It’s here!

After our initial exploration of the Near Future of Education, when the ISIA Design School in Florence faced the effects of the global crisis, after writing about our vision on newspapers, and performing collaborative efforts to understand the possibility for transformation of the current situation, it is here:

Michel Bauwens, Layne Hartsell, Anna Blume, Jon Husband, Salvatore Iaconesi, Oriana Persico, the Near Future Education Lab and many more will be joining in

the 7 days of the Near Future of Education, a global and networked event on the Near Future of the Education System. (from June 1st to June 7th, 2014)

A full week of open discussions on the Near Future of Education. Google hangouts, talks, information and exchange.

Opening discussion starts at on June 1st at 8:00 AM (EDT) – 2:00 PM (CEST) – 10:00 PM (KST).

To make sure to be present at the opening live discussion, follow the link that will be provided on this page two hours before the starting time:

https://www.facebook.com/events/225370707673974/

From Florence, Seoul, Quito, Göteborg, Hong Kong, Vancouver and multiple other parts of the world.

Brought up with the help of Living Bridges Planet, and with the participation of the P2P Foundation, CS Cantiere 2.0, Fake University, The Hub Roma, Art is Open Source and ISIA Design Florence, we bring you:

Education is a Commons!

Event Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/225370707673974/

A full week of open discussions on the Near Future of Education.

Google hangouts, talks, information and exchange.

Education is a Commons

Education is a Commons

The first global and interconnected event organized by Near Future Education Lab in collaboration with the P2P Foundation and an incredible network of partners and supporters, globally.

Near Future Education Lab is a group of researchers, teachers, students, associations that want to change the future of Education.

Everything starts from this:

“The future does not exist, it’s a global conversation about what we want, what we fear, what we expect and the possibilities we can imagine.”

1. Crisis and transformation of the education system: the Near Future of Education in Florence. What happens during a crisis?

Transformation, as possibility?
Necessary change.

When faced with semi-bankruptcy originating from the financial cuts, and with the certainty of being thrown out from the buildings in which they reside, because of the lack of government funds to pay for the rent, the teachers and students at ISIA Florence started a protest. Flash mobs, social network campaigns, and city interventions were enacted to protest against the probable closure of the school.

Soon enough it was clear that this was only the latest of a never-ending series of states of emergency, and that dedicating all this effort towards resolving one problem, would not change anything for the future, that would still be characterised by a sequence of emergencies, one after the other.

2. A decision was made.

Starting from the Near Future Design course, and quickly spreading to the whole school, we decided to reinvent our reality with the most our powerful tool: Design. We started building the Near Future Design of Education, to push a bit further people’s perception of what is possible, and using this shift to enact a performance, in which the design actually comes to life.

3. The constituent phase

The students are now in a constituent phase, in which they will unite into a foundation, organised using Wirearchy models. (Jon Husband) This new organism will enact the design, by changing the rules of the game. Stepping away from protest mode, and moving into the making mode by changing roles: from subjects begging their rulers to receive hearings and a few coins to survive, to partners, co-creators of the future of the education system.

We imagine a p2p, interconnected ecosystem where Knowledge is a Commons and everyone can share ideas, projects, and perform the near future of Education.

Join this 1 week conversation!

To make sure to be present at the opening live discussion, follow the link that will be provided on this page two hours before the starting time:

https://www.facebook.com/events/225370707673974/

EVENT SUPPORTED BY:

P2P Foundation, Art is Open Source, ISIA Firenze, Fake University, The Hub Roma, CS Cantiere/SMS/UniPop

LINKS:

For more information about the Lab and the idea of the education system we are developing, we invite to visit you this the page guested by P2P Foundation Wiki:

http://p2pfoundation.net/Near_Future_Education_Lab

 

Near Future Education Lab Blog:

http://nearfutureducationlab.nova100.ilsole24ore.com/

 

Near Future Education Lab FB Group:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/NearFutureEducationLab/