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Tomorrow’s pedagogy and tools in vocational education today

What is the world like that we are educating

our students for?

Globalization Information Society New World of Work

Crowd Initiatives Varying Identities

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What is the world like that we are educating

our students for?

Combining physical and cloud-based

learning environments in a vocational context.

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Combining students, teachers,

working life, and entrepreneurs

in joint projects.

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Combining formal (curriculum),

non-formal, and informal learning.

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Spaces and opportunities for learning

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Entrepreneurs, students and teachers

work and learn together in a new facility.

The physical environment

When possible, learning is always contextual.

Wide range of opportunities in the physical environment

Entrepreneurs renting premises on-campus are selected based on their willingness to interact with students.

InnoOmnia with its’ own shop, wellness, and service center offers numerous learning opportunities.

Students, teachers, and entrepreneurs are members of the InnoOmnia.fi online learning community.

They build their professional profile and interact with the InnoOmnia-community.

Students can also stream social media applications via feeds into their profile.

Learning community online

Mobile technology boost learning

Mobile technology makes learning ubiquitous.

Students have mobile devices as personal learning tools.

Versatile devices, personal interest and abundance of apps help inventing new uses.

Students do online learning material facilitated by teachers.

Work spaces have QR-codes providing students with a multitude of material to support contextual learning.

Omnia provides iPads and iPod Touches as personal learning tools for some groups. Flickr, Alex Barros

New tools for learning

Flickr, Alex Barros

Augmented Reality

Flickr, Alex Barros

InnoOmnia in virtual world

Flickr, Alex Barros

Combining real and virtual

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  Learning and problem solving skills

  Interaction and collaboration skills

  Occapational health, safety and working capacity

  Professional ethic skills   Entrepreneurship skills   Communication and media skills   Information technology related skills   Active citizenship   Sustainable development

Life long learning skills

InnoOmnia Finnish targets of assessments vs. learning outcomes described in terms of ”KSC”

1. Mastering of work processes

2. Mastering of tasks, working methods, tools and materials

Knowledge

Skills

Competence

3. Mastering of knowledge that forms foundation for work

4. LLL- key competencies common to all qualifications

Source: Finnish National Board of Education

InnoOmnia New skills also for teachers

■  InnoOmnia offers Finnish National Board of Education funded teacher training for the vocational and adult education sector.

■  All courses have a strong ICT component.

■  Participants can choose from short-term workshops to one year long programs.

■  Practical, hands-on approach to all topics

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InnoOmnia Feedback from teachers

■  Teachers participated our courses over 1,000 training days term 2010 – 2011

■  97 % would recommend our training to colleagues

■  Our overall score 4,8/5,0

Learning should be an engaging and

challenging process spiced with fun and laughter.

Thank you!

Esko Lius Digital Communication Manager

presentation available online at: j.mp/innoomnia2011

InnoOmnia, September 2011 – Espoo, Finland