Promote networks of learning spaces in which non-formal and informal learning complement formal institutions¶

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Evidence · 1 claim (1 for) · 1 study (1 qualitative), q2 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 1 claim rests on one study

Description¶

Responding to the digital revolution and the multiplication of information sources, the report recommends organizing education as a network of learning spaces. It states that changes in the spaces, times and relations of learning 'favours the idea of a network of learning spaces where non-formal and informal spaces of learning will increasingly need to interact with and complement formal educational institutions.' Education should not be reduced to classroom schooling; innovative mechanisms beyond the classroom are needed.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Recognition that learning takes place in diversified spaces, times and relations, supported by new information and communication technologies and digital media

Constraints¶

Target Learners¶

• children, youth and adults learning through formal, non-formal and informal experiences

Target Learning Goals¶

• lifelong and life-wide learning beyond formal schooling

Claims¶

• Social network site participation enables design learning that breaks the confines of space and time, including pre-enrollment learning and asynchronous ethical discussion [+W]

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Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• UNESCO Secretariat. (2013). Rethinking Education in a Changing World. UNESCO Education Research and Foresight. https://unesdoc.unesco.org/