Inspiration to learn about yourself

Attending Web Monday Zurich this week, I was reminded of how the Internet continues to change the way we work and learn. Having the influence of the Internet in mind, I couldn’t resist asking the panellists at a Creative Zurich event, which I attended on Wednesday this week, how the Internet will change the way design is done. Learning from what panellists mentioned, I understood that, for example, blogs / portals / communities etc. about design have grown in importance. As I used 99designs to develop my logo , I could certainly relate to the valuable comments of the panellists. Over at Atizo , I came to know this week about Mila , an interesting app / website using which you can get tasks done as well as offer services. Studying Mila, I came to think of taskrabbit and renovero that I also came across. Reflecting, for example, on the fact that people live longer and that the part of the population that is over 65 years of age will increase – topics mentioned in my last posting –...

Watching the 8 minute video below about the European health report 2012 , I learned, for example, that people live longer. Life expectancy in Europe has increased by 5 years on average over the last 30 years. 15% of the European population, which numbers about 900 million people, are over the age of 65. The part of the European population over 65 years of age will increase. Watching the video, I also learned that 70% of us live in cities. This is also a trend. The number of people living in cities has grown and will continue to grow. Towards the end of the video, I learned that the definition of health is not only the absence of disease. It also includes physical, social, and mental wellbeing. How do you stay healthy?

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During open education day in Zürich, Switzerland on March 19th, 2013 - an interesting initiative that invites external people to experience how education is done in different environments and thereby contributes to unboss education - I discovered several examples of good teaching. Reflecting upon what I observed, I also came to think about a few ideas to make the way education is done even better. 1. Individualization of education In a couple of handcraft workshops, that I took part in, I noticed that teachers were good at individualizing education. Each student worked on his or her own tasks – at a speed and level of difficulty that suited the individual student. Teachers helped each student individually – either by going to the individual student or by letting the individual student come when he or she needed help. I noticed that the individualization of education encouraged the individual students to take lots of initiative. 2. Use of information technology During open educa...

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Via this blog posting I learned about an interactive and socially enabled installation by Audi. Passers-by could race one of 3 miniature Audis – controlling the car via iPad. Reading this posting, I came to think about a miniature train installation at the Aarhus main station in Denmark. Below, you can see a photo of the installation – a photo I took during Christmas 2012. Reflecting on improvement possibilities of this installation at the Aarhus main station, I imagine that it would be even more exciting for kids - and adults ;-) - if they had the possibilities to control the train - and perhaps also other things such as miniature cars, miniature bicycles, lights, sound etc. - using various mobile devices that they use in their daily lives. Just an idea. Seen from an education perspective, I imagine that an initiative like this, or something similar, could help children and others - through play - to become interested / even more interested in, for example, city development.

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