Zadkine
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reallifelearning
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boundarycrossing
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agile
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technology
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newpublicleadership
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programmanagement
The Real Life Learning programme at the Human Technology studies transformed the curriculum through collaboration between education, business and society, focusing on demand-driven and socially relevant learning.
2011 to 2016
Initiator, Curriculum Developer, Innovation Strategist, Educational Leader, and Change Coach
To develop an innovative, demand-oriented and societal curriculum for the Human Technology programme, focused on solving real issues in Rotterdam.
Educational leadership during change and implementation of:
Curriculum development using the 4C-ID design model for complex learning. Rubrication of professional competence profiles for detailed issue analysis. Implement 360-degree feedback interviews with students, teachers and industry professionals. Organising and facilitating training open badges for micro-learning and micro-credentials. Collaboration and co-creation with a wide variety of stakeholders at regional and national levels.
Creating a learning environment with a high level of psychological trust.
Applying a cooperative and interdisciplinary approach, which led to strong social cohesion and joint problem solving in specific neighbourhoods of Rotterdam.
Implementation of a programme including 21 real-life learning projects in 7 application areas such as Construction and Housing, Logistics, Healthcare, and more. Improvement in student satisfaction and engagement through faster feedback loops. Decrease in dropouts and increase in graduation rates. Increased collaboration with businesses and improved social impact.
The importance of involving all stakeholders in the development process.
The value of a flexible and adaptive curriculum that can respond to changing societal needs.
Curriculum development through the use of expertise in using the 4C-ID design model for complex learning.
Developing analytical skills in classifying professional competence profiles for problem analysis.
Implementing feedback mechanisms with teachers in setting up and managing 360-degree feedback systems.
Increase knowledge of using open badges for micro-learning and micro-credentials.
Real Projects for Real People, 4 Volumes!
In these books, you will read about creative strategies for complex innovation projects. Real Projects for Real People, Volume 4 includes, for example, contributions from the Patching Zone team, local partners from Zadkine and the Wilhelminapier in Rotterdam and experts from Eindhoven University of Technology (NL), Blast Theory (UK) Translocal (FI) and OCAD University (CA). You can download the PDF here https://patchingzone.net/nl/processpatching/publicaties/boeken or order the book from the NAi online shop
After finishing this programme we published a whitepaper about hybrid learning environments: http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.28553.75362
