webinar is Jasper Pollet, a trainer at Digital Storytelling at MAKS in Belgium. Pollet presents how digital storytelling can empower learners and contribute to changing society for the better.
Link to webinar in Youtube: Change-oriented adult education and digitalisation: practices, methods, and tools
Resources, forum discussions & learning tasks in Moodle: Design for change module 3
Module 4: Experiences with change-oriented adult education, lessons learned
In the webinar Dearbháil Lawless, EU Projects Officer from AONTAS and Tara Farrell, Deputy CEO from Longford Women’s Link in Ireland talk about how adult education can foster social change and how community education provides inclusive change-oriented adult learning.
Link to webinar in Youtube: Experiences with change-oriented adult education, lessons learned
Resources, forum discussions & learning tasks in Moodle: Design for change module 4
Module 5: Use of digital games in change-oriented adult education
Upon completion of this module you will understand how game design has a place in a change-oriented adult education. You will also gain knowledge of some creative strategies that allow you to apply game design to building change-oriented adult education activities. Guest speaker at the webinar is Oliver Šimko, Founder and lead gamification designer at Luducrafts, Slovakia.
Link to webinar in Youtube: Use of digital games in change-oriented adult education
Resources, forum discussions & learning tasks in Moodle: Design for change module 5
